Speaking at a Kensington Palace event hosted by Prince Harry to mark the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s iconic visit to the minefields of Angola, International Development Secretary Priti Patel today announced...
JordanOn her first visit to Jordan as Prime Minister, Theresa May will visit Amman today, 3 April. The Prime Minister will announce a new UK-Jordan initiative to tackle the terror threat and develop new capabilities...
Your Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen - good evening to you all.
We are here tonight because we recognise that landmines are a global scourge that must be tackled.
There are no boundaries ...
Speaking at a Kensington Palace event hosted by Prince Harry to mark the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s iconic visit to the minefields of Angola, International Development Secretary Priti Patel today announced...
The Prime Minister will today set out the details of a £1 billion jobs and education package to support the most vulnerable victims of the Syrian conflict.
The overseas development funding, ...
JordanOn her first visit to Jordan as Prime Minister, Theresa May will visit Amman today, 3 April. The Prime Minister will announce a new UK-Jordan initiative to tackle the terror threat and develop new capabilities...
The Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has today formally opened a huge state-of-the-art £83 million MOD logistics centre in Shropshire, which will streamline distribution and storage...
Announced in the Autumn Statement 2015, these new zones support businesses, helping budding entrepreneurs to start and established companies to grow. They offer business rates discounts and additional tax breaks...
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) is investing up to £55 million to make the UK’s connected and autonomous vehicle testing ecosystem the world’s most effective.
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Les Bramwell was walking along the pavement after routinely assessing repairs to a pothole on the A50 near Stoke-on-Trent when he was struck by a car last April (2016).
The 65-year-old was left with serious...
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
The PM and the Saudi Minister of Energy, Khalid al Falih, discussed working together on energy policy, including energy diversification, as well as investment opportunities...
The PHE annual conference brings together over 1400 participants from a wide range of organisations, to learn, and share knowledge and experience to help improve public health.
This year’s conference...
During the events, there will be experts available to explain the technical aspects of topics such as ground investigations, environmental impacts, construction, land and property compensation and assistance ...
Thank you Madam President,
Allow me to begin by stressing my condolences to the representative of the Russian Federation for the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg yesterday that was such a senseless ...
Jeff James – Archives Unlocked
The National Archives has today launched a vision and action plan to help archives work to secure their future through digital transformation, investing in new workforce...
More than 10,000 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications have been submitted since the application window opened on 1 March, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced today (4 April).
The RPA is ...
On reports of a chemical weapons attack near Idlib in Syria, the Foreign Secretary said:
I am horrified by the reports of an attack near Idlib in Syria. The reports we are receiving strongly suggest...
Updated: Response to media stories on DFID's use of Private Sector Contractors
DFID’s use of Private Sector Contractors - Tuesday 4 AprilToday the International Development Committee published its report...
The Environment Agency has finished repairing Torcross sea defence after damage caused by the storms of February 2016.
Those storms saw large waves hit the sea defence when beach levels were low, causing...
The Secretary of State restated the Government’s commitment to returning devolved power-sharing government to Northern Ireland as soon as possible, providing attendees with an update on the current political ...
Updated: Status update.
At present insolvency practitioners are unable to reset their passwords and we are aware that some people are receiving acknowledgement emails containing incorrect information,
Farmers, landowners, big and small business, and members of the public are being asked to be more vigilant after a number of incidents where large amounts of processed or baled waste has been dumped across the...
The specialist taskforce will analyse intelligence compiled by about 100 counter-terrorism experts working across the country to assess the threat posed by radicalisation in prisons.
It will advise prisons...
4 April - Legal Services Board publishes Business Plan for 2017/18.
I am very pleased to announce that Her Royal Highness (HRH) The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, daughter of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, will visit Ghana from this evening as part of a two-country visit to ...
JordanOn her first visit to Jordan as Prime Minister, Theresa May will visit Amman today, 3 April. The Prime Minister will announce a new UK-Jordan initiative to tackle the terror threat and develop new capabilities...
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has opened a statutory inquiry into Kids ‘N’ Cancer UK, registered charity number 1138702, and frozen its bank accounts...
South West Water has been ordered to pay £86,000 in fines and costs for discharging sewage into Dawlish Water over a bank holiday weekend. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
On ...
The European Commission has formally confirmed that it will begin to gather evidence on the UK Government’s plan to resolve RBS’s State aid commitment.
The plan, first announced on 17 February...
The Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has today formally opened a huge state-of-the-art £83 million MOD logistics centre in Shropshire, which will streamline distribution and storage...
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There has been much speculation on the future of many intellectual property laws following decision that the UK should leave the EU.
This guide looks to offer factual...
I would like to thank the Financial Times for hosting today’s event.
This is a historic place, here at Central Hall.
In 1914, the Suffragettes – campaigning for the vote for women - met here at...
The first annual report setting out how the current Troubled Families Programme has been supporting the most disadvantaged families shows how so far 185,000 families with multiple problems are receiving dedicated...
Britain will host some of the biggest names in UK and international FinTech when the second UK Fintech Week takes place in London next week.
Building on the success of last year, the week-long event will...
Announced in the Autumn Statement 2015, these new zones support businesses, helping budding entrepreneurs to start and established companies to grow. They offer business rates discounts and additional tax breaks...
This visit, The Princess Royal’s third to Ghana, will celebrate the unique friendship between the UK and Ghana as it marks its 60th Anniversary of Independence. Coming on the back of a series of high-profile ...
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SummaryThursday 30 March – Typhoons attacked three Daesh targets that formed part of a defensive network south-west of Kirkuk.
Sunday 2 April – Tornados engaged...
A set of ornate 18th century ironwork railings is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £305,000.
Culture Minister Matt Hancock has placed...
The Foundation for Social Improvement (the FSI) has been awarded a grant worth £199,580 to run a two year training programme, helping small, local charities and community groups develop their...
Updated guidance has been published which helps providers with questions about mental health work under the 2014 Standard Civil Contract.
Development of this update follows constructive discussions with...
The specialist taskforce will analyse intelligence compiled by about 100 counter-terrorism experts working across the country to assess the threat posed by radicalisation in prisons.
It will advise prisons...
Funded by the UK Government, the UK-PHRST is jointly run by Public Health England (PHE) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with Oxford University and King’s College London as academic partners...
This service will replace the two separate tax evasion and customs hotlines with one, streamlining HMRC’s intelligence gathering on tax fraud.
Customers can report all kinds of tax fraud and evasion on...
Thousands of schools across England are to benefit from a £2.4 billion cash injection, Education Secretary Justine Greening announced today (3 April 2017).
It comes as new government figures...
On 5 March, Frank Baker, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iraq, and Prof. Dr. Abdul Razak Abdul Jaleel Al- Essa, the Acting Minister for Finance, signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under this new...
The Prime Minister will today set out the details of a £1 billion jobs and education package to support the most vulnerable victims of the Syrian conflict.
The overseas development funding, ...
The Chancellor will be joined by a senior business delegation including leaders from UK FinTech and financial services firms, as well as FinTech envoy Eileen Burbidge, the Commercial Secretary Baroness Neville...
Research shows the profound impact that parents who are workless, and experiencing a range of associated problems, can have on children’s chances of success. The new analysis shows children in workless families...