Travel Advisories
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Phased return to Survey and Inspection in the UK this month
From today (6 July) Marine Offices will start to take bookings for 20 July onwards. Survey activities will be carried out in accordance with the guidance outlined in MIN 623…
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Face-to-face assessment suspension continues for health and disability benefits
Face-to-face assessments to remain suspended, but kept under review Some review and reassessment activity to gradually resume from July 2020 for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA)…
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HS2 Ltd response to Residents’ Commissioner’s report 13
In this letter, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd CEO, Mark Thurston, responds to the twelfth Residents’ Commissioner’s report published in March 2020. The Residents’ Commissioner’s report explains what activity has…
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Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter
Published 1 November 2018 Last updated 6 July 2020 + show all updates 6 July 2020 Added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2020 to 2021: rough sleeping funding’. 22 March 2019 Added…
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Exports bring home the bacon for UK family farm
With pubs and restaurants now reopening, Essex-based Wicks Manor is returning to supplying its premium pork products to eateries across the country. However, the family business has certainly not been…
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UK announces first sanctions under new global human rights regime
Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new regime established…
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UN Human Rights Council 44: Statement for Interactive Dialogue with UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women
The United Kingdom commends the work of the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls on protecting women’s human rights in the changing world of work. Addressing this issue…
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Prosecution of journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva in the Russian Federation: UK statement
The UK shares the concern expressed by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media regarding the ongoing prosecution of Svetlana Prokopyeva in the Russian Federation. Ms Prokopyeva faces a charge…
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Jenrick acts to safeguard affordable homes during pandemic
A scheme to help get more families across England into affordable homes has been extended by a year, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today. Following unavoidable delays in the…
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HMCI commentary: Our plans for the autumn
The enormous and desperately sad loss of lives has of course been the most devastating aspect of the coronavirus pandemic. But as we have taken the necessary steps to stop…