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DWP announces increased support for veterans

Up to £6 million of investment will mean the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can fund more than 100 ‘Armed Forces Champion’ posts, dedicated to supporting former service personnel and their spouses readjust to civilian life. The champions will be stationed across the country.

Friday, 20 September 2019 11:52

CMA investigating award of West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise to First Rail Holdings Ltd and Trenitalia UK Ltd

Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction, if carried into effect...

Friday, 20 September 2019 09:46

Labour to announce plans to empower communities to defend their rights and secure justice

In his speech to Labour Party conference on Sunday, Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, will announce new plans...

Friday, 20 September 2019 09:30

Defra opens £2 million fund to restore flood-affected farmland

A £2 million fund to help farmers affected by summer flooding has opened for applications today...

Friday, 20 September 2019 09:27

Clean energy to power over seven million homes by 2025 at record low prices

Twelve new renewable energy projects will be powering over seven million homes at record low prices thanks to the latest round...

Friday, 20 September 2019 09:25

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps lays out his vision for the UK’s aviation industry

Speech at Cranfield by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on UK’s aviation industry...

Thursday, 19 September 2019 18:44

UK statement on freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief at HDIM 2019

Statement delivered by Helen Teasdale, First Secretary at the UK Delegation to the OSCE, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...

Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:00

Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report

A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.

Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:56

Policy paper - Drug related harms in homeless populations: government response

Document setting out the government’s response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on reducing drug-related harms in homeless populations...

Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:45

Head of Counter Terrorism Policing calls for public's help to tackle far right extremism

The Head of Counter Terrorism Policing has called upon the public to help tackle right wing extremism by seeking help for those vulnerable to radicalisation...

Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:27