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RUSI news
Democracy’s Weakest Link: Foreign Money and Political Influence
RUSI
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 16:30

As threats from hostile states rise, the defences of Western democracies against financial interference remain dangerously weak.

RUSI | Official News Release
Democracy’s Weakest Link: Foreign Money and Political Influence
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
CBI responds to implementation of US tariffs on UK steel
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 16:25

John Foster, Chief Policy & Campaigns Officer, CBI responds to implementation of US tariffs on UK steel

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
CBI responds to implementation of US tariffs on UK steel
Think Tanks news
IPPR Scotland responds to Scottish government’s scrapping of heat in buildings bill
Think Tanks
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 16:20

Scrapping the heat in buildings bill is the wrong decision and puts Scotland’s climate targets even further out of reach. Without legislation there is no credible plan to deliver the massive project of retrofitting clean heat in around 2.5 million homes across Scotland to prepare them for a future without fossil fuels. 

Think Tanks | Official News Release
IPPR Scotland responds to Scottish government’s scrapping of heat in buildings bill
National Audit Office Press Releases news
DBT’s approach to supporting UK industry needs boost to unlock full potential of Industrial Strategy
National Audit Office Press Releases
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 16:10

Weaknesses in how the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) supports UK industries must be addressed if government is to maximise the impact of its forthcoming Industrial Strategy and achieve its priority mission of growing the economy, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.

National Audit Office Press Releases | Official News Release
DBT’s approach to supporting UK industry needs boost to unlock full potential of Industrial Strategy
Competition & Markets Authority news
Final report into mobile browsers and cloud gaming published
Competition & Markets Authority
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 16:05

Independent inquiry group finds that mobile browser markets are not working well for UK businesses and millions of mobile device users which is holding back innovation in the UK.

Competition & Markets Authority | Official News Release
Final report into mobile browsers and cloud gaming published

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Association of Police and Crime Commissioners news
Statement on the association of convenience stores's 2005 crime report
Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 15:25

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has published its annual Crime Report which estimates the total cost of crime to convenience stores at £316 million, equivalent to more than £6,000 per store.

Association of Police and Crime Commissioners | Official News Release
Statement on the association of convenience stores's 2005 crime report
National Crime Agency news
£100m cocaine plotters guilty of at sea smuggling bid
National Crime Agency
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 15:20

Four drug smugglers have been convicted of trying to smuggle £100m of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast of Cornwall, after a National Crime Agency investigation.

National Crime Agency | Official News Release
£100m cocaine plotters guilty of at sea smuggling bid
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries news
Electric vehicles: Govt must overcome delays for charging network rollout to succeed
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 15:15
Welsh Government news
Changes to ambulance response to focus on saving more lives
Welsh Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 15:10

Changes to improve how ambulances respond to 999 emergency calls will help to save more lives and improve people’s outcomes.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Changes to ambulance response to focus on saving more lives
Scottish Government news
New residential rehabilitation service opens
Scottish Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 15:05
Financial Conduct Authority news
FCA responds to final report into Safe Hands complaints
Financial Conduct Authority
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:25

We continue to have the utmost sympathy for the people who have lost money because of Safe Hands.  

Financial Conduct Authority | Official News Release
FCA responds to final report into Safe Hands complaints
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
NHS Confederation responds to IFS report suggesting mental health has worsened since the pandemic
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:20

Some of the most worrying trends are the rise in mental health conditions in children, young people and young adults.

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
NHS Confederation responds to IFS report suggesting mental health has worsened since the pandemic
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs news
Operation Clean Sweep tackles waste crime in Lincolnshire
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:15
Welsh Government news
Banks accredited as part of scheme to protect SME construction payments
Welsh Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:10

Three high street banks have achieved special recognition as part of a Welsh Government scheme to protect payments to SMEs on large scale public sector construction projects.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Banks accredited as part of scheme to protect SME construction payments
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs news
Bathing water reforms keep pace with Britain’s love of swimming
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:05

Reforms to modernise bathing waters could see swimmers enjoying cleaner water and flexible seasons, as government states plans to bolster bathing water rules.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Official News Release
Bathing water reforms keep pace with Britain’s love of swimming
Financial Conduct Authority news
Our position on sustainability regulations and UK defence
Financial Conduct Authority
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 13:25

Our sustainability rules do not prevent investment in or finance for defence companies.

Financial Conduct Authority | Official News Release
Our position on sustainability regulations and UK defence
Competition & Markets Authority news
CMA launches review of merger remedies approach and publishes new mergers charter
Competition & Markets Authority
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 13:20

The CMA launches review of approach to merger remedies and publishes new Mergers Charter as next steps in its plan to enhance the UK’s merger control regime.

Competition & Markets Authority | Official News Release
CMA launches review of merger remedies approach and publishes new mergers charter
HM Treasury news
New powers for The Crown Estate to invest in Britain’s future
HM Treasury
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 13:15

Growth-generating projects will receive significant new investment - up to £1.5 billion over the next 15 years - as a result of new powers granted to the Crown Estate, on Tuesday 11 March.

HM Treasury | Official News Release
New powers for The Crown Estate to invest in Britain’s future
Welsh Government news
Improvements in children’s mental health services at South Wales health board
Welsh Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 13:10

Real improvements have been made to child and adolescent mental health services provided to people living in the heart of the South Wales Valleys.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Improvements in children’s mental health services at South Wales health board
Scottish Government news
Safeguarding the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Scottish Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 13:05
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs news
£15 million food surplus fund now open for applications
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 12:25
techUK news
UK’s cyber sector’s contribution to economy reaches new heights
techUK
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 12:20

Government publishes new Cyber Security Sectoral Analysis 2025 report. 

techUK | Official News Release
UK’s cyber sector’s contribution to economy reaches new heights
Sport England news
Chief executive responds to Government Bill
Sport England
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 12:15

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill could impact our statutory consultee role on planning applications involving playing fields.

Sport England | Official News Release
Chief executive responds to Government Bill
Welsh Government news
Hywel Dda health board making improvements under new leadership
Welsh Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 12:10

Improvements in waiting times and the leadership of Hywel Dda University Health Board have been recognised by the Welsh Government.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Hywel Dda health board making improvements under new leadership
Scottish Government news
Cost of living support
Scottish Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 12:05

More than £2 million will fund wrap-around support to households.

Scottish Government | Official News Release
Cost of living support
NHS England news
NHS England responds to ministerial statement on GP registration and screening issue
NHS England
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 11:25

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, Ashley Dalton MP, yesterday made a Written Ministerial Statement to the House of Commons regarding steps being taken by the NHS to ensure all eligible people are invited for screening.

NHS England | Official News Release
NHS England responds to ministerial statement on GP registration and screening issue
HM Treasury news
Boost for side-hustlers as 300,000 people to be taken out of tax returns, government announces
HM Treasury
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 11:20

Tax admin changes to mean up to 300,000 taxpayers will no longer be required to file a tax return.

HM Treasury | Official News Release
Boost for side-hustlers as 300,000 people to be taken out of tax returns, government announces
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office news
UK and Nordic-Baltic Eight Ministerial Roundtable: Joint Statement
Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 11:15

On Tuesday 11 March, UK Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, chaired a roundtable with Nordic and Baltic counterparts to discuss support for Ukraine, security in Northern Europe, and tackling hybrid threats.

Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office | Official News Release
UK and Nordic-Baltic Eight Ministerial Roundtable: Joint Statement
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs news
UK and Welsh Government unite in £1m fund to transform River Wye
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 11:10

The Welsh and UK Government recently announced a new £1 million joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues in the River Wye.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Official News Release
UK and Welsh Government unite in £1m fund to transform River Wye
10 Downing Street news
Regulator axed as red tape is slashed to boost growth
10 Downing Street
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 11:05

Regulation will be cut back as the Prime Minister sets out his latest steps to drive economic growth that puts more money in working people’s pockets.

10 Downing Street | Official News Release
Regulator axed as red tape is slashed to boost growth
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
UNICEF - Geneva Palais briefing note: Malnutrition tightening its grip on children in Rohingya refugee Camps
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 10:25

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF representative in Bangladesh, Rana Flowers, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at yesterday press briefing at the Palais Des Nations in Geneva 

WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) | Official News Release
UNICEF - Geneva Palais briefing note: Malnutrition tightening its grip on children in Rohingya refugee Camps
Association for Project Management news
Crossing the assault course: Seeing the pitfalls before you fall into them webinar
Association for Project Management
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 10:20
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) news
CBI responds to publication of Planning and Infrastructure Bill - March 2025
WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations)
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 10:15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government news
Planning revolution to fuel growth and make Britain energy secure
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 10:10

Dozens of clean energy projects will jump to the front of the queue for grid connections, through new measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Official News Release
Planning revolution to fuel growth and make Britain energy secure
Northern Ireland Office news
NI Secretary to attend St Patrick's Day events in Washington
Northern Ireland Office
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 10:05

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will travel to Washington D.C. this week to participate in the annual St. Patrick’s Day events.

Northern Ireland Office | Official News Release
NI Secretary to attend St Patrick's Day events in Washington
Cabinet Office news
What are Community Diagnostic Centres?
Cabinet Office
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 09:20

Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) are places you can get tests, checks and scans, faster and closer to home.

Cabinet Office | Official News Release
What are Community Diagnostic Centres?
NHS Wales news
Ripple Effects Review of Behavioural Science Support
NHS Wales
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 09:15

A new Public Health Wales commissioned report has used Realist Ripple Effects Mapping to explore recent behavioural science support across the public health system.

 

NHS Wales | Official News Release
Ripple Effects Review of Behavioural Science Support
UCL IOE - Faculty of Education and Society news
Boys in England significantly outperforming girls in maths and science
UCL IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 09:10

Recent data shows boys in years 5 and 9 in England have scored significantly higher than girls in maths and science compared with 2019, report UCL researchers who analysed the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

UCL IOE - Faculty of Education and Society | Official News Release
Boys in England significantly outperforming girls in maths and science
Welsh Government news
Welsh and UK Government unite in £1 Million fund to transform River Wye
Welsh Government
Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 09:05

The Welsh and UK Government recently announced a new £1 million joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues in the River Wye.

Welsh Government | Official News Release
Welsh and UK Government unite in £1 Million fund to transform River Wye

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Enhancing Prisoner Rehabilitation: The Role of Serco