Ocean mapping satellite to help UK scientists tackle climate change
A government-backed satellite that will allow UK scientists to measure sea-level rise is set to launch on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg, California...
Saturday, 21 November 2020 09:20
Leisure centres to go under without further rescue funding in Spending Review – districts warn
Leisure centres closed again due to coronavirus may never re-open unless government brings forward a financial rescue package to save the sector in next week’s Spending Review...
Saturday, 21 November 2020 00:01
LGA: Public health funding boost needed to fuel post-pandemic recovery
Vital public health services such as drug and alcohol treatment, early years and school aged support, weight management and sexual health services need urgent investment in the Spending Review...
Saturday, 21 November 2020 00:01
Culture Recovery Fund will bring Blackpool Tower Ballroom back to former glory
The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is the latest venue to receive a lifeline grant of £764,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden has announced...
Saturday, 21 November 2020 00:01
PM: G20 must work together to defeat the pandemic and protect the planet
The Prime Minister will urge G20 leaders to take more ambitious action to defeat the pandemic and address climate change, as he attends a virtual summit this weekend...
Friday, 20 November 2020 22:30
LGA responds to weekly testing of homecare workers
Responding to the Government announcement of an expansion of testing to include weekly tests of those working in home care, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said...
Friday, 20 November 2020 15:10
Nuremberg tribunal: UK statement
Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council on 19 November 2020...
Friday, 20 November 2020 14:38
UK government secures satellite network OneWeb
Acquisition of global satellite communications company, OneWeb, completes today, following successful government bid in July 2020...
Friday, 20 November 2020 13:51
CFI calls on UK Government to “immediately correct” its “offensive and hostile” separation of Jerusalem from Israel in travel advice
CFI has called on the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to “immediately correct” its “offensive and hostile” separation of Jerusalem from Israel in its latest Coronavirus travel advice...
Friday, 20 November 2020 13:49
Greens call for end to UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ahead of G20 summit
The Green Party of England and Wales and the Scottish Greens have condemned UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit hosted by Riyadh this weekend...
Friday, 20 November 2020 13:48