First, let me pay tribute to the extraordinary work charities do in Britain. We have 165,000 charities in England and Wales working to: improve our health, education and the environment; care for animals; support...
The Port of Boston has today announced its full backing of the proposed Boston Barrier and has formally withdrawn its objection to the Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) application made by the Environment ...
I am delighted to be here to celebrate this important Alliance of British Airways and Banco de Chile.
The new British Airways flight opens up new possibilities of links between UK and Chile in a global...
The Committee is currently following-up its 2014 report Ethical standards for providers of public services and 2015 guidance. Many public services are now outsourced to private or voluntary sector...
The Minister for the Constitution spoke to students from Middlesbrough college today about how they can raise awareness of voter registration in the lead up to the election for the first mayor of Tees Valley.
Highways England will be delivering a series of schemes including installing digital messaging signs, resurfacing, drainage and embankment repairs on the M11 between junctions 6 (M25) and 12 (A603 – Cambridge...
Lance Corporal (LCpl) Ronald George Blackham has finally been laid to rest alongside 2 unknown soldiers after they were killed in Capezzano within the Italian province of Salerno during the Second World War. ...
All powers could be returned to Tower Hamlets council following a 2-year intervention by central government, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced.
Mr Javid said the council had made “steady...
The UK has extended women’s rights protections in Bermuda and the territorial group of St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, the Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening announced today.
Let me begin by welcoming you Sacha to the Council for the first time in your role as Chair of the Committee and thank you for your briefing.
I’d also like to thank Council members for their remarks today...
Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 16 December 2016
Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 27 January 2017
Our next public board meeting will take place at the Coal Authority offices at 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG, starting at 9.45am on Tuesday 21 March 2017.
The board continues...
He was given a full ceremonial burial on 16 March 2017 at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.
The service, led by Reverend Rebekah Cannon, Chaplain of RAF College Cranwell, was attended by representatives...
Letter from Ed Humpherson to Roger Halliday regarding UK health care quality indicators
Military Competition. 8 July 2017
Toyota Motor Europe has announced today, 16 March 2017, that it is investing £240 million to upgrade its car plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Toyota’s investment will improve plant competitiveness and...
Good morning everyone.
It’s always a pleasure to come to the London Stock Exchange – one of the oldest exchanges in the world, one of the biggest, and one of the best.
Based in the heart of the...
Almost a third (30%) of agricultural businesses and rural land owners across the North East, Yorkshire and Humber have had illegal waste dumped on their land in the last three years, according to new research...
The new DefCARS website has launched on-schedule, and replaces the previous system (DefCARS 1), which has been in use since April 2015. DefCARS is the central system for the capture, storage and analysis of all...
Today (16 March), International Development Secretary Priti Patel set out how the UK is making it easier for companies to invest in the world’s poorest countries and urged businesses to invest at a time of unprecedented...
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I came to this House on 6 March to give an update on the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky.
At that time I said I was minded to issue a European Intervention...
As at the start of previous financial years, regulations have today been laid before Parliament to increase certain National Health Service charges in England from 1 April 2017.
The prescription charge...
Diebold Incorporated (Diebold), a US company which provides financial self-service (FSS) products including automatic teller machines (ATMs, also known as cashpoints), bought Wincor Nixdorf (Wincor), a German...
It has been brought to our attention that some people have received spam emails, purportedly sent from an ofsted.gov.uk email account, prompting them to confirm their payment details via PayPal.
Please...
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis said:
The Queen has today given Royal Assent to the Article 50 Bill, giving the government the formal power to trigger Article 50 and ...
Iain Bell has been appointed at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the National Statistician, John Pullinger, in leading UK National Statistics.
Iain, who is currently Chief Data Officer...
Household incomes have risen to a record high and income inequality – the gap between the richest and poorest – remains lower than in 2010.
The average household now takes home a record £481...
Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon has revealed figures showing that almost 30% of officers in the Armed Forces progressed from the lower military ranks, as he met would-be officers at the Ministry of Defence...
A key site near Huntingdon that will provide over 4,500 new homes has been given a major boost with a £45 million loan from the Homes and Communities Agency, it has been announced today (16 March 2017...
The improvements, worth £75 million, will create opportunities around Derby and Daventry in the Midlands, Oldham in the North West, Durham in the North East and Taunton in the South West.
Highways...
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents are set to get a greater say over how their area is run, thanks to a ground-breaking devolution deal announced today (16 March 2017) by Communities Secretary Sajid...
Updated: Restrictions removed from around a premises near Pilling, Wyre, Lancashire.
Avian influenza (bird flu) is a disease of birds. The H5N8 strain of the disease has been found in the UK in both farmed...
This document reports a breach of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, or the relevant Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Orders, to which the Code applies as if it included these orders.
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A North Wales company has secured a £250,000 investment from a global waste management services group to commercialise its pioneering process for recycling medium-density fibreboard (MDF).
The...
Ann will oversee the continued delivery of free, professional and impartial guidance on pensions and support for people if they have a problem or complaint about their workplace or private pension.
The...
It was announced last night by Chief Executive Paula Sussex that the Charity Commission has updated a key piece of its financial guidance - Charity finances: trustee essentials (CC25) - in a drive to ensure...
In the early evening of 20 February, two trains struck location cabinet doors that had been left unsecured and were drawn towards the track by the aerodynamic effects of passing trains. The trains suffered some...
Are you up for the challenge? No Smoking March.
The following infographic accompanies the CCC’s 2017 Energy Prices and Bills report. It provides a visual representation of the key points of the report and shows:
how UK household energy bills...
Action to tackle climate change and improve energy efficiency has occurred alongside reductions in household energy bills since the Climate Change Act was passed, new analysis by the Committee on Climate Change...