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Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Whitehall and Industry Group, 7 July 2020
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Passengers will not be required to self-isolate when they arrive in England from a number of exempt countries and territories.
The UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with UN Working Group on discrimination against women.
The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement at the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees High Level Meeting on 6 July 2020.
The majority of children currently considered extremely clinical vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19) will be able to be removed from the shielded patient list.
British Embassy Ashgabat organised scientific educational webinar on preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Turkmenistan.
Culture Secretary announces agreements to allow selected sporting events and production on film and television to get underway safely
British manufacturers will have helped to produce over 14,000 ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the success of the government’s drive to boost the NHS’s ventilator capacity.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement on coronavirus.
Warning that thermal cameras and other such “temperature screening” products, some of which make direct claims to screen for COVID-19, are not a reliable way to detect if people have the virus.
The temporary scrapping of VAT on PPE has been extended until the end of October - saving care homes and businesses dealing with the coronavirus outbreak £155 million, the government announced today.
Speech by Simon Clarke MP at the Local Government Association’s annual conference 2020.
The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement at a meeting of the WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment on 3 July 2020.
UK's Political and Human Rights Counsellor, Matthew Forman, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons.
This joint warning comes as the CMA and various trade associations remain concerned that some retailers have been raising prices unfairly.
The CMA has published a third update from its COVID-19 taskforce, which monitors and responds to competition and consumer problems arising from the pandemic.
From 10 July 2020 you will be able to travel to many countries without having to self-isolate on return to England.
Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace encourages everyone to “play their part in new national effort” by providing their names and phone numbers to the venues and businesses they visit from this Saturday.
Speech by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick MP at the Local Government Association’s annual conference 2020.
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