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Over 434,000 people have arrived in South Sudan since the outbreak of the Sudanese conflict: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 21:10

DHSC blog: Review of risk of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in NHS supply chains

As part of the UK government’s world-leading ambition to tackle modern slavery, the Department of Health and Social Care has today published the Review of the risk of Modern Slavery...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 20:45

DLUHC blog: Shelter report on homelessness

This week, there has been coverage of a Shelter report which says the number of people who will be homeless in England this Christmas will rise this year to 309,000...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 20:42

Government delivers on promise to ban keeping of primates

Keeping primates as pets will be banned under new legislation introduced by the Government today (14 December), improving the welfare of thousands of animals...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 19:53

UN News: 'Desperate, hungry, terrified': Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food

Some Gazans are so desperate for food that they are now stopping aid trucks and immediately eating what they find, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday....

Thursday, 14 December 2023 16:31

WEC Chair comment: Minister for disabled people

Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP said...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 16:29

Update on a new fiscal framework for local government in Scotland

Details of progress towards a new fiscal framework between the Scottish Government and Local Government have been published...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 15:18

Written statement on Treatment of Politically Exposed Persons under the Money Laundering Regulations - Dec 14

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Baroness Vere of Norbiton): Today the Government has laid The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2023...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:46

Labour responds to the fall in the number of nurseries and childminders

Helen Hayes MP, Labour's Shadow Children and Early Years Minister, responding to the fall in the number of nurseries and childminders, said...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:30

Office for Students independent review: terms of reference

An independent review of the Office for Students (OfS) led by Sir David Behan...

Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:09