LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government draft in business rates guru to lead a review of pub and hotel business rates valuations * James Murray confirms the future system will be fairer for high street businesses * Follows a 20% cut to business rates bills for pubs, social clubs and live music venues from April 2027 announced last month Pub and hotel valuations will be made fairer as the government takes a further step to back the busines...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: This statement provides an update on the ongoing AAIB investigation into an accident involving UA Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2.3, G-TEKE, which suffered a single-engine failure before ditching in the English Channel on 24 August 2025. The investigation into the accident is nearing completion and the final report will be published in due course. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UK collaboration with provincial governments has helped more than 200,000 children in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa improve their access to schooling, basic reading, numeracy and life skills. Urdu reading levels rose from 15% to 78%, English reading from 15% to 45%, and subtraction skills from 37% to 67%. Support through the UK-Pakistan partnership used learning-level assessments, targeted instruction, teacher c...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Following a comprehensive review by category, the Peer Review Quality Guides and criteria sheets used to assess and score files have been updated across the 5 categories of law currently reviewed. The updated criteria sheets have also been moved from theIndependent Peer Review Process Document (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a43e9bd167a99cf0018d9c3/Independent_PR_Process_Document.pdf)so they now...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Defence Secretary Wes Streeting's visitsHMNB Devonport to see Navy innovation in action. * Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe and pivotal to UK and NATO security. * £7 billion investment in HMNB Devonport part of the largest naval infrastructure programme since the end of the Cold War. Billions of pounds of investmentissupporting skilled jobs and drivingmodernisation of the UK's maritim...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Civil Nuclear Constabulary was extremely saddened to hear of the deaths of PC Tom Clough, PC Matthew Blades, and five members of the public following a road traffic collision in Middlesborough on Saturday. PC Tom Clough was a former CNC officer, having joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in 2013 and served until April 2018 as an Authorised Firearms Officer (AFO) based at Sellafield Operational Policing Uni...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The leaders of the Coalition of the Willing convened today in Kyiv and by video conference to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the restoration of the Independence of Ukraine. They were united in their continued support of Ukraine's fight to defend its sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz chaired the meeting alongsid...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister met the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv today following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. The Prime Minister started by thanking President Zelenskyy for the warm welcome he had been given by the Ukrainian people on his first visit. It had been an honest and productive conversation during the Coalition of the Willing, the leaders agreed, and it was clear the interna...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Families stuck without a secure home to benefit from the first wave of funding from the government's £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme * Councils backed to build more homes as ministers drive the biggest council housebuilding revival in decades * More decisions over housing investment to move closer to local communities Families trapped in temporary accommodation or stuck on housing waiting lis...
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We, the President of Ukraine and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, meeting at a decisive moment for European security, and united in our resolve to shape the transformation of modern warfare, ACKNOWLEDGING the profound impact of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and network-enabled capability, and the strategic imperative for our two nations to lead in the safe, responsible, and operationally ...