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Wales Office news
Service family homes in Wales to benefit from a £9bn 'generational renewal' of UK military accommodation
Wales Office
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 17:20

Armed Forces personnel and their families in Wales will benefit from the most significant transformation of UK military housing in more than 50 years.

Wales Office | Official News Release
Service family homes in Wales to benefit from a £9bn 'generational renewal' of UK military accommodation
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC) news
Gwent Police officers to face disciplinary proceedings over the handling of missing person reports prior to vehicle and occupants found in Cardiff
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 17:15

Six Gwent Police officers will go through the misconduct process following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into police actions when a group of young people were reported missing. The group were later found in a crashed car in Cardiff.

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC) | Official News Release
Gwent Police officers to face disciplinary proceedings over the handling of missing person reports prior to vehicle and occupants found in Cardiff
Welsh Government news
Building blocks of history: Flint Castle gets Minecraft makeover
Welsh Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 17:10

School children have today explored Flint Castle in a groundbreaking new way, through Minecraft Education, as Cadw launches its fourth Welsh heritage site on the popular gaming platform.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Building blocks of history: Flint Castle gets Minecraft makeover
Crown Prosecution Service news
UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man who tried to hand information to Russian spies convicted
Crown Prosecution Service
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 17:05

On Friday, 7 November 2025 Howard Phillips was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court to seven years' imprisonment for engaging in conduct to assist a foreign intelligence service.

Crown Prosecution Service | Official News Release
UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man who tried to hand information to Russian spies convicted
Ofcom news
Ofcom update on investigation into online suicide forum
Ofcom
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 16:25

Ofcom yesterday provided an update on our investigation into the provider of an online suicide forum under the UK’s Online Safety Act.

Ofcom | Official News Release
Ofcom update on investigation into online suicide forum
Sentencing Council news
Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines – fifth annual consultation
Sentencing Council
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 16:20

Our annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines opened yesterday.

Sentencing Council | Official News Release
Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines – fifth annual consultation
Natural England news
Natural England sets out new vision for nature and growth with corporate strategy
Natural England
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 16:15

The plan will drive nature recovery across landscapes and support economic growth, house building and infrastructure development.

Natural England | Official News Release
Natural England sets out new vision for nature and growth with corporate strategy
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office news
Universal Periodic Review 50: UK Statement on Bulgaria
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 16:10

Statement by the UK's Ambassador for Human Rights to the UN, Eleanor Sanders, at Bulgaria's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office | Official News Release
Universal Periodic Review 50: UK Statement on Bulgaria
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries news
Do not cave in to industry scaremongering – taxes on online betting games must reflect the harms they cause say MPs
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 16:05

The Government must be bold in the face of industry scaremongering and tax online betting games at a rate which reflects the growth of harmful and addictive betting practices, says a report published today by the Treasury Committee.

Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries | Official News Release
Do not cave in to industry scaremongering – taxes on online betting games must reflect the harms they cause say MPs
Chatham House news
Trump’s tariffs face Supreme Court challenge that could have significant consequences for presidential power
Chatham House
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 15:25

As the legal challenge to Trump’s tariffs reaches the US Supreme Court, the outcome could have far-reaching consequences for global trade and beyond.

Chatham House | Official News Release
Trump’s tariffs face Supreme Court challenge that could have significant consequences for presidential power
Innovation Agency news
Initiative brings high blood pressure under control
Innovation Agency
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 15:20

Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside are benefiting from an innovative project to improve the management of high blood pressure (BP).

Innovation Agency | Official News Release
Initiative brings high blood pressure under control
Ministry of Defence news
Military families in Cambridgeshire receive biggest housing upgrade in over half a century
Ministry of Defence
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 15:15

Government’s Defence Housing Strategy will see biggest transformation of military housing in more than 50 years

Ministry of Defence | Official News Release
Military families in Cambridgeshire receive biggest housing upgrade in over half a century
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government news
Mayors to lead the charge for thousands of new social homes
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 15:10

Mayors outside of London to be given greater influence over the government's historic £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Official News Release
Mayors to lead the charge for thousands of new social homes
Scottish Government news
Improving Access Fund launched
Scottish Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 15:05

New fund to enhance access to vital services and support for disabled people.

Scottish Government | Official News Release
Improving Access Fund launched
RUSI news
Turkey’s Call to Act and Israel’s Red Line: Ankara’s Role in Gaza
RUSI
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 14:25

Ankara’s engagement in Gaza may create conditions conducive to de-escalation and a gradual recalibration of Turkish-Israeli relations.

RUSI | Official News Release
Turkey’s Call to Act and Israel’s Red Line: Ankara’s Role in Gaza
Department of Health and Social Care news
Patients to benefit from cutting-edge NHS care from their homes
Department of Health and Social Care
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 14:20

More patients will receive faster, more convenient care from the comfort of their own homes, through the rollout of new digital technologies across the NHS.

Department of Health and Social Care | Official News Release
Patients to benefit from cutting-edge NHS care from their homes
National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) news
Renters' Rights Act: Baroness Taylor addresses attendees at NRLA national conference
National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 14:15

Baroness Taylor, the Government spokesperson for Housing in the House of Lords, addressed the conference via a pre-recorded statement, discussing the completion of the Renters’ Rights Act’s passage through Parliament.

National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) | Official News Release
Renters' Rights Act: Baroness Taylor addresses attendees at NRLA national conference
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office news
Russia’s repeated use of offensive and baseless language is disrespectful and undermines diplomatic dialogue: UK statement to the OSCE
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 14:10

Ambassador Holland condemns Russia’s repeated, baseless use of offensive and historically loaded language in OSCE discussions, highlighting the disrespect shown to victims of Nazi repression and the risk of trivialising genuine threats (06 November 2025).

Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office | Official News Release
Russia’s repeated use of offensive and baseless language is disrespectful and undermines diplomatic dialogue: UK statement to the OSCE
Welsh Government news
New plan to make NHS Wales greener and fit for the future
Welsh Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 14:05

Ambitious plans to help NHS Wales reduce its emissions faster to make the health and care system more sustainable are being unveiled today.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
New plan to make NHS Wales greener and fit for the future
Environment Agency news
Shropshire farmer to pay nearly £40,000 for slurry pollution
Environment Agency
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 13:25

A Shropshire farmer has been ordered to pay nearly £40,000 for allowing dairy slurry to pollute a quarry lagoon in a case brought by the Environment Agency.

Environment Agency | Official News Release
Shropshire farmer to pay nearly £40,000 for slurry pollution
Insolvency Service news
Assent Building Compliance Ltd and associated companies – winding up orders made
Insolvency Service
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 13:20

Winding-up orders were made against Assent Building Compliance Limited, LB Building Control Limited and Oculus Building Consultancy Limited (“the companies”) on 6 November 2025.

Insolvency Service | Official News Release
Assent Building Compliance Ltd and associated companies – winding up orders made
Ministry of Defence news
Thousands of British workers deliver world-class armoured fighting vehicle to the British Army
Ministry of Defence
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 13:15

The new world-leading Ajax armoured fighting vehicle has entered service with the British Army.

Ministry of Defence | Official News Release
Thousands of British workers deliver world-class armoured fighting vehicle to the British Army
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology news
Government support to get quantum to work faster, boosting UK’s health, defence, energy and more
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 13:10
Scottish Government news
Scotland's Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040
Scottish Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 13:05

This Climate Change Plan (CCP) sets out the policies and proposals the Scottish Government will take forward to enable our carbon budgets to be met between 2026-2040.

Scottish Government | Official News Release
Scotland's Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040
Chatham House news
Greece’s LNG energy hub ambitions will help EU needs now – but should not shape long-term policy
Chatham House
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 12:25

Relying on imports of US LNG carries economic and environmental risk. In the long term, Greece should invest in its considerable clean energy infrastructure.

Chatham House | Official News Release
Greece’s LNG energy hub ambitions will help EU needs now – but should not shape long-term policy
Homeless Link news
Tender Opportunity: Exploring Social Investment in the Homelessness Sector
Homeless Link
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 12:20

Since 2017, Homeless Link has supported organisations in the homelessness sector with blended finance loans and grants to help them grow and create impact.

Homeless Link | Official News Release
Tender Opportunity: Exploring Social Investment in the Homelessness Sector
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC) news
Greater Manchester Police officer demoted after investigation following death of man in Wigan
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 12:15

A Greater Manchester Police sergeant has been demoted following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into police contact with a man who died in Wigan.

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC) | Official News Release
Greater Manchester Police officer demoted after investigation following death of man in Wigan
Scottish Government news
Draft Climate Change Plan published
Scottish Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 12:10
National Ombudsmen news
Ombudsman criticises way TfL changed its ULEZ scrappage schemes
National Ombudsmen
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 12:05

Transport for London has been criticised for the way it has run two significant vehicle scrappage schemes.

National Ombudsmen | Official News Release
Ombudsman criticises way TfL changed its ULEZ scrappage schemes
Crown Prosecution Service news
Father and son jailed after ‘Good Samaritan’ murdered during wedding reception
Crown Prosecution Service
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 11:25

A man who murdered a ‘Good Samaritan’ who stepped in to help other victims following a violent brawl at the defendant’s sister’s wedding reception in Sheffield has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years.

Crown Prosecution Service | Official News Release
Father and son jailed after ‘Good Samaritan’ murdered during wedding reception
Think Tanks news
IFG - Labour is struggling to meet its education priorities
Think Tanks
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 11:15

The government’s spending plans mean it will struggle to narrow gaps in educational outcomes by the end of this parliament

Think Tanks | Official News Release
IFG - Labour is struggling to meet its education priorities
Government Legal Department news
Senior barristers to support government on strategic public cases
Government Legal Department
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 11:10

Six King's Counsel appointed to new Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel Group  

Government Legal Department | Official News Release
Senior barristers to support government on strategic public cases
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
NHS Confederation responds to ADHD Taskforce final report
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 11:05

Rebecca Gray responds on behalf of the NHS Confederation to the ADHD Taskforce final report

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
NHS Confederation responds to ADHD Taskforce final report
National Ombudsmen news
Leicester rejects Ombudsman recommendation for homeless family placed in B&B for too long
National Ombudsmen
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 10:25

​A homeless Leicester family spent nearly 10 months too long in Bed and Breakfast accommodation, according to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

National Ombudsmen | Official News Release
Leicester rejects Ombudsman recommendation for homeless family placed in B&B for too long
NHS Wales news
How planning can shape healthier communities across Wales
NHS Wales
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 10:20

A new research report has found that Local Development Plans (LDPs) offer a key opportunity to ensure that the planning system supports the health and wellbeing of people and communities across Wales.

NHS Wales | Official News Release
How planning can shape healthier communities across Wales
Think Tanks news
IEA - Shadow Monetary Policy Committee vote to hold Bank rate at 4%
Think Tanks
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 10:15

The Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC), ‘hybrid’ meeting at the Institute of Economic Affairs on 14 October 2025, voted by majority to hold the UK Base Rate at 4.0%.

Think Tanks | Official News Release
IEA - Shadow Monetary Policy Committee vote to hold Bank rate at 4%
Scottish Government news
First Minister highlights importance of flu vaccination
Scottish Government
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 10:10
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
Budget choices will determine success of UK’s growth mission – CBI Budget submission
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 10:05

With just weeks until the UK Budget, the CBI is urging the Chancellor to make the bold decisions necessary to get the economy firing.

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
Budget choices will determine success of UK’s growth mission – CBI Budget submission
Ofcom news
Authorities from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ to enhance cooperation on telecoms security
Ofcom
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 09:25

Telecoms regulators and government agencies from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, convened by Ofcom, have published a joint statement on working together more closely to strengthen the security and resilience of telecoms networks and tackle consumer-facing risks from scams and fraud.

Ofcom | Official News Release
Authorities from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ to enhance cooperation on telecoms security
Sport England news
Chloe Kelly surprises team with Lottery funding announcement
Sport England
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 09:20

The England international made a shock appearance at Saving Souls Hub to tell them they were the recipients of National Lottery money that has been awarded via Sport England

Sport England | Official News Release
Chloe Kelly surprises team with Lottery funding announcement
Think Tanks news
Work Foundation - Keep Britain Working Review is a welcome intervention to support healthier working lives
Think Tanks
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 09:15

Ben Harrison (Director, Work Foundation at Lancaster University) responded to the launch of the final report of the Keep Britain Working Review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield

Think Tanks | Official News Release
Work Foundation - Keep Britain Working Review is a welcome intervention to support healthier working lives
Innovate UK news
Study finds radiotherapy can be avoided after a mastectomy
Innovate UK
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 09:10

New research shows radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs.

Innovate UK | Official News Release
Study finds radiotherapy can be avoided after a mastectomy
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
NHS Confederation responds to BMA resident doctors rejecting government's final pay offer
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Friday 07 November 2025 @ 09:05

Rory Deighton responds to BMA resident doctors rejecting government's final pay offer ahead of further planned strikes.

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
NHS Confederation responds to BMA resident doctors rejecting government's final pay offer

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