Official news: National government
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- Government and industry to take on investment bias and workplace culture to support more women in tech
- Lord Chancellor visits United Nations to promote British candidate to UN court
- ‘The Future of Sudan’s People Cannot Be Built on Impunity’, Third Committee Hears, as Experts Warn of Deadly Repression in Iran, Afghanistan
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Activities of Secretary-General in Armenia, 15-17 October
- General Assembly Adopts Resolution to Lift United States Embargo of Cuba
- LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £13.21
- What the Autumn Budget 2026 means for your energy bills
- Leeds station set for biggest transformation in a generation as government backs city’s growth with a £303 million upgrade
- UK boosts support to Ukraine with £10 billion package
- Budget 2026 speech
- Government and Rolls-Royce agree £2.5bn to build jet engines in the UK and create tens of thousands of jobs
- Budget 2026 Fact Sheet: Delivering for Every Region
- Further support for Ukraine
- Breathing space for Scottish families and businesses at Budget
- Breathing space for Northern Ireland families and businesses
- Making registration applications easier and more efficient
- 8/2026: Details of the Budget package and the multipliers for 2027/2028
- Increase of UK Export Finance cover limit for Ukraine
- Breathing space for Welsh families and businesses at Budget 2026
- Cutting electric vehicle charging costs
- Remit for the Monetary Policy Committee - October 2026
- How we protected the UK and space in September 2026
- British exporters to be given greater access to finance as UKEF strengthens support for Ukraine
- Budget 2026: Breathing space for Welsh families and businesses
- Prime Minister and Chancellor’s call with the President of Ukraine: 28 October 2026
- Budget 2026: Breathing space for today, hope for the future
- Monetary policy remit: Budget 2026
- MOD appoints its first Director General Innovation
- The Chancellor’s Letter to the National Wealth Fund
- Government letter to the British Business Bank
- Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee: Budget 2026
- Joint statement from Multilateral Defence Mechanism members
- Russia's war against Ukraine is costing more and achieving less: UK statement to the FSC
- Curfew and clean-up order for Cornwall waste criminal
- DR Congo: WHO urges sustained efforts as Ebola cases top 10,000
- UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts
- Lord Chancellor letter to Nick Timothy MP: October 2026
- Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Seoul
- Scottish Secretary welcomes apprenticeships at Navantia Fife yard
- General Assembly, 28th Meeting (AM) 28 October 2026
- General Assembly, 28th Meeting (AM) 28 October 2026
- 8th UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue and 21st UK-Taiwan Renewable Energy Conference
- Chancellor abolishes standing charges on gas bills to make payments fairer
- RSH warns council to make fundamental changes for tenants
- UK engineering firm appointed to deliver major decommissioning project at Dungeness A
- Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: In Niania, dialogue transforms mistrust into community engagement
- Peace cannot be sustainable while half the population is shut out of shaping it: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- United States-Cuba Clash Pauses General Assembly Debate as Member States Press for End to Embargo
- More people protected as government acts to make more homes safe
- Introduction of Respect Orders, Youth and Housing Injunctions
- Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park development consent decision announced
- Iran must allow the return of IAEA inspectors to all nuclear sites: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- UK sets pace on new undersea sensors to detect threats, as AUKUS partners test advanced kit in San Diego
- Frodsham Solar development consent decision announced
- Government launches first ever misogny prevention fund
- Government launches first ever misogyny prevention fund
- New digital patents services have launched
- Parents who murdered 13-week-old son have sentences increased
- In Dialogue with Jamaica, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Combat Corruption, Raise Issues Concerning Fatal Police Shootings and Legislation on Homosexual Relations
- Warm Homes Loan Scheme: Factsheet
- Minister launches new campus for National School of Government
- MMO to strengthen fisheries statistics following accreditation cancellation
- New MHRA research puts needle-free Strep A vaccine within reach
- UK Human Rights Ambassador visits Tanzania ahead of UN review
- Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
- Security Council LIVE: Women and girls face greater dangers in war
- World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
- MCA and GMB sign Recognition Agreement for Coastguard Rescue Officers
- New consultations launched on future of fees and access to data
- Gwyndod supply chain mobilised to deliver UK’s first SMRs
- Wales' cycling tourism gets a Grand Départ with £4.5m investment
- UK and Poland strengthen defences on Europe's Eastern flank
- Have your say on the future of Part K of the building regulations
- Churches Conservation Trust: Tuesday 27th October 2026
- PS & B - ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED – winding up orders made
- RSH publishes annual social housing stocks and rents statistics
- Ofqual fines Innovate Awarding £185,000 over failures to deal with fraud risks
- Ebola survivor clinics strengthen the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The Princess Royal to visit Cape Town for Commonwealth Agriculture Conference
- Highlighting Continued Kuwaiti Missing Persons, Property, Security Council Underscores pressing Need to Identify Remaining
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- UN System ‘Sits Idle While We Fall into Hell’, Special Rapporteur Warns, as ‘Truth in Palestine Is under Attack’
- Everyday fixes to make life easier for millions of Britons
- First Committee Debates Disarmament Machinery Deadlock, Frequency of Resolutions
- The United Kingdom remains committed to working with Iraq, Kuwait, and the Tripartite Commission to provide answers for families of missing loved ones: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- Secretary-General Notes Milestone as UN Somalia Mission Ends
- E5 Defence Ministers' Statement: 26 October 2026
- We must protect and build on 30 years of work supporting the protection of children in conflicts: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- Respect Orders launch targeting anti-social behaviour offenders
- Home Secretary announces independent review into the murder of Henry Nowak
- Security Council, 10252nd Meeting (PM) Iraq, Kuwait
- Thousands of young people put down roots in agricultural careers at Jobs Fair
- Investigation launched as dispute risks bringing disability charity to a halt
- £12,000 fine for Cheltenham waste operator for disposal of diesel
- Government welcomes Official Partners for COP31 Pavilion
- SIA non-executive director re-appointed
- Basildon Borough Council: Local Plan intervention letter
- Ethiopia stakeholders chart path forward for stronger hand hygiene systems
- Government unleashes £1.2 billion crackdown as part of anti-fraud drive