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Joint Foreign Ministers’ statement on Gaza – uk.gov

Joint Foreign Ministers’ statement on Gaza
 – uk.gov

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, strongly reject the decision of the Israeli Security Cabinet on 8th August to launch an additional large-scale military operation in Gaza. It will aggravate … Read more

UKAEA renews engineering framework agreement for fusion energy – uk.gov

UKAEA renews engineering framework agreement for fusion energy
 – uk.gov

Machine in Materials division at Culham Campus – Image credit: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has renewed its multimillion-pound Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (“the Framework”) with seven companies. The renewal follows a successful four-year supply of a breadth of engineering resources to UKAEA in support of its mission to … Read more

Brand Scotland Goes To Germany – uk.gov

Brand Scotland Goes To Germany
 – uk.gov

Young Scottish musicians will be centre stage in Germany this week as part of Scottish Secretary Ian Murray’s Brand Scotland campaign.  The event is part of the Secretary of State’s Brand Scotland campaign, which is selling the best of Scotland to the world, and encouraging inward investment to Scotland – creating jobs and putting money … Read more

Keeping children safe online: changes to the Online Safety Act explained – uk.gov

Keeping children safe online: changes to the Online Safety Act explained
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New protections for children online now in force. Online Safety Act. Keeping children safe The way children experience the internet has fundamentally changed, as new laws under the Online Safety Act have come into force to protect under-18s from harmful online content they shouldn’t ever be seeing. This includes content relating to: pornography self-harm suicide … Read more

Glasgow security director fined for operating while unlicensed – uk.gov

Glasgow security director fined for operating while unlicensed – uk.gov

In November 2023, Security Industry Authority (SIA) investigators confirmed that Strathclyde Security Ltd had been supplying door supervisors to a venue in Glasgow. This despite Ms McKirkle not possessing a legally required SIA licence.  After further investigation and Ms McKirkle failing to respond to multiple requests for interview between December 2024 and April 2025, the … Read more

PM call with E3 Leaders: 26 July 2025 – uk.gov

PM call with E3 Leaders: 26 July 2025
 – uk.gov

The Prime Minister spoke to President of France, Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz this morning.  The three leaders talked about the situation in Gaza, which they agreed is appalling, and emphasised the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire, for Israel to lift all restrictions on aid and urgently provide those suffering in … Read more