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Over 110 people from Scotland who have contributed to their community and country are celebrated in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 today.
Recipients recognised for years of exceptional service and dedication, and who are trailblazers for helping drive economic prosperity and increasing the UK’s global standing.
10 Downing Street, the locale of British prime ministers since 1735, vies with the White House as being the most important political building anywhere in the world in the modern era.
Over 1,200 recipients are recognised across the UK
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Sir David King was the permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017. Sir David was previously the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for...
GLD colleagues awarded OBE in King's Birthday Honours 2025
Matt King was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in November 2020. Education Matt is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 1996. He has an...
His Majesty The King will join Second World War veterans in London tomorrow for a military procession and fly past to mark VE Day 80
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