NDA working with private developer to accelerate Chapelcross Hub
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has announced it’s working with CX Power as the strategic developer to support the delivery of the green energy hub masterplan at Chapelcross, a programme set to transform the region. The privately funded, multi-million pound, net-zero focused development, will generate several hundred high value jobs and attract skills and […]
East West Rail autumn announcement 2025
East West Rail will unlock growth and productivity and benefit communities right across the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. It will create faster, more direct rail connections and improve access to employment, training and education. East West Rail is a central part of the government’s plans for growth in the region and has the potential to support up […]
CMA correspondence in relation to private provision in the dentistry market
Letters between Sarah Cardell, Doug Gurr and The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Source link
The SIA is updating its licensing criteria
We are updating our licensing criteria to improve standards in the private security industry and so better protect the public. We conducted a public consultation about this from 11 March 2025 to 20 May 2025. We received 3,392 responses. Read more about the consultation. From 1 December we will use the updated rules when: you […]
Action to disrupt and deter threats to UK as MI5 issues spy alert
MI5 issues alert over Chinese spying in Westminster. Security Minister calls out ‘covert and calculated attempt by China to interfere with our sovereign affairs’ and vows to take measures to protect security. New action plan to disrupt and deter spying will include legislation to update national security powers. The government has set out new action […]
Government unveils England’s first ever Men’s Health Strategy
Landmark strategy published on International Men’s Day aims to tackle men’s mental health challenges, improve physical health and reduce inequalities so men and boys get on and live longer, healthier lives As part of the strategy, DHSC will team up on the Premier League’s Together Against Suicide initiative and smash the stigma around mental health Men with prostate cancer will also benefit from improved care through […]
East West Rail unveils next phase for Oxford-Cambridge growth
more frequent trains on the horizon for millions of passengers between Oxford and Cambridge as multibillion pound East West Rail project confirms next steps new rail station set to help serve upcoming Universal theme park in Bedford, as well as improvements planned for several existing stations new route delivers on the government’s Plan for Change, […]
Gaza and Sudan: Foreign Secretary statement, 18 November 2025
Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to update the House on two of the world’s gravest conflicts – in Gaza and in Sudan – following recent resolutions in the United Nations and discussions at the G7, and also on the action that the UK Government is taking to pursue peace. Firstly in Gaza. After two […]
Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds Speech at the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly Plenary – 17 November
Introduction I’d like to start by thanking our Parliamentary Partnership Assembly chairs, Marsha and Sandro… …for giving me the opportunity to speak to you all today. I’m also delighted to welcome European Parliament members here this morning… …some of whom, I believe, have never been inside the Houses of Parliament before. It is a particularly […]
Regional security and political cooperation is critical to addressing the threat of terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel: UK statement at the UN Security Council
The United Kingdom shares the concern that Islamic State and Al-Qaeda affiliates are continuing to expand across West Africa and the Sahel, driving instability and committing deadly attacks against civilians. The fuel blockade in Mali imposed by Al-Qaeda-affiliate, JNIM, demonstrates the increasingly sophisticated tactics used by these groups. I will make three points. First, regional security and political cooperation […]