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Location: UN ECOSOC Delivered on: 24 April 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President. Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, We look forward to the Finance for Development conference next year as a pivotal opportunity for us to take stock of progress we’ve made, rally behind new critical collective actions and build … Read more

Flora Mendes, who had already been banned from practising law after a previous conviction, has had assets totalling more than £700,000 seized by the Home Office after her conviction today. The Indian national, 45, duped her victims into thinking they were using the services of a legitimate immigration lawyer and promised to help secure them … Read more

The Prime Minister spoke to Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, this afternoon.  The Prime Minister thanked him for his work to expand the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea, alongside the urgent priority of getting more aid in via land routes. The Prime Minister said he was pleased that Royal … Read more

A Royal Air Force Typhoon departs on a mission supporting Operation Shader in support of the Counter-Daesh operations in Iraq and Syria. Crown Copyright. Summary Sunday 21 April 2024 – RAF Typhoons struck a rocket launcher in northwest Iraq. Detail On the evening of Sunday 21 April, a pair of Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, … Read more

Up to 4.2 million people in England could be living with undiagnosed high blood pressure, according to NHS. The ‘silent killer’ often has no symptoms but if left untreated, can lead to fatal heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and vascular dementia. New survey data shows that despite the majority of high blood pressure cases being … Read more

Chief Inspector pledges that Ofsted will champion high standards for all children, especially the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. The Big Listen opens today and will run for 12 weeks, seeking views about Ofsted’s work from parents, carers and professionals in education and social care. The Big Listen will be followed by ‘real action’, and marks … Read more

Location: UN General Assembly Delivered on: 4 March 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) President, the civilian suffering in Gaza cannot continue.  Hunger has reached devastating levels.  Disease is on the rise.  People are crammed into ever smaller slivers of land, with nowhere left to go. Last week, the UK and … Read more

Pension funds to publicly disclose how much they invest in UK businesses compared to those overseas. Schemes performing poorly for savers will not be allowed to take on new business from employers. Changes are part of the government’s plan to improve outcomes for savers and consolidate the pensions market. The Chancellor has today (2 March) … Read more

Location: UN Security Council Delivered on: 27 February 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President, and I thank OCHA for the White Note and I thank too our briefers from OCHA, the FAO and the World Food Programme.  Colleagues, we are witnesses to a desperate situation in Gaza which … Read more

Today’s necessary and proportionate strikes specifically targeted 18 Houthi targets across 8 locations in Yemen associated with Houthi underground weapons storage facilities, missile storage facilities, one-way attack unmanned aerial systems, air defense systems, radars, and a helicopter. These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global … Read more