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Foreign Office travel advice updates

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Latest travel information for British nationals affected by the situation in the Middle East....

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and UNSC resolutions in Iran: E3 statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, March 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

France, Germany and the UK (the E3) delivered a joint statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board o...

Medicine production expansion comes as Welsh Secretary announces new trade programme

£23 million is being invested and more than 40 jobs created in Wales’s growing life sciences sector as Welsh Secretary J...

Norovirus cases remain high while respiratory viruses fall

UK Health Security Agency

Weekly UKHSA report for the 2025/26 season, monitoring respiratory viruses. ...

Flood resilience improved for homes in Stafford

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has delivered a flood risk management scheme on Sandon Road, Stafford, giving residents better fl...

The fake £9.8 million NHS contract: directors banned after investors tricked out of more than £2 million

The Insolvency Service

Husband-and-wife banned as company directors for combined 23 years...

Current inspections

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Details of our live inspections, and any inspection reports awaiting publication....

New plan-making system: regulations come into force 25 March and content roadmap

Planning Inspectorate

An update from MHCLG about the new plan-making system and content roadmap....

PM remarks on the situation in the Middle East: 5 March 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister's remarks at a press conference on the situation in the Middle East....

Liz Chinchen appointed as senior adviser to Secretary of State

Department of Health and Social Care

Liz Chinchen to work with ministers and senior officials on industrial relations in health and social care....

From preserves to packaging – helping British glass shine

Trade Remedies Authority

The TRA has launched two new investigations into imports of glass containers from China and Turkey....

Birmingham skip firm pays £9,495 for failing to remove waste

Environment Agency

A Birmingham skip hire company has been ordered to pay £9,495.50 for disobeying a magistrates’ court order to remove all...

Foreign criminals excluded from UK under strict new rules

Home Office

Foreign criminals will be refused entry to the UK or have their visas cancelled in a crackdown on those posing a threat ...

Asylum handouts and accommodation removed for illegal migrants abusing Britain’s generosity

Home Office

Stricter conditions for migrants receiving asylum support will create a fairer, compliance-based system that’s better fo...

Over £370 million saved in crackdown on asylum claims by tourists

Home Office

Almost £400 million has been saved in asylum accommodation and support costs after a crackdown on tourists abusing the U...

Masterpiece of modern British art at risk of leaving the UK

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting by the celebrated British contemporary artist Howard Hodgkin...

Higher standard of English now required to settle in the UK

Home Office

Raising the English fluency level will allow migrants to contribute and integrate into British life....

International Women’s Day 2026: UK statement to the OSCE

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Holland marks International Women's Day 2026 by reaffirming that the security, prosperity and stability of th...

Home Secretary's speech on immigration: 5 March 2026

Home Office

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research on immigration reforms. ...

Application process for CLAAB Chair public appointment now live

Ministry of Justice

The Government has launched an appointment process to identify an outstanding individual with excellent leadership, enga...

Nuclear safety, security and safeguards in Ukraine: UK Statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, March 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Delivered at the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, March 2026...

Joint Communiqué between the UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls and representatives of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, 3 March 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

A joint communiqué to enhance co-operation through leadership and solidarity....

1 April 2026: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

Intellectual Property Office

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure will change on 1 April 2026...

Government review launched into park homes commission charge

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

A review of a long debated 10% commission fee charged on the sale of park homes, which can be worth thousands of pounds,...

Inspection work in progress

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

This 'work in progress' page has now been replaced by the ICIBI 'current inspections' page....

Certification Officer: Announcements

Certification Officer

General announcements and latest decisions of the Certification Officer...

Royal recognition

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)

Four people have been awarded the Lord-Lieutenant’s Certificate of Merit by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamo...

Russia’s strategy of distraction seeks to obscure its violation of OSCE principles: UK statement to the OSCE

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Holland highlights how Russia’s false narratives and unsubstantiated allegations aim to distract from its unl...

Enabling communities to maintain local flood risk defences

Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme

New guidance is available to help communities with local flood risk management....

A proportionate approach to Martyn's Law regulation

Security Industry Authority

Laura Gibb, the SIA's Executive Director for Martyn's Law, gives her thoughts after 10 weeks in the role....