The UK is ramping up its support for Ukraine with a target to achieve a tenfold increase in production and procurement of drones to deliver to Ukraine this year. With more than 10,000 drones delivered to Ukraine last year by…
UK troops and warships will be protected by drone and laser weapon technology through a major £5 billion investment, as the UK seeks to become the leading edge of innovation in NATO under the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and driven…
Single-use vapes will be banned from the shelves of all shops from tomorrow (Sunday 1 June) thanks to a government blitz on sale and supply. The new crackdown makes it illegal to sell single-use vapes at corner shops and supermarkets,…
Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, has made the following statement at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East. “I thank Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag and Dr Sidwah for their briefings today, which painted…
Garth Coates Solicitors, a leading UK immigration law firm, has responded to the Government’s announcement that net migration has fallen by almost 50% in 2024, warning that the headline figure obscures the real cost to the UK’s economy, education sector, and global…
In response to the persistent cycle of serious violence undertaken by extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, the Foreign Secretary has announced new sanctions today. Today’s measures target 3 individuals, including prominent settler leader Daniella Weiss, as well…
A major new partnership from the Crown Estate and Lendlease with a Gross Development Value (GDV) of £24 billion will develop housing and science and innovation hubs and help create 100,000 new jobs and 26,000 new homes, backing the Government’s…
Vital R&D work exploring innovation in areas as diverse as human health and cutting-edge computing will be given much-needed long-term certainty under new criteria unveiled by Science Minister Lord Vallance today (Monday 19 May). It will enable and support government departments and…
Piling the pressure on the Kremlin will be the focus of discussions at the European Political Community [EPC] today, after Putin dodged US arranged peace talks in Istanbul yesterday [Thursday]. More than 40 leaders will attend the Tirana summit today,…
Today the following statement was made by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The UK called this meeting alongside Denmark, France, Greece and Slovenia in…
