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Business Secretary appoints Indro Mukerjee as new Innovate UK CEO

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today announced the appointment of Indro Mukerjee as the new Chief Executive of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 09:14

Change the law now to ensure end to blanket bans on care home visits, urges Joint Committee

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has prepared a draft statutory instrument to lay before Parliament to secure legal protection for care home residents deprived of family visits, and therefore, their human rights...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 00:01

New cutting edge testing centre to fast-track covid-19 variant vaccines

Vaccines tailored to tackle COVID-19 variants are to be accelerated through new state-of-the-art labs, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced today...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 00:01

Fast track immigration route opens for prestigious award winners

Winners of awards, including Nobel Prizes, the Turing Award, Oscars and Golden Globes, will be able to live and work in the UK more easily under reforms being introduced by the Home Office...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 00:01

Starmer kicks off eve of poll tour with Labour mayoral candidates

Keir Starmer will campaign across England today joining Labour candidates in three key mayoral races: West Yorkshire, West Midlands and West of England...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 00:01

Government makes progress on Economic Crime Plan to tackle fraud and economic crime

Statement of progress shows improved understanding of threat and how the government is investing in the law enforcement response to economic crime...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 18:38

Alok Sharma's speech at the launch of the Adaptation Action Coalition's water tracker

COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech at the launch of the Adaptation Action Coalition's water tracker, at a satellite event of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2021...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 18:34

UK and India Prime Ministers announce Enhanced Defence Cooperation

Prime Ministers Modi and Johnson have today set out a shared vision for the UK-India defence partnership and agreed to advance the relationship to a new level...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 17:00

COVID-19 in schools: study shows drop in infections

Round 4 of the Schools Infection Survey (SIS) shows a significant drop in the number of secondary school pupils and staff testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:47

MHRA announces appointment of Chief Safety Officer

Dr Alison Cave joins the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as Chief Safety Officer...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:34