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FCA announces work into pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to launch a market study into how pure protection insurance products are sold following concerns that competition is not working well in the market...

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 07:47

National alternative protein innovation centre launches

Cultured meat, insect-based proteins and proteins made by fermentation could soon be a sustainable and nutritious part our diets, thanks to new funding...

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 00:01

New HEPI report: Down with the World-Class University: How our business models damage universal higher education

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a report calling for a fundamental re-evaluation of the way universities are run in the UK...

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 00:01

Prime Minister to drive UK growth on European visits as he launches major German partnership

The Prime Minister will drive forward UK economic growth in Berlin and Paris this week, as he puts delivering for the British people at the top of his international agenda...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 22:30

Readout of Prime Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister of Bahrain

A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “The Prime Minister welcomed His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain, to Downing Street today...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:06

Hundreds of rogue employers targeted in illegal working crackdown

Hundreds of rogue employers across the UK have been targeted by the Home Office during a nationwide weeklong intensive operation into illegal working...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 14:55

UK announces new climate funding for Pacific as Minister visits New Zealand and Tonga

Indo-Pacific Minister Catherine West will announce £12.9 million in new climate funding on her first overseas visit...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 14:54

New full-fibre network ‘enhancing ability to respond to emergencies’

A new communications network connecting 163 remote radio sites is now operational, ensuring HM Coastguard’s effective emergency response continues across the UK...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 13:41

Switchover date for new livestock identification tag codes in Northern Ireland extended

DAERA has extended the switchover date when ‘UK’ prefix livestock tags can no longer be used to 30 June 2025...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 12:54

Extension of Mental Health Champion appointment in Northern Ireland

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has extended the appointment of Professor Siobhan O’Neill as the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland...

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 12:52