Press Releases

Michael Gove announces new funding to protect bees

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £60,000 fund to develop and test pollinator habitat mapping.

Gove launches Fisheries Bill to take back control of UK waters

Bill creates powers to build a sustainable, profitable UK fishing industry and deliver a Green Brexit with new protections for our precious marine environment

Alun Cairns: “Wales can lead the way in our engineering revolution”

Welsh Secretary visits engineering giant Renishaw’s Miskin plant

An STI is diagnosed in a young person every 4 minutes in England

Sam Thompson releases 2 new films for Public Health England’s 'Protect Against STIs' campaign, to encourage condom use among young people.

Foreign Secretary in first bilateral visit to Switzerland for more than 20 years

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrived in Switzerland on 24 October for a 2-day visit.

Latest ONS figures show exports in services continue to grow

Figures released today (24 October 2018) show services exports grew to £286 billion, increasing by 6.9% compared to the same time last year.

PM call with King Salman of Saudi Arabia: 24 October 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia.

PM meeting with PM Andrej Babiš of the Czech Republic: 24 October 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May met PM Andrej Babiš of the Czech Republic.

Local government finance settlement date confirmed in government response to Hudson review

Local authorities will have more certainty to plan their budgets as government confirms it will aim for set dates each year.

Dutch Royals welcomed to London for their first state visit

Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands come to the UK on 23 and 24 October for their first state visit.

Continuity of planning (environmental) requirements when the UK leaves the European Union

The government has published statutory instruments in relation to environmental assessments and the planning regime.

FCO statement on UN action against North Korea sanctions breaches

UK welcomes the announcement by the UN’s 1718 Committee to list three vessels for engaging in sanctions evasion.

Rapist has sentence increased following Solicitor General’s referral

Joseph Ahmed has had his sentence increased following the Solicitor General’s referral to the Court of Appeal.

Independent Governor of Westminster Foundation for Democracy appointed

Mark Babington has 20 years’ experience in the public sector and is a qualified FCA accountant.

Business Secretary hosts first cross-government working group on future regulation

The Ministerial Working Group on Future Regulation, chaired by the Business Secretary Greg Clark, met for the first time yesterday (23 October 2018).

Mammoth discovery on A14 improvement programme

The remains of a woolly mammoth from the ice age are among the latest remarkable finds on the £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon project.

Updating of RAIB report 18/2017, Sandilands junction

Updating of RAIB report: Overturning of a tram at Sandilands junction, Croydon, 9 November 2016.

New media guidance issued to all court staff

New guidance drawn up in partnership with the media has been issued to courts and tribunal staff to support and promote access to courts

Sales of veterinary antibiotics at their lowest in 25 years

Total sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since 1993, according to Defra’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate.