Government ends runaway independent special school fees
Thousands more children with SEND will get the support that helps them achieve and thrive under new government action to end spiralling independent special school costs and reinvest funding where it makes the biggest difference to pupils’ life chances. It comes ahead of the Government’s schools white paper, which will be a golden opportunity to change the […]
OpenAI and Microsoft join UK’s international coalition to safeguard AI development
OpenAI and Microsoft pledge new funding to AI Security Institute’s flagship Alignment Project: an international effort to work towards advanced AI systems that are safe, secure and under control AI Alignment – making sure AI acts as intended – is a crucial field of AI research, building public trust in the technologies already reshaping public services […]
Let this be the time that the world comes together to end the cycle of bloodshed in Sudan: UK Statement at the UN Security Council
Two weeks ago, I stood in Adré, on the Chad-Sudan border. A camp of over 140,000 people who have fled Sudan’s conflict – and 85% of them are women and children. Women I met who are teachers, nurses, students, small businesswomen, market traders, mothers back home but whose lives and whose families are ripped apart, I spoke to a […]
Record funding to protect faith communities
Faith communities across the UK can feel safer, thanks to record levels of funding for protective security announced today. Up to £73.4 million in funding will be available in 2026 to 2027 through the government’s different protective security schemes for Jewish, Muslim and other faith sites. This funding will pay for on-site security staff and […]
International Day Commemorating Air Crash Victims and Their Families
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MHRA approves zanidatamab (Ziihera) for the treatment of biliary tract cancer
Zanidatamab is used when the cancer cannot be removed by surgery and has spread to nearby tissues or other parts of the body. Source link
OPSS launches second phase of online product safety campaign
New resources aimed at older people provided to raise awareness of unsafe products sold online. Source link
Bold bet on AI to keep UK at forefront of science and research breakthroughs from healthcare, to better public services
First-ever AI Strategy for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) marks bold plan to make AI deliver for UK’s cutting-edge science and research efforts, supporting breakthroughs from health to clean energy and beyond AI ambitions for UK’s largest public research funder backed by record £1.6 billion, directly targeted at the AI sector between now and the end of the decade From […]
Sellafield awards contract to support plutonium repackaging
A key contract has been placed to support the continued safe storage of plutonium as the UK works toward the permanent disposal of its plutonium legacy. LTi Metaltech Ltd, a UK fabrication and welding specialist, has secured a £45 million contract to supply containment products for the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant (SRP) […]
UK medical device testing hits record high as MHRA backs growth in brain and AI technology
UK patients could be among the first in the world to benefit from breakthrough medical devices, as clinical investigations reach their highest level on record in 2025. New figures from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) show a 17 per cent rise in approved clinical investigations compared with last year, as companies increasingly […]