UKAEA COMMITS £20M TO UKI2S FUND FOR FUSION INNOVATION

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * UKAEA commits £20 million to the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) portfolio * Government-backed seed fund supports early-stage fusion and deep tech companies emerging from UK research The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has contributed a further £20 million to the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) to back UK-based spinouts and early-stage companies. UKI2S is a government-backed s...


AI TO SPEED UP CANCER DIAGNOSIS FOR MILLIONS OF NHS PATIENTS

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Over 4 million patients have received a faster lung cancer diagnosis or all-clear thanks to AI tools. * £20 million government investment to roll out this proven technology to every NHS Trust in England by 2029. * A further £8.1 million to pilot six cutting-edge AI and digital technologies across 13 NHS sites, targeting faster care for heart failure, strokes, lung cancer and more. Millions of patient...


POLICEAI TO SPEED UP INVESTIGATIONS AND FIGHT CRIME

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities, as the government today launchesPoliceAI - a new national centre dedicated to the responsible development,pilotingand scaling of artificial intelligence in policing. The centre, backed by a record £75 million over 3 years, will work across all forces toidentify, test and scale AI tools that delive...


JOINT STATEMENT FROM UK AND AUSTRALIA ON THE AUSTRALIA-UK MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS: 10 JUNE 2026

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: On 10 June 2026, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, and the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon John Healey MP, hosted the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) in London. Ministers...


JOINT STATEMENT ON IRANIAN STATE THREATS AND HAYI-CLAIMED ATTACKS

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of Americacondemn thelethal plotting and other malign actions in Europe,North America and Australia by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Intelligence Organisation, Quds Force and Min...


FAIR WORK AGENCY ATTENDS TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION FORUM

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Sara Crawford, International Liaison Manager at the Fair Work Agency (FWA), and Neville Bradbury, National Investigations Manager (South West), attended the Tashkent International Migration Forum in Uzbekistan. The forum brought together governments, international organisations and other stakeholders to discuss protecting migrant workers and improving labour migration systems. Sara presented the UK's approach t...


NEW TASKFORCE TO PUT AI ON THE UK'S FRONTLINE

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * NewAI taskforce to accelerate deployment of AIinto the hands of British Armed Forces to strengthen UK's militarycapabilities. * Taskforce RAID will help troopsspeed up decision-making, plan more effectively, and use uncrewed systemsto reduce risk to human life. * The unit will work with UK businesses to lower the barrier to entry into Defence, supporting jobs in the growing defence technology sector. British s...


RECRUITMENT OF HONORARY CONSUL

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We are looking for an Honorary Consul with an established network in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo). An Honorary Consul is a voluntary position defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. As a candidate you should have a very good understanding and knowledge of Brazzaville and its surroundings and an established network that will help you to support British interests and to provide support to Briti...


GRAVES OF MISSING WORLD WAR ONE SOLDIERS IDENTIFIED IN BELGIUM

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ajointrededicationservice,organised by the MOD's Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the 'MOD War Detectives',washeld at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC)Hooge CraterCemeterynear Ypresforboth men on Tuesday 9 June 2026. John Edgar Springate, from Lambeth,and Ernest Albert Stevens, fromWest Wycombe, Bucks,both joined theArmysometime after the start of1916. Though neither ma...


PARMINDER KOHLI APPOINTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF OFI

LONDON, June 10 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Business Secretary Peter Kyle is pleased to announce the appointment of Parminder Kohli as new Chief Executive Officer of the Office for Investment (OFI). Parminder brings nearly three decades of senior leadership experience, including more than 20 years at Shell, where he has held a range of global roles across strategy, operations and commercial business lines. He currently serves as Chair of Shell UK Ltd...