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15 January

TRA investigates creamy/white limestone from Portugal
TRA investigates creamy/white limestone from Portugal
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Russia’s reckless missile attacks expose its ongoing obstruction of peace efforts: UK statement to the OSCE
Russia’s reckless missile attacks expose its ongoing obstruction of peace efforts: UK statement to the OSCE
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OSCE Chair-in-Office presents priorities for 2026: UK statement to the OSCE
OSCE Chair-in-Office presents priorities for 2026: UK statement to the OSCE
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Governance lessons from the UK-US PETs Pilot for cancer research

This post was written with contributions from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and NHS England. It follows GDS’ first blog post on Using Privacy Enhancing Technologies to Enable International...

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Inaccurate reporting on fines under Simpler Recycling
Close Up Of Woman Carrying Recycling Bin

Recent media reporting in the Daily Mail, Sun and the Mirror has claimed that households could face £400 fines for recycling 37 “prohibited...

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Housing Sec hails recovery 'green shoots' in latest housing supply figures

The Housing Secretary has welcomed new housing supply figures published today, showing green shoots of recovery across the housebuilding sector.  

The new data release confirms a rise...

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Marine Management Organisation Annual Report and Accounts 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Marine Management Organisation Annual Report and Accounts 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
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The National Gallery framework document 2025 to 2028
The National Gallery framework document 2025 to 2028
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HMT non-consolidated performance related pay 2024 to 2025
HMT non-consolidated performance related pay 2024 to 2025
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HMT non-consolidated performance related pay 2023 to 2024
HMT non-consolidated performance related pay 2023 to 2024
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Trustee appointed to the Natural History Museum Board
Trustee appointed to the Natural History Museum Board
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CMA requires Aramark to sell Entier after finding competition concerns
CMA requires Aramark to sell Entier after finding competition concerns
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Record renewables auction supports 7,000 jobs and £3bn investment
Record renewables auction supports 7,000 jobs and £3bn investment
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SFO Director announces retirement
SFO Director announces retirement
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IBCA Community Update, 15 January 2026
IBCA Community Update, 15 January 2026
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LSB announces new Chief Executive

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces that Richard Orpin has been appointeditsChief Executive Officer (CEO). The Board appointed Richard following an open recruitment process. Richard joined the LSB ...

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A day in the life - Senior Lawyer, Jamie Munk
Keyboard with magnifier

We have recently opened applications to join our legal team. We asked our Senior Lawyer, Jamie Munk about his day-to-day work life and what it's like working at the Trade Remedies ...

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FOI2025/00259: Government Art Collection - A list of artwork removed from Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 Downing Street
FOI2025/00259: Government Art Collection - A list of artwork removed from Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 Downing Street
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Disability Confident Reform Delivery Plan: December 2025 to December 2026
Disability Confident Reform Delivery Plan: December 2025 to December 2026
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Treasury Minutes – January 2026
Treasury Minutes – January 2026
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Report on orders regulating the management of shellfisheries (2020 to 2025)
Report on orders regulating the management of shellfisheries (2020 to 2025)
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Manchester man sentenced for assaulting Fisheries Officer
Manchester man sentenced for assaulting Fisheries Officer
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Greater and faster compensation for Windrush victims
Greater and faster compensation for Windrush victims
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Improving accessibility at railway stations across Britain
Improving accessibility at railway stations across Britain
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Homes England gender and ethnicity pay gap report — 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Homes England gender and ethnicity pay gap report — 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
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Software Security Ambassadors Scheme
Software Security Ambassadors Scheme
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Honeybourne III report and safety flyer published
Honeybourne III report and safety flyer published
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CMA launches review of its approach to merger efficiencies
CMA launches review of its approach to merger efficiencies
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New Aviation Ambassadors announced to inspire future pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers
New Aviation Ambassadors announced to inspire future pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers
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Lowering chemical hazards across Sellafield
Lowering chemical hazards across Sellafield
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Letter from the Planning Inspectorate to the Minister of State for Housing and Planning: Modifying planning obligations
Letter from the Planning Inspectorate to the Minister of State for Housing and Planning: Modifying planning obligations
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Plans for 5,500-home Wychavon Town moves forward
Plans for 5,500-home Wychavon Town moves forward
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Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Scheme gets a more efficient design
Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Scheme gets a more efficient design
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, June 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, June 2025
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HMPPS Unlocked Graduates Scheme
HMPPS Unlocked Graduates Scheme
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, November 2024
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, November 2024
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, October 2024
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, October 2024
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, December 2024
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, December 2024
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, February 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, February 2025
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, May 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, May 2025
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, January 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, January 2025
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, April 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, April 2025
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DESNZ: spending over £25,000, March 2025
DESNZ: spending over £25,000, March 2025
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Fatal injury to a deckhand following a chain failure on the scallop dredger Honeybourne III (PD905)
Fatal injury to a deckhand following a chain failure on the scallop dredger Honeybourne III (PD905)
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Reviewing our approach to assessing merger efficiencies
Reviewing our approach to assessing merger efficiencies
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Draft affirmative coming for Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026. See other results for details.
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UK Town of Culture 2028 (Baroness Twycross)

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP.

I am pleased to...

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Reclassification of the Food Standard Agency’s independent Scientific Advisory Committees (Ashley Dalton, Member, Rare Cancers Bill Committee)

The Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) independent Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) ensure the agency’s decisions and advice are grounded in the best scientific evidence. The SACs are essential for...

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UK Town of Culture 2028 (Lisa Nandy)

I am pleased to open the UK Town of Culture 2028 to applications today in recognition of the vital role towns play in shaping our cultural life. Places across the UK are invited to submit Expressions of Interest...

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Contracts for Difference: Allocation Round 7 – Floating Offshore Wind and Offshore Wind (Michael Shanks)

The Seventh Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction results have been published today, unlocking a record 8.4GW of offshore wind projects. We’ve taken a significant step forward in our mission, showing that...

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GAD secures place on LGPS procurement framework
GAD secures place on LGPS procurement framework
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How expert advice inspired the national centre for data science
How expert advice inspired the national centre for data science
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Regulator of Social Housing 2025 Global Accounts published
Regulator of Social Housing 2025 Global Accounts published
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From Crawley to Côte d'Ivoire: West Sussex firm wins multi-million-pound contract with government-backed finance
From Crawley to Côte d'Ivoire: West Sussex firm wins multi-million-pound contract with government-backed finance
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Enforcement case into South East Water’s customer service

Case summary We have opened an enforcement case into South East Water to investigate whether it has failed to adopt high standards of customer service and provide appropriate support for its customers’ ...

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Ofwat opens investigation into South East Water following repeated outages

Investigation will consider whether South East Water has complied with its obligation to provide high standards of customer service and support for its customers First investigation Ofwat has launched on customer...

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Disability Confident scheme overhauled to boost workplace standards for disabled people
Disability Confident scheme overhauled to boost workplace standards for disabled people
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Global interest at mine heat living lab one-year milestone
Global interest at mine heat living lab one-year milestone
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G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Iran
G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Iran
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People struggle to access weight loss drugs on the NHS
People have told us that weight loss drugs are transformative, but that there are problems accessing them on the NHS, especially since they were made available via GPs last June.
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14 January

Waiting lists cut three times faster in highest joblessness areas
Waiting lists cut three times faster in highest joblessness areas
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Defence Secretary Sweden press conference opening remarks
Defence Secretary Sweden press conference opening remarks
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Emma Reynolds raises South East Water concerns with Ofwat
Emma Reynolds raises South East Water concerns with Ofwat
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Building Homes, Restoring Nature: How District Level Licensing has streamlined development 

By Mike Burke, Sustainable Development Portfolio Director

DLL pond at Munks Cottage, Kent (May 2021) © Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership

Nature underpins our nation's growth, health, and security...

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Home Secretary to introduce power to sack Chief Constables
Home Secretary to introduce power to sack Chief Constables
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President of the King’s Bench Division to retire from the judiciary

The President of the King’s Bench Division, Dame Victoria Sharp, has announced today (14 January) that she will retire from her role and as a senior judge in October 2026.

Dame Victoria became the...

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2025-26 Government Procurement spend over £25,000
2025-26 Government Procurement spend over £25,000
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Draft affirmative coming for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026. See other results for details.
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Draft affirmative coming for Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026. See other results for details.
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Draft affirmative coming for Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Parental Order Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Parental Order Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. See other results for details.
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Draft affirmative coming for Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. See other results for details.
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British High Commissioner Leigh Stubblefield presents credentials
British High Commissioner Leigh Stubblefield presents credentials
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Northern Powerhouse Rail to drive biggest travel upgrade in the North in a generation
Northern Powerhouse Rail to drive biggest travel upgrade in the North in a generation
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VOA launches new customer feedback survey
VOA launches new customer feedback survey
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DfE update 14 January 2026
DfE update 14 January 2026
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Ministerial letter on the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
Ministerial letter on the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
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SFO announces investigation in social housing sector
SFO announces investigation in social housing sector
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Delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail
Delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail
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Immediate action to improve HMP Swaleside
Immediate action to improve HMP Swaleside
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The family court and open justice: evolution, reform, and wider implications for the Health, Education and Social Care (HESC) Chamber

From Judge Mark Sutherland Williams, HESC Chamber President

Introduction

The principle of open justice—that justice must not only be done but be seen to be done—stands as a cornerstone ...

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Service Justice System data transparency release
Service Justice System data transparency release
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Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, April to June 2025
Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, April to June 2025
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DCMS: spending over £500, November 2025
DCMS: spending over £500, November 2025
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GBE-N annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
GBE-N annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
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Impact statement: Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Impact statement: Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
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Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change
Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change
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Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One route (October 2025)
Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One route (October 2025)
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Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (October 2025)
Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (October 2025)
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'We must strengthen Arctic defences to deter Putin' Foreign Secretary says during Arctic visit
'We must strengthen Arctic defences to deter Putin' Foreign Secretary says during Arctic visit
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Appointments to the Export Guarantees Advisory Council
Appointments to the Export Guarantees Advisory Council
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Letter from Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Planning Inspectorate: Modifying planning obligations
Letter from Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Planning Inspectorate: Modifying planning obligations
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Regulator publishes updated guidance to help businesses advertise non-medicinal veterinary products legally
Regulator publishes updated guidance to help businesses advertise non-medicinal veterinary products legally
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FCDO workforce management information: November 2025
FCDO workforce management information: November 2025
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Defra: spending over £25,000, October 2025
Defra: spending over £25,000, October 2025
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Defra: spending over £500, October 2025
Defra: spending over £500, October 2025
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North West to benefit from multi-billion-pound rail investment
North West to benefit from multi-billion-pound rail investment
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Multi-billion-pound drive to transform rail and growth across Yorkshire and North East
Multi-billion-pound drive to transform rail and growth across Yorkshire and North East
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Opportunity to deliver Housing and Debt and HLPAS in Plymouth
Opportunity to deliver Housing and Debt and HLPAS in Plymouth
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Industrial Strategy quarterly update: October to December 2025
Industrial Strategy quarterly update: October to December 2025
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UK-Small Island Developing States Strategy (Chris Elmore)

I wish to update the House on the Government’s decision to publish a refreshed UK- SIDS Strategy for 2026-2030. This strategy sets out the major strands of UK support to SIDS’ climate and economic...

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