News story: Statement following Anglo-Irish Summit
Following the Summit, a Downing Street spokesperson said:The Prime Minister welcomed the Taoiseach at Downing Street today for the third Anglo-Irish Summit, where both leaders agreed that bilateral...
View ArticleSpeech: Why the UK visa service is the best in India
The American writer Mark Twain once said that he had been reliably assured that the music of Wagner was much better than it sounded. I am here today to tell you that the UK visa service is much better...
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Speech: Conference on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kazahkstan and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs for convening this workshop in the tenth anniversary year of 1540. UNSCR 1540 remains the only...
View ArticlePress release: Public Health England launch ‘Smokefree and Smiling’ guidance...
PHE has published new guidance for dental health professionals today (12 March 2014), national ‘No Smoking Day’, on how to help their patients to quit tobacco and in doing so, save lives.The guidance...
View ArticleNews story: UK broadband coverage better than European rivals
Ofcom’s European Broadband Scorecard, published today, shows that the UK leads the EU’s five biggest economies on most measures of coverage, take-up, usage and choice for both mobile and fixed...
View ArticlePress release: Paris trade event to promote French markets to Welsh companies
The Secretary of State for Wales David Jones MP and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France Sir Peter Ricketts will host SMEs from across Wales at a trade event at the British Embassy in Paris on Thursday...
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News story: UK-wide investment secured to grow the social economy
Businesses like Barclays, UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Janssen Healthcare Innovation are providing match-funding investment to support 6 new start-up incubators as part of the £10 million...
View ArticleNews story: Six Nations Rugby: Italy vs England travel advice.
Date: Saturday 15 MarchVenue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, RBS 6 Nations Rugby Tournament on 15 March 2014.Kick-off time: 1.30pm (local time)As well as this advice, check out our travel advice for...
View ArticleNews story: PM leads business delegation to Israel and the Palestinian...
The Prime Minister will use the visit to discuss how we can strengthen ties between the UK and Israel, and with the Palestinian territories with the aim of promoting economic growth and creating jobs...
View ArticlePress release: The government accepts wage rate recommendations
The Low Pay Commission today welcomed the government’s acceptance of its recommendations on rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for adults and young people from October 2014. The Chair of the Low...
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Press release: Automatic enrolment scores 3 million: as football club workers...
The 3 millionth worker is employed by West Ham United, whose Vice Chairman Karren Brady backed the roll out of the new workplace pension scheme. The first workers were automatically enrolled into...
View ArticlePress release: One million set to benefit from National Minimum Wage rise to...
The government has approved a rise in the National Minimum Wage to £6.50 per hour later this year (2014), with more than 1 million people set to see their pay rise by as much as £355 a year.The rise...
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News story: Storms unearth 19th century remains on MOD island
Sand on the beach and foreshore of the site, known as Burrow Island, was washed away in the severe winter weather conditions, exposing the remains of several individuals. The Defence Infrastructure...
View ArticlePress release: Truss visits Royal Ballet School
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss underlined the government’s commitment to supporting the arts by confirming funding for a scheme that allows young dancers and musicians from disadvantaged...
View ArticleNews story: Planning a same sex wedding from 29 March – what you need to know
Same sex couples in England and Wales wishing to be among the first to marry are being reminded that they can give notice to their local register office from 13 March. For most marriages or civil...
View ArticlePress release: CMA publishes second tranche of guidance and announces...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published a second set of guidance documents providing clarity on how the organisation will go about its work. These set out procedures the CMA...
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News story: Royal Air Force reserves return to Wales
614 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force is in the process of being reformed in Cardiff.The squadron’s commanding officer, Wing Commander Phil Sagar, said:As reserves play a bigger part in the...
View ArticleNews story: Chair of Data and Management Information Advisory Group announced
Dawn Ward OBE, Chief Executive and Principal of Burton and South Derbyshire College, has been appointed as Chair of the Agency’s new Data and Management Information Advisory Group. This is a sector led...
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News story: East Village homes completed and handed over pass 1,000 mark
Updated: Updating to take account of handover of fifth residential plot in East Village.This brings the total number of homes finished and transferred by the Olympic Delivery Authority to the Village’s...
View ArticleNews story: Statement of G7 leaders on Ukraine
We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, call on the Russian...
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