LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thank you, Mr Vice President, The UK thanks the Group of Experts for their recent report and are deeply concerned by the continued deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua and the ever-growing range of victims subjected to abuse.The report's finding that violations may amount to crimes against humanity reinforces the need for sustained international scrutiny of the systemic dismantling of democratic instituti...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Major employment drive - backed by large and small businesses and celebrity chef Tom Kerridge - will reverse rising number of young people neither earning nor learning, after a 37 percent increase between 2021 and 2024. * Additional £1 billion to be invested in grants to help unlock over 200,000 paid jobs for young people, with Jobs Guarantee to be expanded to ages 18-24 * New foundation apprenticeships i...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The new GAD Factors Guidance Hub makes it easy for administrators of public service pension schemes to locate actuarial factors (within the consolidated factors workbooks) and guidance for their use for the public service pension schemes. Information in one area GAD provides thousands of actuarial factors for schemes which enable members to vary the form of benefit payments from their pension scheme. This migh...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will travel to Washington D.C. this week to participate in the annual St. Patrick's Day events. * The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will travel separately to Boston on a number of tech related engagements. * The visits are an opportunity to underline the strong ties between Northern Ireland and the United States, promote economic growth, and update the US ad...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister welcomed the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, to Downing Street this morning. The leaders began by discussing the strength of the UK-Canada relationship, noting that ties between the two countries are closer than ever, including deep cooperation on trade and defence. They agreed that there is significant scope to build further on this partnership, delivering for people both in the UK an...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The ribbon has been cut at Mousehole School in Cornwall to celebrate new and improved flood protection for the school and wider community. The event on Monday 23 February brought together representatives from the Environment Agency, KierInfrastructure, and Philip Rees, Chair of theSouth WestRegional Flood and Coastal Committee along withresidentsand the school committee. After speeches and aribbon-cutting cere...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The UK government isinvesting£45millionfora1.4MWmission-focusedsupercomputer named 'Sunrise', a key first step inestablishingthecountry'sfirst AI Growth Zone atthe UK Atomic Energy Authority's(UKAEA)Culham Campus in Oxfordshire. As announced in the Fusion Strategy, Sunriseis targetedfor operationinJunethis yearandisprimedto bethe world'smost powerfulAI supercomputerdedicated tofusion energy. Funded by the...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced over £5 million in additional emergency humanitarian funding to help thousands of vulnerable and displaced civilians across Lebanon to meet their basic needs. This will be delivered through partners including to the World Food Programme (WFP), the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) via the British Red Cross (BRC), and the UN OCHA Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF). In a ...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thecharity, which is basedinStoke-on-Trent,rescues and rehomes dogs. The regulator has opened a statutory inquiry into the charityover seriousfinancialconcerns which havecome to lightas part ofanongoinginvestigation by Staffordshire Police. The inquiry will examine the extent to which the trustees are complying or havecomplied withtheir legal duties in respect of the administration,governanceand management of ...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Chancellor confirms over £50 million for low income families who heat their homes with oil to help tackle surging prices.  * The price of kerosene - the fuel used for heating oil - has been especially affected by the conflict in the Middle East and has risen faster than other fuels such as petrol and gas. * Government announcesintentionto regulate heating oilsecto...