LONDON, March 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Full-time undergraduate students in England who are planning on going to university in 26/27 can apply nowfor student finance, as the Student Loans Company (SLC) open its application service . In the 24/25 academic year, SLC paid a total of £24bn in student finance, including maintenance loans and grants to 1.5m students, as well as tuition fees payments to education providers. And as students start to pr...
LONDON, March 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The locations of seven new towns have been named for consideration as part of the most ambitious housebuilding programme in more than half a century. Built for the future from the ground up, the next generation of new towns will create well-connected new communities with homes, jobs, schools, greenspaceand transport links planned from the start. Each proposed location is expected to deliver at least 10,000 hom...
LONDON, March 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: In the latest drive by the government to bear down on the cost of living, thousands more parents will save on childcare costs as the government expands childcare to over 300 more schools from September. School-based nurseries are already providing a lifeline for families. Combined with the government's 30 hours of funded childcare, they are cutting childcare costs in half for working families, making the school...
LONDON, March 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, this evening. The leaders discussed the current situation in the Middle East, and in particular, the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to resume global shipping. They agreed that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was essential to ensure stability in the global energy market. They agreed to speak again soon. Disclaimer: Curated by HT...
LONDON, March 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Communities are set to see their areas transformed through a £319 million investment announced today,as part of the Pride in Placestrategy to restore pride and opportunity in neighbourhoods across the country. The investment is delivered through four clear strands: High streets reinvigorated- A £301 million commitment to High Streets Innovation Partnerships will support local communities to reimagine...
LONDON, March 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, express support to our partners in the region in the face of the unjustifiable attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies. We condemn in the strongest terms the regime's reckless attacks against civilians and civilian infrastr...
LONDON, March 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, this morning. The Prime Minister began by underscoring that as close partners and friends, Cyprus' security was of utmost importance to the UK. The Prime Minister reiterated that RAF Akrotiri would not be involved in the UK's continuation of its agreement with the US to use UK bases in collective self defence of the reg...
LONDON, March 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Ministerspoke to His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, this morning. The leaders began by discussing the situation on the ground, and the Prime Minister outlined the UK's latest support for Bahrain, including deploying a team of experts to help counter drone attacks. Both condemned Iran's ongoing attacks on critical national infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz. The Prime M...
LONDON, March 20 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ministers met this afternoon to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East and Iran's targeting of unarmed commercial shipping, civilian infrastructure including oil and gas facilities and its blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. They underlined that the UK is working closely with international partners to develop a viable plan to safeguard international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Ministers condemn...
LONDON, March 20 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Roderick (Rod) Ernest Alexander Green, BA, MA, MTh, Archdeacon of Llandaff, in the Church in Wales, to the Suffragan See of Stepney, in the Diocese of London, in succession to The Right Reverend Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell, MA, DPhil, following her translation to the See of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Rod was educated at the University of Reading and the Lond...