LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * From Cornwall to Northumberland, mental health services, employment opportunities and crime prevention support to be brought together, making it easier for young people to access help in their local community. * Announcement marks a key milestone for the government's National Youth Strategy, co-designed by thousands of young people to put power back in their hands, give them the skills they need and expand the...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Hundreds of new officerswill be recruited to track dirty money, disrupt organised crime networksand seize criminal assets under a major new crackdown. New officers willbe deployed across policeforces, theNCAand the CPS tofollow the money behindserious and organised crime, including throughRussianand otherinternationalmoney laundering networks. The new investigators will focus on going after the kingpins behind...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The funding will help vessels modernise and become more efficient, which will help reduce engine emissions. Eligible projects will be able to apply for support through the scheme's standard application process. The scheme, administered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is funded from the £132 million committed to the Fishing and Co...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Home2Sense Limited, made 675,478 calls to numbers which had blocked cold callers * The company then failed to pay a £200,000 fine imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office * Director, Carl Tingley, has now been banned from running companies for eight years THE boss of a home improvements firm which made more than 600,000 calls to people who had blocked nuisance numbers then failed to pay a...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: On 22 June, a Welfare Requirements Notice (WRN) was served, requiring the leadership of Bright Horizons to address all identified safeguarding and welfare failures by 1 August 2026. Since then, Ofsted has carried out further regulatory activity and monitoring inspections at 68 Bright Horizons nurseries, which were selected through risk-based analysis. Overall, inspectors found that measurable progress has been...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: In December 2025, the government published Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls, which set out the strategic direction and actions to deliver an unprecedented commitment to halve violence again women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. Learning from tragedy is a key element of the strategy, to ensure that we learn from deaths following abuse an...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Specialised Committee on the Implementation of the Windsor Framework met in London today, co-chaired by officials from the UK Government and the European Commission. The co-chairs discussed the implementation of the Windsor Framework since the last meeting on 7 May 2026. They reaffirmed the ongoing and shared commitment between the UK and EU to continue to work for the full, timely, and faithful implementat...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Councils struggling with high-cost services will benefit from a funding boost to help modernise services, harness AI and reduce their reliance on emergency support. A total of £91 million has been confirmed today (15 Sep) to go to 14 councils in England that already receive Exceptional Financial Support, a mechanism to help councils under the most severe financial pressure balance the books. Over the next...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Future Borders and Immigration System (FBIS) programme is a major Home Office initiative to modernise how people interact with the UK immigration system, while aiming to improve security, efficiency, and customer experience. The inspection, which was conducted between March and July 2026, examined the realisation of eight benefits arising from, and enabled by, FBIS. The inspection found that many benefits -...
LONDON, Sept. 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thank you, Vice President, We thank the Working Group for its timely report. Technology-enabled mercenarism poses a serious and evolving threat to human rights, international security and the rule of law. Unregulated access to artificial intelligence, cyber tools, commercial spyware, autonomous systems and digital platforms can extend the reach, scale and deniability of malign actors. These capabilities heigh...