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This Sunday, (22/1) sees in the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese New Year. The Rabbit is the symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture, thus 2023 is predicted to be a year of hope.
HMRC names 5 more tax avoidance schemes, as part of their crack-down on tax avoidance promoters.
The Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, visited Japan from 16 to 20 January.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A new cash incentive system, placing deposits on drinks bottles and cans, will boost recycling from 2025
The Home Office will legislate to protect people, including rape victims, from unnecessary requests for personal records.
The Minister for Development Andrew Mitchell has announced UK humanitarian aid for regions of rising insecurity within Ethiopia.
Ms Alyson King OBE has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning to congratulate him on his re-appointment.
A meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) took place at Farmleigh House, Dublin, on Thursday 19 January 2023.
In a keynote speech at the ICAEW Charity Conference, Orlando Fraser reflects on his first 9 months as Chair of the Charity Commission, and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing charities in 2023.
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive at the Environment Agency spoke of climate optimism and the value of research at a visit to the University of East Anglia.
Grant Shapps outlines his vision for 'Scale-Up Britain' in a keynote speech to business leaders at Davos.
Secretary of State speech at the Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, 2023.
Ambassador Neil Bush says that the sheer destruction and dire humanitarian impact caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine is both shocking and appalling.
Children born as a result of rape will be officially recognised as victims of crime and receive better support under changes announced by the government today (19 January 2023).
Ambassador Neil Bush thanks Minister Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir for outlining Iceland’s priorities at the Council of Europe and collaboration with the OSCE.
CMA finds breaches of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017 and HSBC has agreed to take action to put things right for customers.
During a simulated failed winch launch, a Grob G103C Twin III Acro stalled and collided with trees at Usk Airfield, Monmouthshire.
Target reached to switch over a quarter of all government cars to ultra-low emission vehicles.
Thousands of people in rural Cornwall will get access to lightning-fast broadband after local supplier Wildanet was awarded £36 million from the government to roll out new connections.
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