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High streets to receive £150 million to restore community pride

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multi-million-pound package to turn the tide on ailing high streets, targeted in places most in need of support...

PM press statement alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: 31 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's press statement in Tokyo alongside Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi....

Greater access to breakthrough trials for rare cancer patients

Department of Health and Social Care

Better chance of survival for people with rare cancers thanks to a new government approach to clinical trials and access...

Prime Minister celebrates Great British theatre in Shanghai

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister has today visited the Design Innovation Institute in Shanghai to mark the growing impact of British t...

From precision-bred hemp to Sunshine Tomatoes: £21.5m to drive farm innovation in England

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

£21.5m is backing 15 England-wide projects to turn new crops and low-emission farm tech into ready-to-use tools that boo...

Billions in exports and investment deals secured as PM concludes visit to China

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Billions of pounds worth of?export?and?investment?deals for the UK have been secured, as the Prime Minister wraps up his...

MMO secures a second successful MPA byelaw prosecution

Marine Management Organisation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has secured a second successful prosecution for a contravention of an MMO Marin...

18th century dog sculpture at risk of leaving the UK

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on an 18th century terracotta sculpture of a dog by Anne Damer...

UK statement to the extraordinary IAEA Board of Governors meeting, January 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Delivered to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors extraordinary meeting on 30 January 2026...

DVLA warns ‘nobody wins’ as new campaign targets untaxed vehicles

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLA has launched a new campaign featuring a talking clamp to remind drivers to tax their vehicles and underlines the co...

Marine licencing supporting coastal restoration, defence infrastructure and offshore wind

Marine Management Organisation

Recent marine licencing decisions are supporting kelp restoration in the northeast, MOD facility maintenance at Weymouth...

Liz Kendall’s speech at Bio Industry Association

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Liz Kendall, delivered a speech at Bio Industry Association ...

New facility to boost UK space SMEs opens with £3.9 million government backing

UK Space Agency

A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence and Space’s ...

Moving on

Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

After six years as the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Victoria Davies has announced her resignation from the role to ta...

PM meeting with President Xi Jinping of China: 29 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. ...

Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping

Environment Agency

Two men arrested as part of Environment Agency investigation, supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit....

PM meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang: 30 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met the Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing today....

London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway services return to public ownership

Department for Transport

From 1 February 2026, passengers who travel with London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway will benefit from...

New review of single living accommodation to transform military housing standards

Ministry of Defence

Independent review launched to fix substandard military accommodation for around 80,000 single and unaccompanied service...

Energy bill support extended for millions of families

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount has been extended so millions of families will receive the £150 energy bill discount for the rest of ...

We are pleased that this resolution maintains the mission’s existing resource on protection of women and children, who are particularly vulnerable to the extreme levels of violence in Haiti: UK Explanation of Vote at the UN Security Council

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Archie Young, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council...

Prime Minister secures Scotch whisky tariff cut in China worth £250 million

The Prime Minister has secured a Scotch whisky tariff cut in China worth £250 million to the UK economy....

Government action to avert summer prison disaster

Ministry of Justice

The prison system would have collapsed entirely by summer if not for the Government’s decisive action to keep the public...

MHRA updates guidance for GLP-1 prescribers and patients

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Updated product information for healthcare professionals and patients regarding the small risk of severe acute pancreat...

The government's response to the MAC's Seasonal Worker review

Migration Advisory Committee

On 23 March 2023, the MAC launched a self-commissioned review into the Seasonal Worker route and this is the government'...

Ex-LCF CEO and wife admit to multiple breaches of court order

Serious Fraud Office

SFO action results in Michael and Debbie Thomson held in contempt....

Flagship accelerator unlocks 125,000 homes and takes on new sites

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Phase 2 of the New Homes Accelerator has been launched today. ...

Honouring Churchill's Promise as the 80th Anniversary Approaches

Veterans UK

The MOD remains committed to honouring Churchill's historic pledge with the Ilford Park Polish Home....

OSCE Moscow Mechanism Invocation: Georgia: January 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK and 23 other countries have invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism to launch an expert mission on the deteriorating hu...

First Annual Report published by the Immigration Advice Authority

Immigration Advice Authority

The report demonstrates an overview of the organisation’s activities, performance, financial accounts and future priorit...