Statement to Parliament: Increased support for renewable heat
I am pleased to announce today the publication of DECC’s Government response document ‘Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: Improving support, increasing uptake’, which sets out a range of...
View ArticlePress release: Children to stay with foster families until 21
All children in care will be able to stay with their foster families after they turn 18 following a £40 million funding boost and a new legal duty on councils to provide support. Children and Families...
View ArticleNews story: Huge vote of confidence in new nuclear at Wylfa Newydd
The signing of an agreement with Hitachi and Horizon to support the development of a new nuclear power station at Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey is a strong signal of the Government’s commitment to new...
View ArticleSpeech: Building Green Economy in Kazakhstan: Green Investment Bank
“Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!“I am delighted to be here today and speak about Green Investment Bank. “GIB was established in May last year but became fully operational in November 2012. The bank was set...
View ArticlePress release: Record investments of £40 billion in renewable electricity to...
Additional investments of around £40 billion are expected in renewable electricity generation projects up to 2020, following updated contract terms and strike prices published today and wider reforms...
View ArticlePress release: Levels of healthcare-acquired MRSA and C. difficile infections...
The latest monthly MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infections) and ‘Clostridium difficile’ infection figures are published today and are available via the Public Health England (PHE) website. The data...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Electricity Market Reform update: investment in...
I wish to inform the House that today the Government is publishing the Contract for Difference (CfD) strike prices for renewable technologies, alongside an update to the key CfD contract terms. This...
View ArticlePress release: Airports Commission welcomes surface transport improvements
In the National Infrastructure Plan published today (4 December 2013), the government has set out its intention to act on the Airports Commission’s surface access recommendations. Welcoming this move,...
View ArticleNews story: RAF’s top female officer interviewed
Elaine West became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal in the RAF in August. In her first interview since being promoted, she speaks about the role of women in the Armed...
View ArticleNews story: PM taskforce recommends new powers to tackle extremism
The taskforce was set up this summer to identify areas where the current approach was lacking and agree practical steps to fight against all forms of extremism.The final report states that challenging...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Justice and home affairs: pre-Council statement,...
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on 5 and 6 December in Brussels. My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for...
View ArticlePress release: UK supports Afghan peace-building efforts
Representatives of Northern Ireland’s Causeway Institute for Peace-Building and Conflict Resolution visited Kabul this week, at the invitation of High Peace Council (HPC) Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani to...
View ArticleSpeech: High Commissioner to South Africa spoke at SAIIA G20 conference on...
Good morning, and thank you to the South African Institute of International Affairs and my colleagues on this panel, for inviting me to speak this morning.I have been asked to speak to you today about...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Tackling Extremism in the UK: report from the Prime...
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May): The Extremism Task Force was set up in the wake of the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich to look closely at whether the government...
View ArticleNews story: New Heritage Lottery Funding for First World War projects
Helen Grant the Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities has announced £51,100 of Heritage Lottery Funding for new First World War projects across the North West.The six First World War projects in...
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News story: UK and Romania joint statement on Green Growth
The Secretary of State met with the Romanian Environment Minister, Rovana Plumb today to discuss Low Carbon and Green Growth ambitions in Europe. The UK and Romania are working on deepening their...
View ArticleNews story: Shingles vaccine update
Updated: Update: Supply of shingles vaccine will be restored as of today.Shingles, or herpes zoster, is an infection of a nerve and the area of skin around it. In serious cases, it causes a rash of...
View ArticleSpeech: Danny Alexander on the National Infrastructure Plan 2013
Introduction[Well] I hope that Paul’s [Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury] comments…And those completed projects he ran us through…Show that our infrastructure plan is making a difference...
View ArticlePress release: Progress on clearer pricing in supermarkets
Major supermarkets in the UK have acted to make pricing clearer and simpler for shoppers following a meeting with Consumer Minister Jo Swinson earlier this year. At the meeting in May, Jo Swinson set...
View ArticleNews story: Catching some sun, not infections
Public Health England (PHE) reminds UK travellers visiting friends and family, or taking winter sun holidays, to ensure they take appropriate travel health advice, and make sure their vaccinations are...
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