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11 January

Chancellor marks £600m of secure growth for UK economy in Beijing
Chancellor marks £600m of secure growth for UK economy in Beijing
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2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue: policy outcomes
2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue: policy outcomes
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10 January

G7 denounces the lack of democratic legitimacy of today’s presidential inauguration in Venezuela
G7 denounces the lack of democratic legitimacy of today’s presidential inauguration in Venezuela
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Support for Ukraine is unwavering as UK announces new sanctions on Russian oil giants
Support for Ukraine is unwavering as UK announces new sanctions on Russian oil giants
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Coverage following the Secretary of State’s speech to the Oxford Farming Conference 2025.

The Secretary of State Steve Reed addressed the Oxford Farming Conference on Wednesday (9 January) to outline the Government’s long-term vision to make farming more profitable and put more money back in ...

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FCDO Services spend over £25,000, November 2024
FCDO Services spend over £25,000, November 2024
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FCDO Services spending over £500, October 2024
FCDO Services spending over £500, October 2024
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FCDO Services spending over £500, September 2024
FCDO Services spending over £500, September 2024
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FCDO Services: workforce management information on gender 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
FCDO Services: workforce management information on gender 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
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FCDO Services senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, July to September 2024
FCDO Services senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, July to September 2024
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FCDO Services: workforce management information on disability 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
FCDO Services: workforce management information on disability 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
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FCDO Services: workforce management information on ethnicity 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
FCDO Services: workforce management information on ethnicity 2024 to 2025 quarter 3
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FCDO Services prompt payment data October to December 2024
FCDO Services prompt payment data October to December 2024
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Draft affirmative coming for Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025
Draft affirmative coming for Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025. See other results for details.
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Families to receive £126 million in early years support
Families to receive £126 million in early years support
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Regulator investigates accountancy charity over failure to submit accounts
Regulator investigates accountancy charity over failure to submit accounts
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Webinars to shine a light on low-carbon heating from mine water
Webinars to shine a light on low-carbon heating from mine water
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Defence Support CDLS Commendations 2024
Defence Support CDLS Commendations 2024
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PM call with Prime Minister Michal of Estonia: 10 January 2025
PM call with Prime Minister Michal of Estonia: 10 January 2025
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PM call with President Stubb of Finland: 10 January 2025
PM call with President Stubb of Finland: 10 January 2025
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Statement Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in South Sudan
Statement Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in South Sudan
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Rare Iron Age harness brooch at risk of leaving the UK
Rare Iron Age harness brooch at risk of leaving the UK
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Report a rape or sexual assault
Report a rape or sexual assault
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MHRA Good Clinical and Laboratory Practice Symposia (11 and 12 February 2025)

Come and join the next MHRA Symposia in February 2025 and hear the latest on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in the UK from MHRA inspectors and regulators.

Registration...

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Press release: Security firm with unlicensed staff ordered to pay £46,000
Press release: Security firm with unlicensed staff ordered to pay £46,000
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Deputy Prime Minister promises to Make Work Pay in Scotland  

Scottish media outlets including The Scotsman, The National, the Daily Record and Glasgow Times have all positively reported on the Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Glasgow yesterday...

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Draft affirmative coming for Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Draft affirmative coming for Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. See other results for details.
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Draft affirmative coming for Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Draft affirmative coming for Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. See other results for details.
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Regulator welcomes sentencing of brother and sister after charity fraud
Regulator welcomes sentencing of brother and sister after charity fraud
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Compensation: New Orleans terror attack
Compensation: New Orleans terror attack
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Maximising the miracle and minimising the disaster – putting Nature at the heart of food security
Chair of Natural England Tony Juniper speaking to delegates of the Oxford Farming Conference and the Oxford Real Farming Conference

I was invited to speak at a historic event this week – the first major joint...

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News story: Reappointment of Commissioners to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
News story: Reappointment of Commissioners to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
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Putting fans first: consultation on the resale of live events tickets
Putting fans first: consultation on the resale of live events tickets
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Commissioning of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework (Hilary Benn)

On 10 December, the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5 -10 of the Windsor Framework. On 12 December, the Speaker of the Assembly formally wrote to me confirming that...

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Use of sanctions to tackle irregular migration and organised immigration crime (David Lammy)

Today I am updating the House on my plans to use sanctions to tackle irregular migration and organised immigration crime.

People smuggling is a challenge to global security. Criminal networks are making...

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UK Ambassador to Georgia For A Day competition 2025
UK Ambassador to Georgia For A Day competition 2025
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GFSL welcomes Alistair Watters as new CEO
GFSL welcomes Alistair Watters as new CEO
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Press release: Top bosses join forces to get thousands of offenders into work
Press release: Top bosses join forces to get thousands of offenders into work
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VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2024
VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2024
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PM meeting with President Macron: 9 January 2025
PM meeting with President Macron: 9 January 2025
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Plan to tackle greedy ticket touts and give power back to fans
Plan to tackle greedy ticket touts and give power back to fans
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Back and bigger than ever: rail sale offers up to half price discounts on over 2 million tickets
Back and bigger than ever: rail sale offers up to half price discounts on over 2 million tickets
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ICH M15 Model Informed Drug Development (MIDD) Guideline

The International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) M15 Model informed Drug development (MIDD) Guideline has reached Step 2b and is available for public consultation.  As a clinical pharmacology assessor ...

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Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation ICH M15 Guideline for Model Informed Drug Development (MIDD)
Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation ICH M15 Guideline for Model Informed Drug Development (MIDD)
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09 January

Dragons’ Den IP Blog- Series 22 Episode 1

Happy new year everyone! Can you believe we are onto series 22 of Dragons’ Den! As a new band of entrepreneurs face the Dragons we are here, as always, ready and waiting to spot and discuss the different types...

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MOD and Trade Unions agree substantial pay rise for key personnel supporting Navy operations
MOD and Trade Unions agree substantial pay rise for key personnel supporting Navy operations
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Government removes highest number of illegal migrants in 5 years
Government removes highest number of illegal migrants in 5 years
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Celebrating 50 years of MOD conservation groups
The cattle at Woolmer Forest. Copyright: Olivia French.

The importance of the MOD estate for supporting wildlife and heritage has long been recognised. In 1971-73, the Nugent Committee examined the necessity...

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Updating the User Researcher role in the Capability Framework

Those of you with eagle eyes will have noticed the ’user researcher’ role in the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, published by the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO...

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Demographics of newly qualified licence holders in 2024
Demographics of newly qualified licence holders in 2024
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"Telford is at the heart of UK Defence" - Minister visits site behind next generation of tanks and armoured vehicles
"Telford is at the heart of UK Defence" - Minister visits site behind next generation of tanks and armoured vehicles
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Fusion-grade steel produced at scale in UK-first
Fusion-grade steel produced at scale in UK-first
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Government Defence and Security Advocate reappointed
Government Defence and Security Advocate reappointed
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District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) – Death in Service

The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, and the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, were saddened to learn of the death...

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data for 2025
Post Office Horizon financial redress data for 2025
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Charity issued with Official Warning over support for foreign military
Charity issued with Official Warning over support for foreign military
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Opportunity to deliver HLPAS in Barnsley and Lancaster
Opportunity to deliver HLPAS in Barnsley and Lancaster
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Civil News: Unbilled Inactive Cases Exercise
Civil News: Unbilled Inactive Cases Exercise
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New measure imposed on dumped S-PVC from the USA
New measure imposed on dumped S-PVC from the USA
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Major housing deal completed, bringing benefits to forces families
Major housing deal completed, bringing benefits to forces families
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The Locarno Speech by the Foreign Secretary: 9 January 2025
The Locarno Speech by the Foreign Secretary: 9 January 2025
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What’s it like facing a 58 week wait for treatment?
Find out why NHS action to tackle long waits for care can’t come soon enough for patients like Kimble.
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Pressures on A&E – new NHS performance data
New figures published today by NHS England show that A&E units continue missing their target to see 95% of patients in four hours. Read our comment.
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‘Seen on time, no bother’ – What’s your vaccination experience?
With NHS data showing that over 12 million people have been vaccinated since last October, we look at what patients think about the experience.
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News story: More support for victims of antisocial behaviour
News story: More support for victims of antisocial behaviour
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Family court reporting provisions to extend to all family courts in England and Wales

Following the success of the family court reporting pilot, the Family Procedure Rule Committee has approved a proposal to rollout the reporting pilot nationally, through changes to the Family Procedure Rules...

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Press release: Door supervisor convicted for letting a friend use his SIA badge
Press release: Door supervisor convicted for letting a friend use his SIA badge
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Reporting on Local Elections 

There has been widespread reporting, including in The Times and on BBC News that in some areas, local elections scheduled for May 2025 may be postponed. Some outlets have speculated about the...

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Service Inquiry into the death of a service person following completion of a military exercise at Driffield Fieldcraft Training Area on 21 September 2023
Service Inquiry into the death of a service person following completion of a military exercise at Driffield Fieldcraft Training Area on 21 September 2023
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ASC and AWERB Hub workshop report: October 2024
ASC and AWERB Hub workshop report: October 2024
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Mining Remediation Authority: public task statement
Mining Remediation Authority: public task statement
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FCDO Services spend over £25,000, October 2024
FCDO Services spend over £25,000, October 2024
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Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare Minutes: 18 November 2024
Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare Minutes: 18 November 2024
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Sir Jim Harra: Why small changes matter at HMRC

Guest blog by Jim Harra, the Permanent Secretary at HM Revenue and Customs.

This year’s One Big Thing initiative “…starts with One Small Change.’’  A few years ago, I saw how a small change...

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CMA response to Northern Ireland Department for the Economy support for low carbon heating in the residential sector consultation
CMA response to Northern Ireland Department for the Economy support for low carbon heating in the residential sector consultation
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Steve Reed speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference
Steve Reed speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference
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Government announces reforms to boost profits for farmers with a cast iron commitment to food production
Government announces reforms to boost profits for farmers with a cast iron commitment to food production
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UK statement on the situation in Eastern DRC
UK statement on the situation in Eastern DRC
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Media Advisory Notice – Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan
Media Advisory Notice – Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan
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News story: NDA-funded project delivers low-carbon success across North Wales
News story: NDA-funded project delivers low-carbon success across North Wales
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CMA: workforce management information October 2024
CMA: workforce management information October 2024
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Research: Kaizen: an uncontrolled before-after evaluation of short-term clinical outcomes
Research: Kaizen: an uncontrolled before-after evaluation of short-term clinical outcomes
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Research: LDC suite: an uncontrolled before-after study of short-term clinical outcomes
Research: LDC suite: an uncontrolled before-after study of short-term clinical outcomes
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Policy paper: Kirkham prison: Action plan
Policy paper: Kirkham prison: Action plan
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GCSE English language and maths results from the November series

Students who took GCSE English language and maths in England in the November exam series will be receiving their results today (9 January 2025). GCSE English language and maths are available every November, ...

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AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II, N747MM
AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II, N747MM
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AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28-140, G-AWBS
AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28-140, G-AWBS
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AAIB investigation to AW189, G-FSAR
AAIB investigation to AW189, G-FSAR
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AAIB investigation to Falco F8L, G-HCBW
AAIB investigation to Falco F8L, G-HCBW
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AAIB investigation to Boeing 747-433, G-UNET
AAIB investigation to Boeing 747-433, G-UNET
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AAIB investigation to EMB-145EP, G-SAJK
AAIB investigation to EMB-145EP, G-SAJK
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AAIB investigation to Piper J3C-65, G-BBLH and Bombardier Global 6000, M-SFPL
AAIB investigation to Piper J3C-65, G-BBLH and Bombardier Global 6000, M-SFPL
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AAIB investigation to Cessna T182, G-CIMM
AAIB investigation to Cessna T182, G-CIMM
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Whether the SIA has inspected a specific premises
Whether the SIA has inspected a specific premises
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Green shoots but plenty more still to do

Chris Howes shares his thoughts on the latest Government ICT sustainability report, acknowledging the progress made and the work still to be done.

Today we’re publishing our latest ‘Greening...

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UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2024 (Stephen Doughty, Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL])

The twelfth UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council was held from 19 – 21 November 2024 in London. The Council was attended by elected leaders and representatives from Anguilla, Ascension Island...

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Charity regulator appoints Interim Managers to College Farm Trust
Charity regulator appoints Interim Managers to College Farm Trust
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Social housing providers' finances impacted by rising repairs and remediation spend
Social housing providers' finances impacted by rising repairs and remediation spend
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Council Tax information letter 1/2025: Changes to the presentation of the adult social care precept on bills and other updates on council tax
Council Tax information letter 1/2025: Changes to the presentation of the adult social care precept on bills and other updates on council tax
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UK Anti-Doping annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024
UK Anti-Doping annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024
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