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Licensed premises across England and Wales will now have the option to accept digital proof of age when selling alcohol.
Kirsty McNeill, Minister for International Development and Africa speech at the New Economics Foundation
Construction has now begun on 152 new prison places at HMP Kirklevington Grange near Yarm, helping to lock up dangerous criminals and keep the public safe.
The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has today announced the Government will work towards the public acquisition of Speciality Steel UK (SSUK).
More than 200 Brits are currently detained overseas in cannabis smuggling cases linked to Thailand alone, after being recruited with promises of free holidays, easy money and ‘low risk’ opportunities
HMP Lancaster Farms capacity boosted by more than 40 per cent as part of largest prison expansion programme since the Victorian era
UK and US set to sign agreements at the Global Fusion Policy Summit to combine expertise in AI, computing and fusion and to cooperate on regulating fusion energy.
Near miss between a passenger train and a telehandler at Hopperton Old Station user worked crossing, North Yorkshire, 27 August 2026
Delivered to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting in September 2026
Laura Gibb, the SIA's Executive Director for Martyn's Law, updates on the help the SIA will be offering, and some of our preparations on notifications.
New vet-led approach will give farmers faster diagnosis of the disease, cutting waiting times for confirmation of bluetongue cases.
Statement by France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States on the implementation of the NPT safeguards agreement in Iran.
…New reports have been published today on government's progress to improve building safety and deliver the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report recommendations.…
Freshers urged to get vaccinated with 2 doses before term starts.
Government support to strengthen local building control capacity, capability and financial sustainability through funding, reform and digital work.
This letter addresses the effect of the Building Safety Levy on the building control functions by local authorities and registered building control approvers.
A decade of collaboration, innovation, and breakthrough technologies through the Game Changers programme.
New recommendations based on extensive public engagement set out how the NHS could give patients faster access to AI advances with proportionate safeguards to protect patient safety and maintain high levels of trust.
The Housing and Planning Minister's speech at the Housing Community Summit 2026.
Jonathan Walters, the Regulator of Social Housing’s chief executive, has reinforced the importance of strategic decision making and accountability in achieving more and better social homes.
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