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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her scene setter speech on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Professor Jacob George has been appointed as the first Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The government will underline its commitment to get children heathier and more active following new figures revealing the scale of the childhood obesity problem.
Minister Stephanie Peacock represented the UK at the meeting of G20 Culture Ministers in South Africa
David Holdsworth's keynote speech at the Festival of Trusteeship, as part of Trustees' Week 2025.
Professor Henrietta Hughes reflects on how MHRA strategy must prioritise patient safety via listening to lived experiences, fostering collaboration & innovation.
The tenth annual #MedSafetyWeek brings together more than 130 medicines regulators and health organisations across 117 countries to encourage people to report suspected side effects from medicines and device incidents.
A statement from Professor William Webster, recently appointed as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
UK businesses are being offered no-fee specialist recruitment support to fill vacancies as the full rollout of a national campaign launches today (Monday 3 November) targeted at key sectors.
Professor William Webster has been appointed as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Thanks to the government’s reforms, record capital investment and the hard work of NHS staff, the NHS continues to outperform its productivity target of 2%.
Government launches ‘Let’s Move!’, a new campaign supported by Sport England, to help keep families active together all year round.
New paper sets out UK regulator's intentions to overhaul rulebook for rare disease therapies in UK
Foreign Secretary in Jordan today to call for increased aid access as a vital step in the pathway to peace
The Foreign Secretary delivered a speech at the 21st Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain
The Foreign Secretary has today, 1 November, announced £5 million of urgent funding to provide lifesaving support for Sudan.
Scottish patients placed at the heart of a multi-million pound study of weight-loss medicines.
Infants and young adults most at risk from serious disease.
Introduction of a routine varicella vaccination programme for children at one year and at 18 months, with a catch-up for children aged up to 6 years
Information about the government's procurement exercise to secure critical personal protective equipment (PPE) during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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