LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), working with law enforcement partners, seizedalmost 20million doses of illegally traded medicines,with apotentialstreet value ofnearly £45million,during 2025. As part ofacrackdown on criminal profits, the MHRA's financial investigatorsalsodenied criminals access to more than £2.1 million in assets linked to the illegal trade in medicines. ...
LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Energy Secretary signs historic clean energy security pact - the Hamburg Declaration - with European leaders at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg to deliver major offshore wind projects in shared waters * In an increasingly unstable world,UKand EU allies double down on clean power as route to energy sovereignty and abundance, protecting the British people and strengthening national security * New partnership sign...
LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Civil Application Fixer  We are launching a new digital form to replace the previous email address applicationfixer@justice.gov.uk This service applies to:  * Merits/Means Decisions * Prior Authority Decisions * Exceptional and Complex Cases Teams (including Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) decisions) Providers should use Civil Application Fixer if: * the initial decision made by the LAA ...
LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The FIA Foundation manages and supports an international programme of activities promoting road safety, environmentalprotectionand sustainable mobility, as well as funding motorsport safety research. TheCommissionhas opened a statutory inquiryto protect the charity's property whilst it investigates concerns that have been raised with it. Due to the nature of theconcerns, the regulator has issued the charity wit...
LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Maximising economic growth by growing Scotland's co-operative and mutuals sector was the focus of a roundtable hosted by UK Government Ministers today [January 22]. A co-operative is a business owned and run by its members and such is their success the UK Government is committed to doubling the size of the sector.Scotland was home to some of the earliest co-ops in the world - including the Fenwick Weavers' Socie...
LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Unsupervised sunbed use by young people to be banned as part of National Cancer Plan * Consultation to launch in Spring 2026, new rules could come into force as soon as 2027 * Drive to tackle avoidable cancer andhelp maketheNHS Fit for the Future More young people will be better protected from skin cancer through a proposed crackdown on sunbed harms, clamping down on rogue businesses flouting the law and putti...
LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, this afternoon. The Prime Minister raised the brave and heroic British and American soldiers who fought side by side in Afghanistan, many of whom never returned home. We must never forget their sacrifice, he said. As Ukraine approaches the fourth year of war since Russia's full-scale invasion, the leaders agreed on the need to see pro...
LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * New drones will pair up with Apache attack helicopters, pivoting to a new way of war and delivering on the Strategic Defence Review. * Industry partnering with Defence to shape future of autonomous weapons systems. * Seven industry partners advance to the next stage ofProject NYX. Seven industry partners have been invited to bring forward their designs for the futuristic drones, which will accompany British Ar...
LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Armed forces personnel willbenefitfromstate-of-the-arttechnical trainingfacilitiesand new accommodation blocks at MOD Lyneham. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)has handed overthe new facilities,which were delivered bymain contractorKierConstruction Western & Wales, with Mott MacDonald joining as the Technical Service Provider. The new facilities includethree Single Living Accommodation blocks, provid...
LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Karen Newman is appointed to design a new sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II on Birdcage Walk, marking the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Memorial. * This will complement Martin Jennings' statue of Queen Elizabeth on The Mall, which will now be accompanied by a statue of Prince Philip close by. * Final designs for the national memorial to be unveiled in April. The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee has appointed...