Statement to Parliament: Rail review update
As recommended by Richard Brown in his review into franchising and as part of June 2013’s national infrastructure plan Investing in Britain’s Future, my department undertook to review government rail...
View ArticlePress release: New environmental scheme for farmers to prioritise biodiversity
Farming Minister George Eustice announced today that the new environmental land management scheme will provide funding for farmers and land managers who deliver benefits for wildlife, improve water...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Visa regulations
Updated: Revisions to table for Fees Regulations (previously released 3 February 2014). This WMS has been revised by the visa regulations: revised table WMS of 24 February 2014. The revisions can be...
View ArticleNews story: Tackling health inequalities
Updated: Updated the contact information.Where you live, what you earn and how long you stay in education may all affect your health. For example, people living in the poorest neighbourhoods will on...
View ArticleNews story: CIFAS named for bank account controls role
The controls mean banks and building societies will be required to check all applications for new current accounts with a specified anti-fraud organisation or data-matching authority. Anyone who is in...
View ArticleNews story: New chairman for Recovery Career Services
John Bridgeman has been named as the new independent chairman for Recovery Career Services (RCS), a facility that provides new career opportunities for injured and wounded service personnel.John will...
View ArticleSpeech: Maria Miller's speech to the Oxford Media Convention, 26 February 2014
This year is the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, and it is truly extraordinary – I think – that it was only such a short time ago that Sir Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN made that...
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News story: HMS Montrose begins journey home
Since arriving in the eastern Mediterranean in January, HMS Montrose has been working alongside warships from Denmark and Norway carrying out maritime escort and protection duties for 2 merchant...
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Fatality notice: Captain Richard Holloway killed in Afghanistan
Updated: Updated with a picture taken on the day of the funeral Captain Holloway died after being engaged by enemy fire whilst on operations east of Kabul.Captain Richard Holloway, Royal...
View ArticlePress release: Indian business angels to make first UK investment
The Indian Angel Network (IAN) is Asia’s largest angel network of over 250 investors comprising a who’s who of successful entrepreneurs and CEOs, spread across 10 countries. The successful London-based...
View ArticleNews story: Kris Hopkins sees cutting edge homes for older people in Milton...
The Lovat Fields Village in Milton Keynes shows how better housing can transform the lives of older people, Housing Minister Kris Hopkins said this week. On Monday the minister met with some of the 350...
View ArticleNews story: UK welcomes UN Security Council resolution on Yemen
FCO minister for the Middle East, Hugh Robertson, said:I welcome the adoption of UNSC resolution 2140 which provides for the use of sanctions against those seeking to derail Yemen’s political...
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News story: Syria crisis: Latest updates on UK aid
Updated: Updated programme summary factsheet dated 26 Feb 2014.The crisis in Syria is gravely concerning. Hundreds of people are being killed or wounded every day and millions have been forced to...
View ArticleNews story: International science collaboration agreed
Defence ministers on both sides of the Atlantic have committed to enhance science and technology collaboration, develop joint programmes of research and strengthen engagement between industry and...
View ArticlePress release: Low Pay Commission recommends new minimum wage rates
The Low Pay Commission has published the executive summary Executive Summary of the Low Pay Commission 2014 Report (PDF, 2.55MB, 10 pages) of its 2014 report, together with a letter from the LPC...
View ArticleSpeech: “The international community supports the Yemeni people”
Thank you, Madam President.The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of Resolution 2140 on Yemen. In its unanimous adoption of this resolution, the Security Council has delivered four clear...
View ArticlePress release: Vince Cable opens new £50 million business park in Burnley
The Business Secretary Vince Cable is opening the new government-backed Burnley Bridge Business Park today (27 February 2014) and visiting some of Burnley’s most successful manufacturing companies. In...
View ArticleSpeech: "Only an outcome on the political track will provide a lasting...
Updated: Added translationMadam President,The United Kingdom welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2139 on Syria. Today, the Council finally shown that, whatever their political differences...
View ArticleNews story: Changes to how you apply for a visa from outside the UK: 24...
Other details, like the address of the visa application centre or its opening hours, may also change. We’ll update this page regularly as changes come in. UkraineFrom 26 February 2014, Teleperformance...
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Press release: UK energy statistics: 2013 provisional data
December energy statistics that allow a provisional assessment to be made of trends in energy production, transformation and consumption in 2013. A fuller analysis will be available in Energy Trends,...
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