Updated: Further update - 30 January Continuing investigations and positive test results have now confirmed the presence of H5N8 avian flu at the linked premises.
The UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer...
The Prime Minister held the first Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) meeting to take place outside of London today, in a special meeting in Wales.
Update: read the JMC communiqué published following...
I am delighted to be in Dublin today. It is the third time I have met the Taoiseach since I became Prime Minister, and indeed the third time we have spoken in the past month.
This is testament to the ...
Scottish exports to the rest of the UK in 2015 (excluding oil and gas) are estimated at £49.8 billion, an increase of £2.1 billion (4.4%) over the year. This is good news not only for...
Thank you very much Mr President and thank you for the invitation to join you for these discussions that we have had today – and very fruitful discussions between us.
Turkey is one of the UK’s oldest ...
Prime Minister Theresa MayThank you very much. I am pleased to be here in Turkey today and to be able to meet Prime Minister Yildirim and President Erdogan just 1 day after meeting...
The Prime Minister is to hold the first Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) meeting to take place outside of London today, in a special meeting in Wales.
Update: read the JMC communiqué published...
Education Secretary Justine Greening today (30 January 2017) visited Arsenal football club to mark the launch of a joint reading initiative between Arsenal in the Community and the University College London’s...
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...
The government intends to impose a new, fixed cap on all clinical negligence cases up to £25,000 to prevent rising litigation costs within the NHS. There are numerous examples of lawyers who profit ...
Both the National Fostering Agency Group (NFA) and Acorn Care and Education Group (Acorn) provide independent fostering placement services to local authorities across Scotland, England and Wales, helping them...
The memorial honours both the UK Armed Forces and civilians who served their country in the Gulf region, Iraq and Afghanistan, and who supported them back home, from 1990-2015. Around 2,500 invited guests will...
Updated: After investigation of a further linked premises, additional proactive culling of birds, including pheasants, partridges and ducks, will take place.
The UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has...
Updated: update
SummaryTuesday 24 January – A Tornado and Typhoon mission destroyed a car-bomb south-west of Mosul.
Wednesday 25 January – Typhoons supported Syrian Democratic...
At the event in London, Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister for Defence Procurement, launched the Innovation Initiative’s £6 million Accelerator Enduring Challenge, in her keynote speech.
The Enduring...
Registration for the event on 23 February 2017 is now open.
Suppliers attending the event will be able to hear presentations about the Innovation Fund challenge which is aimed at revolutionising...
The UK, US and Norway have issued the following joint statement:
The members of the Troika (Norway, UK and US) welcome the 29 January joint declaration of the AU, the Intergovernmental Authority on...
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has today held conversations with the US government and as a result we can clarify that:
the Presidential executive order only applies to individuals travelling from...
Homes across the UK will get extra support to keep warm during the colder months thanks to reforms published today. Changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) will make sure energy companies provide...
The Prime Minister is to hold the first Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) meeting to take place outside of London today, in a special meeting in Wales.
As a sign of the government’s commitment to engage...
On the 27 January the Home Office launched a new phase of the programme to tackle alcohol-related crime and health harms and create a more diverse night-time economy. The programme initially launched in February...
Innovate UK has up to £1.5 million to invest in business projects to develop affordable gene-based diagnostics for non-communicable diseases and child health in South Africa.
The competition...
A Dewsbury man has been handed a 26-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for illegally dumping waste on disused land in Horbury, Wakefield.
Samuel Joseph Stringer Hunter, 25, of Boothroyd Lane...
David Gauke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was in Oxford today (30 January 2017) to welcome global healthcare company Novo Nordisk’s announcement of an investment of more than £100 million in the...
The Charity Commission has appointed an Interim Manager to The Central Gurdwara (British Isles) London Khalsa Jatha. The appointment comes as part of the regulator’s inquiry into the charity, which began...
As many people embark on a new-year fitness boost, athletes at all levels of sport are being urged to steer clear of the potentially dangerous ingredient DMAA.
DMAA can be found in unlicensed medicines...
This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of over 87,600 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in December 2016.
Of the 87,678 sales lodged...
The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon Mr Marcus Alexander Smith, Esquire, QC, on his appointment as a Justice of the High Court.
BackgroundMarcus Alexander...
The change won’t affect any vehicles registered before April, but drivers can check the vehicle tax rates to make sure they know what they need to pay.
The rates explainedVehicle tax for the first...
From Cornwall to Cumbria, an army of dedicated anglers is helping the fight against illegal fishing and fish theft. They are the recruits of the Angling Trust and Environment Agency’s Voluntary Bailiff Service...
The 2 cities will receive around £100 million to develop, procure and deliver localised versions of the new Work and Health Programme to fit the needs of their residents.
In the last 3 years...
The latest sales, conducted via the trading plan, mean the government has recovered over £18.5 billion of the £20.3 billion taxpayers injected into Lloyds during the financial crisis, once...
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 27 January but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. ...
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 27 January and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. ...
A former district judge and his assistant who defrauded nearly £1million from clients at their law firm - including £85,000 from an dead woman's will - have been jailed today (Fri 27 Jan).
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched a ‘Week of Action’ between 30th January and 5th February aimed at improving awareness of unlicensed medicines containing the potentially dangerous...