Victims of serious and sexual crime to receive better protection and support in Armed Forces justice reforms
Military personnel and civilians who experience sexual assault, domestic abuse or stalking at the hands of serving members of the Armed Forces will receive stronger protections under the new Armed Forces Bill. The Bill, which is being debated in Parliament today for its Second Reading, introduces a suite of measures to protect victims of serious and sexual offences within the Service Justice System. These include: New protective orders to enable swifter […]
Crackdown on illegal underage sunbeds use to cut teen cancer risk
Unsupervised sunbed use by young people to be banned as part of National Cancer Plan Consultation to launch in Spring 2026, new rules could come into force as soon as 2027 Drive to tackle avoidable cancer and help make the NHS Fit for the Future More young people will be better protected from skin cancer through a proposed […]
GAD volunteer co-partners with industry body on report
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PM call with President Trump of the United States: 24 January 2026
The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, this afternoon. Source link
Culture Secretary speech at £1.5 billion Arts Everywhere funding announcement
Today, I’m announcing the biggest investment in the arts in a generation, 1.5 billion pounds for arts, culture and heritage over the life of this Parliament. We know you want certainty and stability, and so we have heard you loud and clear. We are breaking with the reality of life for far too long, the […]
Sexual predator jailed after Solicitor General intervenes
Peter Pottle, from Taverham, Norfolk, had his suspended sentence overturned and jailed for four and a half years after the Solicitor General referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard that Peter Pottle met the victim in 2016 shortly before her thirteenth birthday. Conversations began online […]
New digital medical records to speed up Armed Forces recruitment
Military records are to be digitised and integrated with the NHS for the first time, in a move which will boost recruitment, improve deployability and transform the experience for recruits and service leavers. Archaic paper-based records, which date back decades, will be scraped and replaced with a modern digital system, already widely used by the NHS. Currently, transferring health records between the […]
Futuristic helicopter drones programme advances as British based companies selected to develop prototypes
New drones will pair up with Apache attack helicopters, pivoting to a new way of war and delivering on the Strategic Defence Review. Industry partnering with Defence to shape future of autonomous weapons systems. Seven industry partners advance to the next stage of Project NYX. Seven industry partners have been invited to bring forward their designs […]
Operation Hermes tests CCC readiness in high-pressure scenario
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s (CNC) Exercise & Resilience Team put the Command and Control Centre (CCC) to the test in Operation Hermes, simulating a site attack through a series of realistic calls. The exercise evaluated the CCC’s ability to respond swiftly and accurately, triggering the right internal and external notifications under pressure. On Wednesday, control […]
Anti-dumping duties on Russian ammonium nitrate maintained
The TRA’s final recommendation to maintain anti-dumping measures on ammonium nitrate from Russia has been accepted. Source link