News: Government Announcements

The Foreign Secretary made a statement to the House of Commons, updating members on the government’s approach to China following the cross-Whitehall audit.

Visitors travelling to the UK on a European passport will need an ETA from 2 April 2025. Travellers can apply for an ETA from 5 March 2025 onwards.

New taskforce and £54 million fund will attract world-class researchers and their teams to the UK and comes ahead of the launch of government’s modern Industrial Strategy.

The UK government and European Commission gave a joint statement following the 16th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights.

A law has been introduced to prevent British citizenship being reinstated to people considered a national security risk following a successful initial appeal.

The depiction of strangulation in pornography will be banned in a move to protect women from violence, the Government has announced.

The European Convention of Human Rights “must evolve” to restore public confidence in the rule of law, the Lord Chancellor told European ambassadors in a speech today (Wednesday 18 June).

Mr Javed Patel has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia in succession to Mr Simon Thomas OBE. Mr Patel will take up his appointment during August 2025.

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP spoke about evolving the European Convention on Human Rights to restore public confidence in the rule of law.

Thousands more people will get access to early legal help over the next 2 years after the government announced £12 million of new grant funding today. (28 November 2022).

A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in Birmingham.