UK pledges up to £130m for girls’ education in Pakistan
The United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday announced a bilateral programme worth up to £130 million to support girls’ education in Pakistan that will impact nearly 17 million children...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:46
New £27million funding partnership announced with VSO at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The UK Government has today (Saturday 25 June) announced a new £27m partnership with the UK’s leading overseas volunteering charity, VSO, to empower people living in low-income countries...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:40
UK invests in future of the Commonwealth with new education programmes
The UK is committing a further £217 million for three major education projects across Commonwealth countries today [Saturday], on the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:34
Government set to miss deadline to combat childhood obesity by 2030, councils warn
Around 40 per cent of 10 to 11 year olds will be obese or overweight by 2030 if trends in childhood obesity continued at their current rate, new projections published by the Local Government Association warn today...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 00:01
G7 vaccines failures contribute to 600,000 preventable deaths, says Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance
Less than half (49 per cent) of the 2.1 billion COVID vaccine donations promised to poorer countries by G7 countries have been delivered, according to new figures published today by Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 00:01
Sport and music education championed with new investment
Children across the country to be supported to find and develop their passions through increased opportunities to study music, learn instruments, and take up sports and activities thanks to a multi-million-pound investment into sports and music education...
Saturday, 25 June 2022 00:01
PM Opening Remarks at CHOGM Press conference
It is an extraordinary and moving experience to be here in Rwanda today...
Friday, 24 June 2022 16:23
UK strengthens protections for taxpayers in energy treaty negotiations
The UK has reached a landmark agreement to modernise the terms of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)...
Friday, 24 June 2022 13:21
UK announces new support for Commonwealth LGBT rights campaigners
The UK is announcing further funding today [Friday] to support grassroots human rights defenders and advance equality and freedom across the Commonwealth...
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:35
Health Secretary urges men to talk about their mental health to prevent suicide
The Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid set out actions being taken to prevent suicides and urged men to talk about their mental health in a speech at suicide prevention charity Papyrus’s headquarters in London today...
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:00