LONDON, Sept. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Lord Hanson, Minister of State for the Home Office, visits Cambodia for the first time, attending the International Conference on Combating Online Scams from 22 to 24 September * The UK and Cambodia will sign a new Memorandum of Understanding, building on the longstanding friendship between the two countries and marking a new chapter in their cooperation on tackling scam centres and protecting victims of ...
LONDON, Sept. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * People who have lost loved ones to have legal right to take time of work as new rights to also include step, half, adoptive, kinship care and foster relationships * Women and their partners who have had any type of pregnancy loss will be entitled to two weeks leave * Latest development in the plan to Make Work Pay to help people to stay in work, improve living standards and ease pressures on family life. Peop...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Expert cancer board to scrutinise progress on faster diagnosis, treatment and care. * People with rare cancers, children and young people to have dedicated national voices. * First meeting today to drive delivery of the government's National Cancer Plan. People with cancer will benefit from stronger national leadership to improve diagnosis, treatment and care, as the reformed National Cancer Board meets for t...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Kate Cheetham Appointed from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2031 Kate is Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Lloyds Banking Group plc and has been a member of the Group Executive Committee since 2017. She advises the Board and senior executives on legal and governance matters and leads the Group's legal and corporate governance function. Kate joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2005 and held a number of se...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Holding Russia's State Duma elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as Russia did in Crimea and Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, is a gross violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and independence, and the UN Charter. These sham elections are part of a wider system of occupation: the imposition of Russian administration, law, media, education, language and citizenship, backed by coer...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Joe & Seph's now exports its gourmet popcorn to 32 countries and employs over 60 people at its London headquarters * The business is targeting further growth in the US, Middle East and Singapore London-based popcorn maker Joe & Seph's has secured a £100,000 contract to Saudi Arabia, backed by an Export Insurance Policy from UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government's export credit agency. Founded in 2010...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * More than £300 million has been paid out to people on a low income through Help to Save. * Eligibility for Help to Save will be expanded from 2028, so more people than ever before can benefit from the government savings scheme. * More than 656,000 people on a low income have opened a Help to Save account. With more than £300 million having been paid out in bonus payments, and thousands more people s...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: People across England are being invited to register for the Public Panel on Care, giving members of the public the chance to help shape the future of adult social care. From Monday 21 September, thousands of households across England will begin receiving letters inviting people aged 18 and over to register their interest in joining. The Panel is part of the Big Conversation on Care, being run by the Independen...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Background In May 2026, the Evaluation Task Force (ETF) announced Phase 5 of its Evaluation Accelerator Fund (EAF). The EAF is a competitive grant fund and supports research and evaluation projects that: * create actionable evidence in government priority areas that informs public spending or policy decisions; * tackle evidence gaps in government priority areas; or * provide robust evidence of financial or eff...
LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Please note this data shows what HM Land Registry has been able to process during the time period covered and is not necessarily a reflection of market activity. In August: * HM Land Registry completed over 1,823,940 applications to change or query the Land Register * The South East topped the table of regional applications with 414,202 HM Land Registry completed 1,823,949 applications in August compared with...