UK drone transformation to strengthen Armed Forces backed by more than £5 billion

Justice for victims as domestic killers to face longer behind bars

Civilians must never bear the consequences of conflict: UK statement at the UN Security Council

DWP's special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2025

New UK Envoy to champion LGBT+ rights globally

Resident doctors agree deal with Government to end strikes

Israel must uphold its obligations under international law and take urgent steps to halt the violence in the West Bank: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Parole Board launches new video and leaflet for victims

Government crackdown on fraud leads to cancellation of over 450 Blue Badges in the Wirral

PM meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: 29 June 2026

There is widespread positive national coverage following the department’s announcement that the 200-year-old Vagrancy Act will be repealed on Monday, bringing an end to the criminalisation of rough...

Charity Commission framework document 2026

Emissions and targets for installations registered as hospitals or small emitters, 2021 to 2025

Several changes have been made to update Leading for Safety, the MCA’s maritime industry safety guide for senior leaders. 

The guide, which has proved popular since its...

Circular 004/2026: Crime and Policing Act 2026

Illegal immigrants and foreign criminals to be removed

Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to March 2026

Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to December 2026

Publication date: 29 Jun 2026. Category: Anonymity.

Publication date: 29 Jun 2026. Category: Anonymity.

Publication date: 29 Jun 2026. Category: Anonymity.

Post-implementation reviews are meant to answer a simple question: is a regulation still working? Too often, the answer is “not as well as it should” and yet nothing changes.

Why regulations need ...

FSA Board Meeting - March 2025

FOI release: Call-off contracts

FOI release: Official Treaty Register

FOI release: External Employee Relations

Welsh Food Advisory Committee Director Report: 9 July 2026

Welsh Food Advisory Committee Themed Meeting: 9 July 2026

Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: February 2026

Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes Minutes: 15 December 2025

The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2026

Energy firm named after £500,000 Russia sanctions settlement

From bomb‑proof pants to laser weapons: 25 years of Dstl

Wolverhampton fraudster sentenced after illegally claiming £30,000 in Covid loans

Government steps up drive to reconnect young people with £1.6 billion in unclaimed savings

UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Burundi.

Tonnes of illegal waste cleared from West Yorkshire site

Recovered appeal: Epilepsy Society, Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire (ref: 3362050 - 29 June 2026)

A couple of months back, my colleague Mary McMahon and I wrote about our work to bring in this new Service Standard point and supporting process into the department. 

In that...

The High Court has on 26 June 2026, dismissed the judicial review claim brought by Wild Justice and the Badger Trust, finding no unlawfulness in Natural England’s decision-making.  The Court declined to grant...

HM Treasury business appointment rules advice, January to March 2026

COT register of interests

DSIT's equalities objectives 2026 to 2030

UK–Australia Investment Partnership Memorandum of Understanding

Tribute to Nigel Cotgrove

Prime Minister meets hospitality leaders to boost opportunities for young people

PM remarks to hospitality leaders: 29 June 2026

UK Foreign Secretary concludes visit to Egypt

Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Annual Report 2025/26

Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One route (April 2026)

Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (April 2026)

New world-leading lab to be built at secretive UK research site

This blog specifically relates to submissions to the MHRA Compliance Teams following GxP inspections.

The MHRA has identified examples of information relating to inspection activity submitted to...

By Chloe Hardman, Senior Project Manager, West Midlands Area Team  

In this blog, Chloe Hardman discusses swifts, and the amazing work being done to protect them within communities in...

Credit: Lisa John

Lowland peat has long supported profitable farming, but current water management practices can lead to soil loss and land subsidence. 

From today, farmers and land managers...

DHSC evaluation strategy 2026

Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (March 2026)

Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One route (March 2026)

The Queen Elizabeth Digital Memorial marks major milestone with new features

Health assessments to be recorded as standard in major transparency drive

At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding

Funding for businesses who give youngsters a chance as Government ramps up youth jobs drive

Appointments to National Park Authorities and National Landscape Conservation Boards.

Richard Chapman, Programme Director of the Defra Trees Programme, reflects on the Nature for Climate Fund and shares what the future holds for the sector.

When the Nature for Climate Fund launched ...

Proposed Tribunal Rule changes for applications under section 11 of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025

An aerial view of a paludiculture trial site (Credit: Lancashire Wildlife Trust)

My name is Anika Dowling, and I am a policy advisor in Defra’s Peat team. In this blog I’ll set...

Taxpayers urged to get ahead of July Self Assessment payment deadline

New funding boost to protect England's iconic peatlands