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The government has published a call for evidence to seek expert views on introducing new rules for retailers selling tobacco, vapes and nicotine products.
Local communities will be handed new powers to revitalise their high streets and restore pride in their towns.
Bill for recycling waste electricals to shift towards online marketplaces to create a level playing field for UK retailers
52 councils across the UK will receive funding to remove chewing gum stains and clean up our streets
Advice to the Prime Minister on how government can improve the nation’s health through primary prevention.
Minister Smyth addressed the annual conference of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
Under the Government’s Plan for Change, move will stop the flood of litter on to nation’s streets and protect young people from getting hooked on nicotine
Employers who have left workers over £7.4 million out of pocket by failing to pay the National Living and National Minimum Wage named.
The Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting spoke at the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) Annual Conference in Blackpool.
Shops encouraged to sell all remaining stock before 1 June 2025 deadline
Speech by Environment Secretary Steve Reed at the Dock Shed in London, setting out his vision for a circular economy
More officers trained and funding provided as clampdown on illegal tobacco and vape trade accelerates.
…Landmark study to investigate long-term health effects of vaping on young people's health and wellbeing, alongside wider influences on adolescent health.…
Most successful January in over half a decade for Home Office Immigration Enforcement teams tackling illegal working.
Introduction of deposit return scheme will be a step forward in ending the throwaway society and cleaning up Britain
Smokers who choose to quit on 1 January could save a whole day of their life by 8 January, according to new research.
Online marketplaces and vape producers to pay for recycling and cleaning up household of electrical waste.
Unveiling the biggest reforms to employment support for a generation, Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall has today (26 November) published the Get Britain Working White Paper, marking the Government’s first major inter…
Votes on the world-leading Tobacco and Vapes Bill will move the UK one step closer to becoming smoke-free.
Liz Kendall and Wes Streeting visit North Central London WorkWell service to see how early health interventions are helping to keep people in work or get them back to work.
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