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25 January 2017

Speech: Modernising the UK’s airspace
seen at 21:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).
Introduction

Good evening.

It’s a pleasure to join you for tonight’s dinner.

It’s also a welcome opportunity for me to talk a little about the progress we’ve made on aviation during my first ...

News story: £120 million available to support growth in rural areas
seen at 21:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

In a major boost to jobs and growth in rural areas, businesses are being invited to submit expressions of interest for support under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). The RDPE Growth Programme...

Press release: Department for International Trade Director of Communications Appointment
seen at 20:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

As part of the department’s ongoing drive to build capability across all corporate areas, Toby Orr has been appointed as the Director of Communications at the Department for International Trade. This follows ...

News story: Civil news: ideas to improve asylum work set out in report
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

A number of suggestions to improve the quality of work provided to asylum seekers are outlined in a report from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

The report on ‘the quality of legal service provided...

News story: Appointments to Industrial Development Advisory Board, 2017
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Four valued members of the Industrial Development Advisory Board (IDAB) have been reappointed for an additional term by Greg Clark the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

News story: UK and US strengthen maritime aviation cooperation
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin today signed a P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) declaration with her United States counterpart, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work to further strengthen ...

News story: Agent toolkits, digital meetings, webinars, e-learning and videos
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated dates and times for live webinars.

Agent toolkits

Toolkits have checklists of the most common errors HMRC sees in returns and tells you how to avoid them

Find out how to use ...

News story: Webinars, e-learning, emails and videos on employing people
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated dates and times for live webinars.

E-learning

Are you taking on staff and running a payroll? Get help here from our online guide Becoming an employer.

Find out about the...

News story: Webinars and emails on the Construction Industry Scheme
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated dates and times for live webinars.

Webinars

Webinars can last up to an hour. You can ask questions during the presentation and get answers from your HMRC host.

Register and log ...

News story: Videos, webinars, e-learning, and emails if you're self-employed
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated dates and times for live webinars.

Videos

YouTube videos:

Self Assessment

Short videos on Self Assessment help and deadlines.

Find out if you’re employed or ...

News story: Videos and webinars about Self Assessment
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated dates and times for live webinars.

Videos Self Assessment help and deadlines videos

Our short videos on Self Assessment help and deadlines.

Webinars

Webinars can last up...

News story: Welsh Secretary visits DECA, the North Wales home of the global F-35 hub as UK’s Industrial Strategy Announced
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

As the UK Government launched its new industrial strategy, Alun Cairns took the opportunity to highlight the major contribution defence industry makes to the economy in Wales, as well as across the whole of the...

Press release: Minister for the Middle East statement on settlement units in the West bank
seen at 18:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:

The British Government reiterates its support for a two-state solution leading to a secure Israel that is safe from terrorism, and a contiguous, viable...

Press release: North East man fined for illegal fishing
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Environment Agency is reminding anglers of the importance of having a rod licence after a County Durham man was fined for fishing illegally.

Dean Ferguson, 49, of Browning Hill, Coxhoe, failed to ...

Speech: Baroness Anelay speech at Holocaust Memorial Day event
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Baroness Anelay, Minister for Human Rights, said

Good morning and welcome to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I would like to thank those of you who have helped to organise this event today, in...

News story: Civil news: use online resources and save time on helpline calls
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Our CCMS ‘quick guides’ and training modules are essential resources to help you work efficiently and avoid time-consuming calls to our customer service lines.

This is the first in a series of articles...

Press release: Consultation starts on Tyne and Wear junction
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Local residents, businesses and road users are encouraged to take part in a 5 week statutory consultation into the A19 Testos junction improvement scheme in Tyne and Wear.

A preferred option was already...

Press release: Final phase of £192 million A556 dual carriageway work unveiled
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Drivers will shortly be able to use the new £192 million A556 Knutsford to Bowdon dual carriageway in Cheshire, with the final phase of work starting next month.

Highways England, which is building...

Press release: Zika virus, superbugs and arthritis targeted through £26 million fund
seen at 16:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Sixty seven projects will win a share of £26 million funding available through Biomedical Catalyst 2016, which is run by Innovate UK and the Medical Research Council, and aims to develop...

Summary of the 2nd Health and Care Round Table, England
seen at 14:30, 25 January in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

In December 2016 the Office for Statistics Regulation convened the 2nd Round Table meeting, where many of the leaders of the English health and care system discussed how to move forward with the agenda of improving...

News story: Over £9.2 billion released by pension freedoms
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Over 1.5 million payments have been made using pension freedoms, with 162,000 people accessing £1.56 billion flexibly from their pension pots over the last 3 months, according to HMRC figures released...

Press release: New campaign highlights trade and investment opportunities in Global Britain
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The UK’s Department for International Trade has today (Wednesday 25 January) kicked off its largest ever international trade and investment campaign as part of the UK government’s continued drive to be the business...

Press release: Burns Night boom for Scottish drinks
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Scots have another cause for celebration this Burns Night as new figures reveal gin and beer are following in the footsteps of exporting phenomenon Scotch whisky, announced Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom...

Press release: Oil and gas regulators to host public drop-in at Wakefield
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

A group of public agencies is hosting a drop-in event in Wakefield to explain how they work together to regulate the onshore oil and gas industry and protect communities and the environment.

The Environment...

News story: Government departments celebrate being at the forefront of smart working revolution
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Cabinet Office’s The Way We Work programme celebrates and awards excellence in work transformation and recognises achievements across the Civil Service for:

modernising the Civil Service encouraging...
News story: Export statistics show importance of UK Market
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The latest Export Statistics Scotland report shows Scotland sold goods and services worth £49.8 billion to the rest of the UK in 2015.

Exports to the EU amounted to £12.3 billion in...

News story: Innovation to drive affordable energy and clean growth under Industrial Strategy
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).
research and innovation lead to new products, services, and more effective ways of doing business with a lower carbon impact to get every part of the UK firing on all cylinders we need to deliver an energy ...
News story: Italy vs Wales rugby match in Rome: consular advice
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Consular Services of the British Embassy Rome have advice for Welsh supporters travelling to see the match.

Travelling rugby fans normally prepare well for their trips, don’t get into fights, don’t overindulge...
News story: UK Government leads Burns Night celebrations around the world
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Scottish Secretary David Mundell and Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan will host tonight’s reception, where guests will be welcomed by bagpipes, enjoy a whisky tasting, and listen to Scottish folk singer...

Press release: South East lawyers asked to help raise competition law awareness
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Around 260 law firms headquartered in the South East of England will be encouraged to share the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) easy-to-use competition law information with their small and medium-sized...

Press release: Pubs Code Adjudicator data – six months on
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

From 21 July to 21 January, the Enquiry Line set up by the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) to provide information about the Pubs Code has received 435 enquiries. 91% of the enquiries were from tied pub tenants or...

Speech: Ambition interrupted: Young Carers Awareness Day
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

I can’t imagine there’s a single person on this planet who, at some point in their lives, has not had a dream or ambition they wanted to achieve. Mine was to be a professional pilot.

Whether we want to...

News story: Health warnings issued for colder weather
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated story with latest warning.

Latest update

Further weather warnings are being sounded today (25 January 2017) by PHE.

Today the Met Office has extended the present cold weather alert...

News story: Civil news: automatic email confirmations for new applications
seen at 14:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Email confirmations are now being sent out whenever a logged in CCMS user makes an application for new work.

You have to be using your own log-in to receive an email. It should also be noted that email...

41 AEC e-Learning Courses
seen at 11:30, 25 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

ECDL courses at Army e-Learning Centres, and Life In the UK Test.

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AFF Families' Brief
seen at 11:30, 25 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

AFF Families' Brief on Wednesday 1st February 2017.

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News story: Avian influenza (bird flu) in winter 2016 to 2017
seen at 11:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to clarify the location of the outbreak confirmed on 24 January.

Avian influenza (bird flu) is a disease of birds. The H5N8 strain of the disease has been found in wild and farmed birds...

News story: Avian flu confirmed at a farm in Wyre, Lancashire
seen at 11:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Article amended to clarify the location of the outbreak.

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed H5N8 avian flu in a flock of farmed breeding pheasants at a premises in Wyre, Lancashire...

Speech: Baroness Shields closing speech at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum
seen at 11:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

On behalf of the GCTF co-chairs of the working group on countering violent extremism, I would like to thank the Swiss government and the UAE for making this experts meeting possible.

In particular I’d...

AWS Main Phone Line
seen at 10:30, 25 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

AWS main phone line is down, please call alternative number.

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News story: Cancelled application results will be returned online
seen at 10:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

On 30 January, an update to the portal, our online transactional channel, will allow us to return cancelled registration applications online, even if a customer sent us their application through the post.

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Press release: Teach children simple hygiene to help curb infections
seen at 10:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The guidance recommends children in nurseries and young people at university be taught when and how to wash and dry their hands, for example after going to the toilet and before preparing food, in order...

Speech: Baroness Shields opening speech at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum
seen at 10:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

I would like to thank our Swiss counterparts who co-lead this crucial work alongside the UK and the UAE as co-chairs of the GCTF, who believe as we do that this forum has the potential to pave the way for a significant...

News story: Over £9.2 billion released by pension freedoms
seen at 10:30, 25 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Over 1.5 million payments have been made using pension freedoms, with 162,000 people accessing &pound;1.56 billion flexibly from their pension pots over the last 3 months, according to HMRC figures released...

41 AEC e-Learning Courses
seen at 09:30, 25 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

European Computer Driving Licence, Life in the UK Test

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AWS main phone line
seen at 09:30, 25 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

is currently unavailable

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