LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Boost for families as plans are set out to transform housing over the next 10 years, with more social and affordable properties including council homes, building on our Plan for Change * Government sets ambition to deliver around 300,000 social and affordable homes through the new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, with at least 60% for social rent * Long-term certainty and stability for the secto...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Prime Minister launches government's 10 Year Health Plan to bring the NHS closer to home * Neighbourhood Health Services to be rolled out across the country, bringing diagnostics, mental health, post-op, rehab, and nursing to people's doorsteps * Neighbourhood health centres will house services under one roof, open at evenings and weekends * Plan for Change will rebuild the NHS to train thousands more family doc...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thank you, Mr President. We welcome the Central African Republic's continued cooperation with the Independent Expert. We also welcome recent steps that the country has taken to strengthen its human rights framework, including strengthened judicial independence, the adoption of legislation to protect human rights defenders, and progress on reforming the criminal code. However, we remain alarmed at the increasing ...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Increase to water company reimbursements put more money back into customers' pockets when their services are hit * Triggers for compensation to be expanded to include company failure to conduct meter readings and installations * One of Environment Secretary's first promises in office delivered as government rolls out plan to reform the water sector Water companies will increase compensation payments to customer...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Response to consultation sees first major funding rise for housing and immigration legal aid fees in 30 years * Funding uplift aimed at helping those facing homelessness and speeding up asylum processing * An additional £20 million a year investment marks next step in government's Plan for Change to rebuild legal aid sector Following feedback from a consultation into civil legal aid, the Government...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ofsted has today published a research report it commissioned from Research in Practice at the National Children's Bureau (NCB). Research in Practice undertook an evidence review to explore key messages from policy and research before holding 2 phases of stakeholder focus groups. Over 400 participants took part, including professionals from all the sectors Ofsted inspects, young people, parents and carers, and Ofst...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: His Majesty The King, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the reappointment - for 5 years from 1 March 2026 - of Douglas Marshall as Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman. The reappointment of the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and has been made under Paragraph 1 of Schedule 13 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005....
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Businesses pitch newtechnologyto Ministers that will deliver safer streets, contributing to the Government's Plan for Change * Strict 24/7 surveillance and enhanced AI could monitor criminals in the community more closely than ever before * New "smell-detector" AI device could detect substance abuse inside and outside prison On Tuesday 01 July, seven top tech companies pitched their ideas to the Prisons and Pro...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The family of a soldier killed during the Battle of Normandy has visited the newly named grave of their loved one, who has now been identified after an 80-year search for closure. Rededication services took place on 26 June at CWGC Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery in Normandy for Trooper Francis Dominic Kelly and Trooper Victor Terrence Little, both of 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and Private John Aneurin Pr...
LONDON, July 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Last week's rededication services for Private (Pte) William Falconer, Gunner (Gnr) Joseph Humphries, Signalman (Sig) Edmund Roberts and Major (Maj) Richard White-Cooper were all held at Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Le Grand-Luce War Cemetery near Le Mans, France, on 24 June. The families of Gnr Humphries, Sig Roberts and Maj White-Cooper attended the rededication service, as well as serving soldiers ...