LONDON, April 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A more dynamic, streamlined approach to environmental regulation will drive economic growth and safeguard nature under the Plan for Change, with reforms announced today (Wednesday 2 April) by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed. It comes as a new review, commissioned by Steve Reed and led by Dan Corry, finds the current system of environmental regulation is outdated, inconsistent and highly complex - delivering...
LONDON, April 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * New cooperation agreement with Serbia to smash the gangs at the heart of irregular migration crisis and secure UK borders ahead of hosting major Western Balkans diplomatic summit this Autumn * UK-supplied tech used in Kosovo to stop illicit goods and vulnerable people from reaching British shores and break the model of the criminal gangs * UK and European security also top of agenda with a visit to British troo...
LONDON, April 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Families across the country are set to benefit from thousands of new nursery places from September, as the government delivers the change that people voted for by confirming the first wave of 300 school-based nurseries. The measures will help parents get to work, increasing access to childcare when they need it, and supports the government's promise to put more cash in their pockets. The rollout of 30 government...
LONDON, April 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Homes England has joined with Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading specialist real estate investor and lender, to create the Greener Homes Alliance 2. The alliance will commit 150 million pounds of funding, 42 million pounds of which will be provided by the Agency's Home Building Fund. This will provide small and medium-sized (SME) housebuilders with further loan finance enabling even m...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We, the representatives of the governments of Albania, China, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, united as an international community in the fight against organised immigration crime (OIC), meeting within the framework of the Border Security Summit hosted by the United Kingdom, hereby affirm our collective responsibility to address the threat posed by organised criminal groups exploiting onl...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Isabel Doverty has been appointed as the interim Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA). Isabel will take up the role on 1 April 2025 and will serve as interim Chair until 31 December 2025. Isabel was appointed as an independent member of the Committee in January 2021 after an open competition. She was formerly Global Head of Human Resources, Wholesale Banking, at Standard Chartered Ban...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Greater clarity and accountability will be brought to fire and building safety from today (1 April) thanks to the transfer of Ministerial responsibility for all fire functions from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Bringing these responsibilities together will strengthen coordination, improve policy implementation, and reinforce the government's commitment to making ho...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: On Tuesday 25 March, the 25th anniversary edition of the Belgo-British conference was hosted by the Belgian FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation at the Egmont Palace. Justice Ministers from both the UK and Belgium, Minister Annelies Verlinden and Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, gave opening remarks on the topic of Belgium and the United Kingdom: Resilient Partners in a Changing World. Theo...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Leaky roofs, broken windows and dilapidated buildings at further education colleges across England will be repaired thanks to a 302m pounds government cash injection announced today (1 April), ensuring they can continue to break down barriers to opportunity as part of the government's Plan for Change. The funding, which was announced by the Chancellor in the Budget in October, is the first condition allocation f...
LONDON, April 1 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The UK and Vietnam are joining forces to clamp down on human trafficking by committing to a joint action plan. The agreement was signed yesterday, 31 March, at the Border Security Summit on Organised Immigration Crime in London by the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Vietnam Minister for Public Security General Luong Tam Quang. The agreement commits both countries to stop traffickers from exploiting vulnerable ...