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16 March 2017

Speech: Paula Sussex speech at ICAEW, 15 March 2017
seen at 20:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

First, let me pay tribute to the extraordinary work charities do in Britain. We have 165,000 charities in England and Wales working to: improve our health, education and the environment; care for animals; support...

Press release: Port of Boston announce full support of Boston Barrier Scheme
seen at 20:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Port of Boston has today announced its full backing of the proposed Boston Barrier and has formally withdrawn its objection to the Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) application made by the Environment ...

Speech: Opening up new links between the UK and Chile in a global world
seen at 20:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

I am delighted to be here to celebrate this important Alliance of British Airways and Banco de Chile.

The new British Airways flight opens up new possibilities of links between UK and Chile in a global...

News story: Ethical standards for providers of public services: follow-up
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Committee is currently following-up its 2014 report Ethical standards for providers of public services and 2015 guidance. Many public services are now outsourced to private or voluntary sector...

News story: Minister encourages students to make their voices heard in Mayoral elections
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Minister for the Constitution spoke to students from Middlesbrough college today about how they can raise awareness of voter registration in the lead up to the election for the first mayor of Tees Valley.

Press release: Opportunity to learn about upcoming M11 road works
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Highways England will be delivering a series of schemes including installing digital messaging signs, resurfacing, drainage and embankment repairs on the M11 between junctions 6 (M25) and 12 (A603 – Cambridge...

News story: Three World War 2 soldiers finally laid to rest 75 years after they gave their lives for their country
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Lance Corporal (LCpl) Ronald George Blackham has finally been laid to rest alongside 2 unknown soldiers after they were killed in Capezzano within the Italian province of Salerno during the Second World War. ...

Press release: Plans to return full democratic accountability to Tower Hamlets
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

All powers could be returned to Tower Hamlets council following a 2-year intervention by central government, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced.

Mr Javid said the council had made “steady...

News story: UK extends women’s rights protections to Bermuda and St Helena
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The UK has extended women’s rights protections in Bermuda and the territorial group of St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, the Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening announced today.

Speech: "We have to take action whenever a weapon of mass destruction is used."
seen at 18:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Let me begin by welcoming you Sacha to the Council for the first time in your role as Chair of the Committee and thank you for your briefing.

I’d also like to thank Council members for their remarks today...

Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 16 December 2016
seen at 16:30, 16 March in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).
Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 16 December 2016
Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 27 January 2017
seen at 16:30, 16 March in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).
Papers from UK Statistics Authority meeting on 27 January 2017
News story: Coal Authority Public Board Meeting – 21 March 2017
seen at 16:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Our next public board meeting will take place at the Coal Authority offices at 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG, starting at 9.45am on Tuesday 21 March 2017.

The board continues...

News story: World War 2 airman finally laid to rest 70 years after he gave his life for his country
seen at 16:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

He was given a full ceremonial burial on 16 March 2017 at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.

The service, led by Reverend Rebekah Cannon, Chaplain of RAF College Cranwell, was attended by representatives...

UK health care quality indicators
seen at 14:30, 16 March in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

Letter from Ed Humpherson to Roger Halliday regarding UK health care quality indicators

International Moenchengladbach
seen at 14:30, 16 March in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

Military Competition. 8 July 2017

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Press release: Government welcomes £240 million strategic Toyota investment
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Toyota Motor Europe has announced today, 16 March 2017, that it is investing £240 million to upgrade its car plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Toyota’s investment will improve plant competitiveness and...

Speech: Simon Kirby speaks at the LSE Global FinTech Investor Forum
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Good morning everyone.

It’s always a pleasure to come to the London Stock Exchange – one of the oldest exchanges in the world, one of the biggest, and one of the best.

Based in the heart of the...

Press release: Warning for landowners over dumping illegal waste
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Almost a third (30%) of agricultural businesses and rural land owners across the North East, Yorkshire and Humber have had illegal waste dumped on their land in the last three years, according to new research...

News story: SSRO launches new Defence Contracts Analysis and Reporting System
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The new DefCARS website has launched on-schedule, and replaces the previous system (DefCARS 1), which has been in use since April 2015. DefCARS is the central system for the capture, storage and analysis of all...

Press release: UK to help businesses step up investment in world’s poorest countries
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Today (16 March), International Development Secretary Priti Patel set out how the UK is making it easier for companies to invest in the world’s poorest countries and urged businesses to invest at a time of unprecedented...

News story: Statement from Culture Secretary: Sky/21st Century Fox merger
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

I came to this House on 6 March to give an update on the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky.

At that time I said I was minded to issue a European Intervention...

Statement to Parliament: NHS prescription charges from April 2017
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

As at the start of previous financial years, regulations have today been laid before Parliament to increase certain National Health Service charges in England from 1 April 2017.

The prescription charge...

Press release: CMA orders Diebold Nixdorf to sell one of UK cashpoint businesses
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Diebold Incorporated (Diebold), a US company which provides financial self-service (FSS) products including automatic teller machines (ATMs, also known as cashpoints), bought Wincor Nixdorf (Wincor), a German...

Press release: Spam email alert
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

It has been brought to our attention that some people have received spam emails, purportedly sent from an ofsted.gov.uk email account, prompting them to confirm their payment details via PayPal.

Please...

News story: Statement on Royal Assent of EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
seen at 14:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis said:

The Queen has today given Royal Assent to the Article 50 Bill, giving the government the formal power to trigger Article 50 and ...

Iain Bell appointed as Deputy National Statistician for Population and Public Policy at ONS
seen at 11:30, 16 March in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

Iain Bell has been appointed at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the National Statistician, John Pullinger, in leading UK National Statistics.

Iain, who is currently Chief Data Officer...

Press release: Household incomes remain highest on record
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Household incomes have risen to a record high and income inequality – the gap between the richest and poorest – remains lower than in 2010.

The average household now takes home a record £481...

News story: 30% of officers progress from the ranks
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon has revealed figures showing that almost 30% of officers in the Armed Forces progressed from the lower military ranks, as he met would-be officers at the Ministry of Defence...

Press release: £45 million to accelerate 4,500 homes in Cambridgeshire
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A key site near Huntingdon that will provide over 4,500 new homes has been given a major boost with a £45 million loan from the Homes and Communities Agency, it has been announced today (16 March 2017...

Press release: Multi-million pound major road improvements unlock thousands of homes and jobs
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The improvements, worth £75 million, will create opportunities around Derby and Daventry in the Midlands, Oldham in the North West, Durham in the North East and Taunton in the South West.

Highways...

Press release: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough set for new mayor
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents are set to get a greater say over how their area is run, thanks to a ground-breaking devolution deal announced today (16 March 2017) by Communities Secretary Sajid...

News story: Avian influenza (bird flu) in winter 2016 to 2017
seen at 11:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Restrictions removed from around a premises near Pilling, Wyre, Lancashire.

Avian influenza (bird flu) is a disease of birds. The H5N8 strain of the disease has been found in the UK in both farmed...

Collective report of 09:30 release breaches (Defra)
seen at 10:30, 16 March in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

This document reports a breach of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, or the relevant Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Orders, to which the Code applies as if it included these orders.

News story: UKCES is now closed
seen at 10:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

UKCES is now closed.

If you have a query in relation to UKCES please email enquiries.UKCES@education.gov.uk.

If you have a query in relation to the Investors in People business then please email...

News story: Innovative fibreboard recycling firm attracts £250,000 investment
seen at 10:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A North Wales company has secured a £250,000 investment from a global waste management services group to commercialise its pioneering process for recycling medium-density fibreboard (MDF).

The...

Press release: New chair appointed to The Pensions Advisory Service
seen at 10:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Ann will oversee the continued delivery of free, professional and impartial guidance on pensions and support for people if they have a problem or complaint about their workplace or private pension.

The...

Press release: Charity Commission urges trustees to get to grips with financial duties
seen at 10:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

It was announced last night by Chief Executive Paula Sussex that the Charity Commission has updated a key piece of its financial guidance - Charity finances: trustee essentials (CC25) - in a drive to ensure...

News story: Trains struck location cabinet doors, Chipping Sodbury
seen at 10:30, 16 March in News and communications (Our copy).

In the early evening of 20 February, two trains struck location cabinet doors that had been left unsecured and were drawn towards the track by the aerodynamic effects of passing trains. The trains suffered some...

No Smoking Day
seen at 09:30, 16 March in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

Are you up for the challenge? No Smoking March.

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Church Service Times
seen at 09:30, 16 March in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

Easter 2017

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Infographic: UK Energy Prices and Bills
seen at 02:30, 16 March in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

The following infographic accompanies the CCC’s 2017 Energy Prices and Bills report. It provides a visual representation of the key points of the report and shows:

how UK household energy bills...
UK climate action has reduced emissions without increases in household energy bills
seen at 02:30, 16 March in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

Action to tackle climate change and improve energy efficiency has occurred alongside reductions in household energy bills since the Climate Change Act was passed, new analysis by the Committee on Climate Change...