Travel Advisories
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Office for Veterans’ Affairs marks one year since creation
The UK has always held our veterans in high esteem. No one does Remembrance quite like us and every year millions of Brits buy poppies, lay wreaths and mark moments…
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Evaluation of court and tribunal video hearings process published
new report shows video hearings service convenient, robust and easy to use testing of video hearings has been extended in tax tribunals, other jurisdictions to follow decisions about the use…
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ESFA procurement opportunity launching soon for providers to access additional funding to deliver 19 to 24 AEB funded traineeships
Following the publication of the government’s Plan for Jobs which included a £111 million investment to triple the number of traineeships available, we are planning a procurement opportunity so providers…
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Negotiations on the UK’s future trading relationship with New Zealand: Update
We are now one step closer to an ambitious, wide-ranging free trade agreement with one of our oldest friends. An FTA with New Zealand can bring investment, better jobs, higher…
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New synthetic datasets to assist COVID-19 and cardiovascular research
The Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA) has announced the creation of two innovative synthetic datasets which will support the development of cutting-edge medical technologies to fight COVID-19 and cardiovascular…
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Government further boosts chances of UK receiving COVID-19 vaccine
An additional 60 million doses of a potentially lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine have been secured by the government the agreement with GSK and Sanofi Pasteur increases the UK’s chances of getting…
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Giant leap for UK spaceflight programme as consultation launches
consultation on the rules governing UK spaceflight launches today first ever launch into space could have lift-off by the early 2020s Civil Aviation Authority to become the commercial spaceflight regulator…
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Dowden: ‘Jump-start’ for UK’s leading creative industries
Government announces new £500 million scheme to kickstart film and television production struggling to secure insurance for Covid-related costs Further detail also released on how £880 million of the government’s…
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Preventing famine and ensuring unrestricted humanitarian access in Yemen
Well, thank you, Mr President, and thank you to all our briefers. The United Kingdom is extremely concerned that COVID-19 is compounding an already devastating humanitarian situation in Yemen. The…
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Dstl awards £300 million weapons research contract
A contract for the accelerated development of disruptive weapon technologies has been awarded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to QinetiQ. The £300 million Weapons Sector Research Framework…