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UK Government in Scotland marks Holocaust Memorial Day – uk.gov

UK Government in Scotland marks Holocaust Memorial Day
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Minister McNeill was shown around the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre, located within Garnethill Synagogue, by manager Kerry Patterson and Lionel Most, chair of the centre. This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is the 80th anniversary since the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Events are taking place across Scotland, the UK and … Read more

Universal Periodic Review 48: UK Statement on Fiji – uk.gov

Universal Periodic Review 48: UK Statement on Fiji
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Thank you Mr Vice President. We warmly welcome the delegation, and congratulate Fiji on their progress since their last review. We commend Fiji’s repeal of the Media Industry Development Act and the resulting improvements this has made to independent journalism, and we encourage Fiji to continue fostering a pluralistic civic space which protects the rights … Read more

Universal Periodic Review 48: UK Statement on El Salvador – uk.gov

Universal Periodic Review 48: UK Statement on Fiji
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Thank you, Mr Vice-President,  We welcome progress made in El Salvador since its 2019 review, including improving access to education for low-income families, and investments in public healthcare systems.  The launch of programmes aimed at empowering women and reducing gender inequality, including educational initiatives and support services for survivors of gender-based violence, are an important … Read more

Archaic tech sees public sector miss £45 billion annual savings – uk.gov

Archaic tech sees public sector miss £45 billion annual savings
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Public sector workers are being held back by archaic technology – crippling productivity and slashing public satisfaction in services, according to a new report set to be published on Tuesday.  Inheritance from previous government shows an overreliance on contractors sending costs rocketing and how outages and cyber-attacks are putting NHS and public services in jeopardy. … Read more

Life sciences vital to boost growth in Wales says Welsh Secretary – uk.gov

Life sciences vital to boost growth in Wales says Welsh Secretary
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Wales’s Life Sciences industry is crucial to delivering sustained economic growth, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has told leaders from the industry. The growing sector already contributes more than £2.6 billion to the Welsh economy each year and supports more than 12,000 jobs across more than 250 companies, according to Life Sciences Hub Wales. Life Sciences … Read more

PM speech on AI Opportunities Action Plan: 13 January 2025 – uk.gov

PM speech on AI Opportunities Action Plan: 13 January 2025
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Location: UCL East Delivered on: 13 January 2025 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) The defining opportunity of our generation Deb Kelly is a prison officer and a PE instructor.  Two years ago, this month… She got up on a Saturday morning… And collapsed on the floor. Her whole face had completely … Read more

New measure imposed on dumped S-PVC from the USA – uk.gov

New measure imposed on dumped S-PVC from the USA
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The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) final recommendation to impose a new anti-dumping measure on low-priced imports of Suspension Poly(vinyl chloride) (S-PVC) from the USA. A new duty of 38.43%-56.01% on imports of US-made S-PVC will now come into effect, with the cooperating US exporter that submitted … Read more

Thousands of British troops to lead major NATO exercise in Eastern Europe   – uk.gov

Thousands of British troops to lead major NATO exercise in Eastern Europe   
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UK leading contribution with over 2600 personnel and 730 vehicles deploying to NATO’s eastern flank. First deployment under new NATO Allied Reaction Force. Deployment demonstrates UK’s unshakeable commitment to NATO and European Security. Thousands of UK personnel will continue to deploy to Europe in the next two months to spearhead a major NATO exercise.   Leading … Read more

Sotatercept approved to treat adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) – uk.gov

Sotatercept approved to treat adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
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Sotatercept is used, in combination with other medicines to treat PAH, in adults with moderate or marked limitations of physical activity, to improve exercise capacity. Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension have high blood pressure in the blood vessels that supply the lungs (pulmonary arteries). It’s a rare and serious condition that can damage the right … Read more