The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:
Easter is a season of hope for all Christians. At this time of celebration my thoughts are with all those facing persecution, discrimination and denied the...
Updated: Updated to include latest banana prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends...
Updated: Section 2 - Other decisions - new entry added (2.7)
This document explains decisions about the disposal of school land and the background to how these decisions are made.
Schools themselves...
The 31st session of the Human Rights Council opened with a call to States not to ignore the warning signs of instability. I welcome the important progress made at this session and that Council members assumed...
My honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 8 March 2016. EU Finance Ministers discussed the following items...
During the European Council Statement on 21 March I should have said that we have renewed our presence off the coast of Libya as part of an EU operation to tackle people smuggling (Operation Sophia), not a NATO...
Today I am announcing the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund 2016-17, which provides funding for the improvement and expansion of existing academy and sixth-form college buildings.
I am announcing...
Today, 24 March 2016, the Government is publishing its response to its public consultation[1] on the introduction of new secondary legislation to require selected schools to take part in the National Reference...
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Today I am announcing the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund 2016-17, which...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently developing an ambitious programme of estate rationalisation which will provide a plan for a smaller, but significantly better Defence estate to meet the needs of the...
In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review the Government confirmed that we would invest £1.9 billion over the next five years in protecting the UK from cyber attack and developing our sovereign capabilities...
As is normal ahead of the forthcoming elections, guidance has today been issued for civil servants in UK Government departments and those working in arm’s length bodies on the principles that they should...
On 24 March, the government published the UK 2016 National Reform Programme. The document was sent to the European Commission, as part of the European Semester.
National Reform Programme
Under Council...
I can today confirm that I have laid a Treasury Minute informing the House of a reduction in HM Treasury’s contingent liabilities to Bradford & Bingley (B&B).
The Treasury Minute concerns...
In May 2015 the Chancellor announced that the Shareholder Executive (ShEx) and UK Financial Investments (UKFI) were to be brought together under a single holding company, UK Government Investments (UKGI). UKGI...
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 8 March 2016. EU Finance Ministers discussed the following items:
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field...
I am pleased to announce today the publication of the Coastal Communities Fund Annual Progress Report 2015.
The report sets out the impressive achievements of the Fund across the UK since it was launched...
The Help to Grow (‘H2G’) pilot programme was announced by the Prime Minister (‘PM’) in February 2015. Drawing on research undertaken by the British Business Bank (‘BBB’), Government...
This written ministerial statement confirms that responsibility for environmental regulatory functions will transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to the Department for Environment, ...
On 10 September 2015, I announced (HCSW183) the commencement of the triennial review by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for the six Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) for which the FSA is the sole or...
I am today announcing reforms to Tier 2, the migration route for those undertaking skilled work in the UK, in response to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s review of Tier 2, and its separate review...
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 March and I attended the General Affairs Council on 15 March. The Foreign Affairs...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is today publishing a public version of the National Counter Proliferation Strategy to 2020.
Following the publication of the National Security Strategy and Strategic...
Special notices contain changes to the MOT scheme that aren’t yet in the MOT testing guide and inspection manuals.
This MOT special notice tells you about:
the introduction of MOT annual...
Updated: A new version of the VAT1 R notes has been published.
Use form VAT1TR if you sell goods into the UK from another EU state known as ‘distance selling’ and want to appoint a UK tax representative...
Updated: A new version of the VAT1 R notes has been published.
Use form VAT1TR if you sell goods into the UK from another EU state known as ‘distance selling’ and want to appoint a UK tax representative...
Updated: Updated to include latest banana prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends...
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