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The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This Convention, together with the two Protocols, provides for the protection of cultural property in situations of armed conflict.
20 organisations in England will benefit from £60 million to protect our national heritage for future generations
Letter from the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP to the City of London Corporation on the government’s policy on protecting historic statues.
Communities Secretary has announced new laws to protect England’s cultural and historic heritage.
Mukesh Sharma has been appointed by the Prime Minister as Northern Ireland Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for three years from 31 August 2020 - 30 August 2023.
On 22 September, the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden wrote to DCMS Arm's Length Bodies to outline the Government's position on contested heritage.
Speech given at the Creating Communities Conference 2020.
Nicholas Boys Smith appointed to establish a new design body, tasked with driving up design standards.
Jim Dixon and Perdita Hunt have been reappointed by the Prime Minister as Members of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for 9 months from 01 October 2020 - 30 June 2021 and 22 July 2020 - 21 April 2021 respectively.
The Prime Minister has announced that museums, galleries and heritage attractions will be able to open from 4 July
Sue Wilkinson OBE has been reappointed by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces for three years from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2023.
The Slate Landscape of North West Wales has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status
The Taylor Review pilot scheme, a £1.8 million scheme to help listed places of worship, has provided grants towards repairs at 54 historic buildings since launching in September 2018 until March 2019.
The K2 prototype telephone box in London has been listed at Grade II*
UK Government is extending the Cultural Protection Fund with an additional £10 million of investment.
The Housing Secretary's speech at Policy Exchange and Create Streets.
Funding to be available to protect more local heritage buildings.
Investment will drive local growth, support young people, and reinforce culture’s role at the heart of communities
Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced the locations that will benefit from a £95 million heritage boost for high streets in 69 towns across the country.
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