More than 350 employers named for underpaying their workers the national minimum or living wage More than 15,500 of the UK’s lowest paid workers receive back pay thanks to government investigations Employers...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today named 360 businesses who underpaid 15,520 workers a total of £995,233, with employers in the hairdressing, hospitality and retail sectors...
HMRC and the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team have agreed new procedures for using existing legal gateways, which will enhance and ease the current flow of information on estate agency businesses...
Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell visited Medway today (16 February 2017) to see how the area is leading the way with ambitious efforts to fix the broken housing market.
Following publication...
Updated: Updated on 16/02/2017 with response to a UKIP report which claims the UK’s exit from the EU should lead us to “scrap the foreign aid target”
UKIP report on reducing foreign aid budget once the UK...
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In Beijing on Thursday 16 February, Mr Sharma met Chinese Assistant Foreign Ministers Liu Haixing and Kong Xuanyou for wide-ranging political talks to strengthen the global partnership between the UK and China...
Updated: Updated to reflect the new ministerial team.
The Office for Life Sciences (OLS) will continue to be a joint unit across the Department of Health (DH) and the newly formed Department for Business...
Ofqual has today (16 February) announced a number of decisions about the future arrangements for reviews of marking, reviews of moderation, and appeals services.
The exams regulator for England...
Letter from Ed Humpherson to Jen Persson regarding the use of pupil data collected through the school census
This report concludes that the statistics on the characteristics of schools and pupils should retain their National Statistics status, as long as DfE demonstrates it has enhanced their value, quality and trustworthiness...
Opened officially by Her Majesty The Queen on Tuesday 14 February 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre’s operational nerve centre in London will manage incidents, analyse threats and offer advice for online...
Ministers have approved the appointment, reappointment and extensions of Parole Board members. Appointments are subject to security clearance.
Parole Board members are appointed under Schedule 19 of ...
Mr Matthew Hedges has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Paraguay in succession to Dr Jeremy Hobbs, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Hedges will take up his appointment...
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With Daesh losing in both Iraq and Syria, Ministers considered the Coalition campaign plan for 2017. This included plans for the operation to liberate Western Mosul, which the Defence Secretary reviewed with ...
Updated: Latest strike update
Summary Saturday 11 February – Typhoons attacked a tunnel and bunker south-west of Mosul. Sunday 12 February – Tornados destroyed two terrorist supply trucks north-west ...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is successfully prosecuting more child abuse cases and making charging decisions more quickly, says a Government report published today (Thurs 16 Feb).
More than 350 employers named for underpaying their workers the national minimum or living wage More than 15,500 of the UK’s lowest paid workers receive back pay thanks to government investigations Employers...
Fishing without a licence has landed seven Lincolnshire anglers with penalties totalling more than £4,000, the Environment Agency reports.
Lee Bakes of Munster Court in Grimsby, Wayne Muress...
The Home Secretary has today (16 February) announced the delivery of a £40 million package of government measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking...
SummaryBetween 16:29 and 17:58 hrs on 7 June 2016, three passenger trains passed over a section of the single line at Baildon, where part of the supporting embankment had been washed away by flood water. This...
Following Privy Council approval, Sir David Clementi has been appointed as Chair to the new BBC Board for 4 years from 16 February 2017 to 15 February 2021
BiographySir David Clementi has been Chairman...
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It is a great pleasure for me to be here at the workshop on climate risk management strategies for Kolkata. It is my first official visit to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). And...
The first phase of the investigation is currently scheduled to last until 24 April 2017. During this period, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will assess whether the deal could reduce competition and...
Durham Police and the Environment Agency are warning landowners to be vigilant after a significant illegal waste site was discovered on private land in County Durham last week (10 February 2017).
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A jailed Tyne & Wear business owner has had the environmental permit for his scrapyard revoked.
The Environment Agency took the action against Peter Wallace, owner of a scrapyard in Barmoor Quarry...
The Home Secretary has today (16 February) announced the delivery of a £40 million package of government measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking...