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Members of UK Export Finance recognised for exceptional public service.

Help at Hand is the Children’s Commissioner’s advice and assistance service for children who are in care, leaving care, working with social services or living away from home.  

We look back at NHS Voices’ ten most-read posts of 2024.

Last month we published our latest Annual Review of support for single homelessness services. This longitudinal research has been running since 2008, tracking the sector’s shape, size and challenges, and the circumstances of people accessing homelessness support.

Nurses, doctors and surgeons are among dozens of NHS staff on the 2025 New Year Honour list, released yesterday (Monday 30 December).

First Minister John Swinney has paid tribute to Scotland’s recipients of The King’s New Year’s Honours.

Public Health Wales is reminding people of the steps they can take to protect themselves, their families, and communities from flu while planning their New Year celebrations.

Three men convicted in Belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the National Crime Agency and Belgian police have been arrested in the UK

The Scottish Secretary has congratulated the Scots honoured in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours list

Two Dstl experts recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List 2025 for their exceptional contributions to science, defence, and national security.

Subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT system scandal recognised in 2025 New Year's Honours

More than 50 people from Wales have received honours in HM The King’s New Year Honours List for 2025.

Serious Fraud Office Victim and Witness Care Coordinator receives MBE for Services to the Administration of Justice.

The New Year Overseas Honours list recognises the outstanding contribution of British nationals for their contribution overseas.

Armed Forces personnel have been granted state honours, including operational awards, by His Majesty The King in the annual New Year Honours list.

The free running app has been downloaded over 7 million times since it launched in 2016, with 9.3 million NHS Couch to 5k runs started this year.

Press release marking His Majesty The King's New Year Honours 2025.

Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens looks back on 2024 and ahead to the year to come.

A raft of plans have been announced to drive up UK participation in Horizon Europe to support researchers, innovators and businesses from across the country.

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.

Ahead of the Bells, Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025

Pregnant women will benefit from better maternity care as a new app and electronic health record system is rolled out across Wales.

In my four years as Children’s Commissioner for England, I have heard from more than a million children about their hopes and ambitions, and what they want from the adults making decisions in their lives. Crucially, regardless of their circumstances or backgrounds, children want their voices listened to on how to tackle key issues facing children across England.  

Thousands of customers file their Self Assessment tax return over festive break as HMRC reminds others to start now.

The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available data and prevailing global trends.

UK leadership on Ukraine continues into 2025, backed by £3bn military aid commitment each year, and an additional £2.26bn loan.

A combination of rain, strong winds and snow are featuring in the UK forecast for the New Year transition period.

Around 330,000 tonnes of edible food is wasted or fed to animals each year before leaving farms

Around one hundred people a month in England have avoided a stroke over the last year thanks to a lifesaving NHS rollout of blood thinning medication.

Bradford to deliver a spectacular year of events in 2025, supporting a legacy of cultural regeneration and economic growth.

Next year, the UK will offer 180 more Ukrainian soldiers training in mental health first aid for combat.

Almost half of all waste collected by local authorities in 2022/23 was incinerated with resources that could be recycled being lost

Smokers who choose to quit on the 1 January could save a whole day of their life by 8 January, according to new research.

An opportunity to effect change

The Nanny State Index ranks 30 European countries on the over-regulation of food, soft drinks, alcohol and nicotine products, from most paternalist to freest. The UK always finishes in the top half.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is independently investigating a fatal police shooting at an address in Redditch on Christmas Eve. 

The NHS in England is facing an “uphill battle” with demand for gambling addiction help more than doubling since last year.

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on continued deaths of children in Gaza

First Minister calls for ‘peaceful political solution’.

Dame Angela Eagle has thanked Border Force and Immigration Enforcement staff working to protect the public and the border over Christmas.

The Foreign Secretary has issued a statement following the latest arrest warrants issued under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.