New reforms to deportation and removal rules will make it easier to remove foreign criminals committing crimes in the UK, the Home Office will announce tomorrow. Currently the Home Office is only informed of foreign nationals given prison sentences and deportation arrangements focus predominantly on those sentenced to more than a year in prison. Under … Read more
Bromford TBM Mary Ann breakthrough (9 May 2025) from HS2 Ltd major construction milestone reached as first HS2 tunnel into Birmingham excavated more than 30,000 jobs supported along the 140-mile route, providing highly skilled opportunities and driving up living standards, part of the government’s Plan for Change HS2 will connect the UK’s biggest cities with … Read more
The Environment Agency has urged water companies to do more to safeguard water supplies after the driest start to spring in 69 years. The environmental regulator convened a meeting of the National Drought Group today (Wednesday 7 May 2025) and said more needed to be done to cut leakage and help customers use water more … Read more
The government has announced that the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be brought into our parent department HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by April 2026. If you are currently a customer with us, you do not need to take any action. There is no impact on your case or the services we offer. Please continue … Read more
Delivered on: 29 April 2025 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Janine, and good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here today to mark the 11th year of UK FinTech Week … … brought together once again by Innovate Finance… …who continue to champion tirelessly our FinTech sector. As … Read more
Thousands of patients are seeing tangible benefits from the government’s Plan for Change, with the latest health data showing significant improvements in access to care. Tens of thousands of patients up and down the country are already getting their appointments more quickly thanks to the government’s Plan for Change to reform the NHS and drive … Read more
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry to examine regulatory concerns regarding the trustees’ management and administration of The Muslim Community Centre and Mosque 1977, an unregistered charity. The regulator’s concerns focus on a risk to charity property arising from a dispute between the unregistered charity and Dudley Central Mosque and Muslim Community Centre … Read more
Getty Images The government will table an amendment to the flagship Crime and Policing Bill later this week to provide a presumption of anonymity for firearms officers who are subject to a criminal trial following a shooting. This will apply during court proceedings and in media reporting up until the point of conviction. Improving policing … Read more
I join millions around the world in grieving the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. His leadership in a complex and challenging time for the world and the church was courageous, yet always came from a place of deep humility. Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten. He was close to … Read more
A new AI tool to help councils make planning data more accessible and digital, converting poor scans of old, PDF and paper documents into machine-readable, shareable data in seconds is being built Currently in early testing, the tool could reduce the time needed to convert old planning documents into digital records – performing in 40 … Read more
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