The Baroness Brown of Cambridge
The Committee on Climate Change’s Adaptation Sub-Committee will have a new Chair from 1 February 2017
Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Dame Julia King...
Currently the Foreign Office’s Political Director, Sir Tim has had a 30-year diplomatic career. He previously served as the UK’s Ambassador to Moscow and before that he worked at the UK Representation to the...
Mr President, The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2334 today - the first Security Council resolution on the Israel-Palestine issue in over seven years.
The adoption of this resolution...
Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Dame Julia King, has been appointed as the next Chair of the Committee on Climate Change’s Adaptation Sub-Committee.
Lord Krebs has led the work of the Adaptation...
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Ms Katherine Ward LVO has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador in succession to Mr Patrick Mullee, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service...
The 2017 New Year Honours list published on Friday 30 December 2016 recognises the achievements of a number of legal professionals who have made a significant contribution to public life.
Peter Fish, ...
The AAIB is sending a team to Aberdeen to investigate an offshore incident to a helicopter.
The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
On 4 April 2016 the Environment Agency visited Clandown Farm, Pows Hill near Radstock to investigate a report of slurry pollution. The source of the pollution...
Updated: Amended to update figure for cost of pre-fabricated housing.
The UK’s continued reputation as an attractive place to invest and do business with is helping boost jobs and industry across the country...
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The Chinese New Year takes place on Saturday 28 January. 2017 is the Chinese Year of the Rooster. The celebrations traditionally run from New Year’s Eve to the Lantern...
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has today (5 January 2017) unlocked £7 billion in a dramatic expansion of the government’s affordable housing programme to meet the diverse housing needs of the country...
The British Antarctic Survey has announced a £100 million deal to upgrade the Rothera Research Station, ensuring the UK remains a world leader in science and polar-based innovation.
The...
The universities are the first research projects to be funded in the fifth round of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) supporting the UK’s world-leading research sector to develop and...
The Secretary of State, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, is writing to Northern Ireland’s political parties on next steps for the reform of the transparency of political donations and loans. The move follows earlier...
Ros and Iain joined the DE&S Board on 1 January 2017 and will be supporting the Chairman and other members of the Board in providing strategic direction, support and advice to the organisation. As well as...
The 2017 New Year Honours list published on Friday 30 December 2016 recognises the achievements of a number of legal professionals who have made a significant contribution to public life.
Peter Fish, ...
The A400M is the latest addition to the RAF’s tactical airlifter capability and can carry up to 37 tonnes of payload over a range of 2,000 nautical miles. It is able to deploy troops and equipment between and...
The project will assess innovative LDEW technologies and approaches, culminating in a demonstration of the system in 2019. The contract will assess how the system can pick up and track targets at various ranges...
Following an internal promotion, Lucilia Falsarella Pereira, previously an Assistant Director at the CMA, has already started in her new position, as has Fred Houwen, who joined the Competition and Markets Authority...
The new, modernised Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), will mean fees for barristers and solicitor advocates are no longer based on outdated factors such as the number of pages in a case, but instead on ...
Payments for Crown Court legal aid work by criminal defence advocates are the subject of a government consultation called ‘Reforming the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme’.
The consultation opens for 8 ...
A customer satisfaction survey is being conducted by the MOD.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has committed to accrediting Flying Display Directors (FDDs) to meet a defined level of competence. This follows the CAA’s review of air display regulation, in conjunction with...
For the first time, British Sign Language (BSL) will be accepted as an alternative qualification to functional skills in English for apprentices where BSL is their first language.
Functional skills...
The British Antarctic Survey has announced a £100 million deal to upgrade the Rothera Research Station, ensuring the UK remains a world leader in science and polar-based innovation.
The new ...
Imperial College London and the London School of Economics (LSE) have been awarded a share of £52 million to lead cutting-edge research in biomedical engineering and the social sciences.
The...
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has today (5 January 2017) unlocked £7 billion in a dramatic expansion of the government’s affordable housing programme to meet the diverse housing needs of the country...
new director will set the strategic priorities for all employment enforcement bodies to stamp out exploitation intelligence gathered on minimum wage violations, unscrupulous employment agencies and other labour...