We strongly condemn the ongoing violence harming civilians in Myanmar: joint statement at the UN Security Council by Dame Barbara Woodward
Joint statement by the United Kingdom, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the United States....
Monday, 5 February 2024 16:03
UK Minister in UAE for talks on building a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza
UK Minister Lord Ahmad returns to the Middle East to meet key regional partners to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:51
Government confirms over £64 billion funding package for councils
The final local government finance settlement for 2024-25 makes available £64.7 billion for local government - an increase of 7.5% in cash terms...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:47
Liz Kendall responds to ONS’ reweighted Labour Market Statistics
Responding to the ONS’ reweighted Labour Market Statistics, Liz Kendall, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:45
UK statement on Senegal’s delayed presidential elections
The UK has made a statement following the announcement of Senegal's delayed presidential elections...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:44
Calls to charge SUVs more to park in towns and cities
Responding the news that Parisians have voted to triple parking costs for SUVs, Silviya Barrett, from transport charity Campaign for Better Transport, said...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:43
Ros Altmann: 12 reasons why raising State Pension Age to 71 by 2040, suggested by today’s ILC Report, is unconscionable and favours well-pensioned higher income groups
Anyone in their early-fifties and younger would be caught by this proposal – plunging more into poverty in later life...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:40
Public health facing “unprecedented period of pressures” – LGA on public health grant allocations
Commenting on the publication of the 2024/25 public health grant allocations, Cllr David Fothergill, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board said...
Monday, 5 February 2024 14:38
UK announces £100 million of new aid for over three million vulnerable people in Ethiopia as humanitarian crisis deepens
More than three million Ethiopians, including mothers and babies, will receive lifesaving help from the UK through a new humanitarian aid programme...
Monday, 5 February 2024 13:42
Fatal domestic abuse reviews renamed to better recognise suicide cases
Domestic Homicide Reviews will be renamed to Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews following calls to better recognise deaths from domestic abuse related suicide...
Monday, 5 February 2024 13:15