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Basic housing to keep offenders off streets and cut crime

A record number of offenders at risk of homelessness will be temporarily housed in basic accommodation as part of a national initiative to cut crime, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 12:10

Refreshed Defence Command Paper sets out future for Armed Forces

A £2.5 billion investment in stockpiles and a Global Response Force are behind a refreshed plan to improve the warfighting readiness of the British Armed Forces...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 12:08

Written statement on Publication of Government Update on Loot Boxes - Jul 18

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Lucy Frazer): The Government has today published an update on improvements to industry-led protections for loot boxes in video games...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:51

Written statement on Technology Selection Process Launch - Jul 18

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps): In March this year, as part of the Powering Up Britain strategy, the government set up Great British Nuclear...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:49

Policy paper published: Counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) 2023

The aim of CONTEST is to reduce the risk from terrorism to the UK, its citizens and interests overseas, so people can live freely and with confidence...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:47

UK and Turkey to negotiate new trade deal

The UK and Turkey agree to start talks on a new, modernised free trade deal....

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 10:19

A letter to students from Ofqual and UCAS

A letter from Ofqual's Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, and UCAS's Chief Executive, Clare Marchant, to students receiving their results on 17 August 2023...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 09:52

Prospect: Warm words must be matched with action on nuclear

Sue Ferns, Senior Deputy General Secretary of Prospect, responding to today's launch of Great British Nuclear (GBN) said...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 09:51

Yvette Cooper comments on the Illegal Immigration Bill passing through its final stage in parliament

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the Illegal Immigration Bill passing through its final stage in parliament, said...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 09:48

MHRA launches public consultation on reclassification of opioid-containing cough medicine

Health professionals and the public have until 15 August to share their views on the potential reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 09:47