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Latest testing provides reassurance on safety of Lough Neagh fish

Sea Eagle report published

AAIB Report: Eurofox 2K, G-CMAX

New challenge launched to store clean energy for longer and protect households from price spikes

The 2026 National Reference Test (NRT) results are out today. They show a long-term trend of slightly improved attainment in GCSE maths, but not in English language. So, to ensure that standards are maintained...

More than 5.7 million GCSE results have been issued to students in England today, along with more than 374,000 results for level 1 and 2 vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs).

These results...

Man overboard from the lone-operated creel fishing vessel Sea Eagle (AH18) resulting in one presumed fatality

AAIB investigation to Eurofox 2K, G-CMAX

Climate change is already being felt across the UK, with increasing impacts on people’s lives and the economy. With it now expected that global warming levels will exceed 1.5ºC1 in the next ten years, ...

Realising long-term economic growth, national security and resilience from the UK’s strengths in science and technology requires focused support in areas where the UK can secure lasting competitive advantage...

Statement from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Re Update: UNITE Financial Investigation & Annual Returns

Official Statistics: Knife and Offensive Weapon Sentencing Statistics: January to March 2026

GRECO: UK 6th round evaluation report published

For many people, mosquitoes are simply an annoying part of summer. Their familiar buzz is usually the signal to start waving your arms, reach for the insect repellent or wonder where that itchy bite came...

Departmental spend over £25,000: July 2026

GPC spend over £500: July 2026

Consultation on powers for local authorities to issue conditional cautions to fly-tipping offenders

PM call with Prime Minister Luxon of New Zealand: 19 August 2026

Foreign Secretary statement on Government of Israel launch of a tender for the E1 settlement project

Prime Minister orders crackdown on the criminal gangs profiting from illegal waste and blighting communities

Just got your GCSE results? Your next stop could be the train driver's seat

PM orders crackdown on the criminal gangs profiting from illegal waste and blighting communities

Underpinning the United Kingdom’s approach to working methods is our desire for an action-oriented Security Council: UK statement at the UN Security Council

By Emma Kelso, Senior Director Markets and Charging at Ofwat Claims that water companies could increase bills during a drought are simply wrong. Water charges are set in advance, and the work being reported relates...

We have responded to a report about the Advice and Guidance process, through which GPs seek advice from consultants before deciding whether to formally refer a patient for specialist care.

GCSE results day 2026: Everything you need to know including the number grading system

EM on EU Regulation 2026/1388 on certain new genomic techniques

NAD Group appoints new Chief Digital and Information Officer

Sentence increase for man plotting to smuggle drugs into prison

Minister renews calls for Israel to allow more aid into Gaza on first visit to the region

By Marian Spain, CEO of Natural England

In this blog, NE's Chief Executive Marian Spain reflects on her recent visit to healthcare sites in Bristol to explore how partners are incorporating nature...

GCSE results day 2026: Everything you need to know including the number grading system

UK Asset Resolution Annual Report and Accounts 2025-2026

Honorary British awards to foreign nationals 2026

Control of Gamma-Butyrolactone and 1,4-Butanediol

Derailment of a passenger train at Lewes

Building Safety Regulator appoints Independent Chair of Residents’ Panel

TRA imposes anti-dumping duties on boom lifts from China

DfE Update 19 August 2026

Official Statistics: Tribunals statistics quarterly: April to June 2026

GOV.UK Chat is an experimental AI tool that can help users get quick answers from government content. Our first scaled tests began with a web-based pilot in 2024. Since then we’ve learned much about...

Claire Sherratt, an Inspector Profession Lead, explains how we decide which procedure your appeal should follow and why headline rates of allowed appeals don’t tell the full story.  

One of the...

Reasons for SIA licence revocations from 2021 to 2026

Make Work Pay: revised tipping code of practice

Financial resilience in policing

Forestry Commission extends Sweet Chestnut Blight demarcated area

New GOV.UK page launched to encourage reporting, provide updates and track the South West's octopus bloom

Charity Commission Annual Public Meeting 2026

The proposed changes to the Mandatory Licensing Conditions enable an important new use case for digital verification services (DVS). Once in force, DVS can be used to support ...

Tech Nation and HubSpot for Startups have partnered this summer to create The Founder AI Prompt Pack – giving you the tools to find your own blind spots.

Every founder has a decision they...

Compliance with the Convention on Nuclear Safety Obligations: 10th national report

Identify with confidence using MMO’s species ID cards

Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and RED Driving School investigated for drip pricing

UK House Price Index for June 2026

Official list of trade unions

Whistleblowing report 2025-26

Northern Ireland Delivery Programme Accounting Officer's Assessment Summary

Northern Ireland Delivery Programme

With the Government seeking to make NHS 111 a key part of its shift from "hospital to community" care, we asked what people thought of the service. Here's what they told us.

Prime Minister launches national drive to get everyone in for Christmas

Libya’s leaders must use this window of opportunity to make progress on Libya’s political process: UK statement at the UN Security Council

John Lehane Memorial Lecture

Supreme Court of New South Wales

The implications of the development of artificial intelligence on the judiciary and the legal profession

18 August ...

OAG Spending over £500 on a GPC for July 2026

OAG spending over £25,000 for July 2026

AI to slash 101 wait times and free vital police time

Latest crane lifts mark major progress on SIXEP Continuity Plant

MHRA advises against the use of rectal catheters in infants

Photo by Taylor Vick for Unsplash

From floppy disks to memory cards, discs to drives, we used to think of memory as physical objects. Most government departments have moved towards cloud storage, which...

Several newspapers have claimed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will make it easier for unauthorised Traveller developments to get planning permission. This is not correct.

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CMA Growth and Investment Council meeting notes: 16 July 2026

Updating GB type approval for passenger and goods vehicles

King’s Awards for Enterprise recipient Delta Fire Ltd is demonstrating how British manufacturing and innovation can help fire and rescue services respond to both established and emerging operational challenges...

The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2026 (“the Mandatory Licensing Conditions”), once it is approved by Parliament and has come into force, will enable retailers...

Warning as investors lose hundreds of thousands of pounds to “Ponzi-style” crypto scheme

CMA publishes latest monitoring update on road fuel market

Appointment to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

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Creating a clear, rules-based planning system: letter to stakeholders

Creating a clear, rules-based planning system: letter to local authority leaders and mayors

Second registration window now open for tax advisers

Gas system in transition: security of supply

MHRA sets out position on regulation of microbiome-based medicinal products

Prime Minister supports West Midlands to take public control of local bus network

RSH adds Rentplus Homes Limited to gradings under review list

Founder of Liverpool's Signature empire banned as director after investors lost &pound;4.8 million through connected company

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has today announced changes to its approach to professional practical experience, as part of its wider reforms to architectural education and registration.�

The ...

UK Position Paper on Microbiome-Based Medicinal Products (MBMPs)

Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone secures &pound;300 million investment as Dell establishes Scottish base

Charities face increasingly complex attacks, warns regulator

Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people as Prime Minister takes further action to ease cost of living

UK and Lebanon sign MOU to strengthen security co-operation

Slough Borough Council: Explanatory Memorandum (updated 17 August 2026)

Slough Borough Council: Managing Director Commissioner appointment letter

NIO Statutory Equality and Good Relations Duties Annual Progress Report for 2025/2026

Small modular reactor Owner’s Engineer Procurement: summary business case

Small modular reactor Technology Partner: summary business case

UKAEA spins out Singular Machines

Two Trustees’ terms extended on the National Lottery Heritage Fund Board

Recruitment for two Senior Scientific Officers in the Biologicals Team