LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ministers, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The United Kingdom is honoured to join you at the UN's sixteenth conference on trade and development. It could not come at a more timely juncture. Throughout this week, we've heard first hand from developing country ministers about the increasingly complex and interconnected challenges their countries face: * Conflicts and their spillovers, including Russia's ...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, the UK and the USA gave a statement following the publication of the second report of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT): We, the participating states of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), have released a report today on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) violations and e...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * 500 students to gain cyber and digital skills training and qualifications through newly expanded Defence education partnership. * Programme will break down barriers to cyber careers, particularly for underrepresented groups. * North-West establishing itself as the UK's 'Cyber Corridor', creating hundreds of high-skilled jobs and making defence an engine for growth. 500 students in Lancashire are to be...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The British Armed Forces will continue to support a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo for at least another three years. The UK has been a key contributor to the UN-mandated NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) since it first entered Kosovo in 1999 as a peacekeeping force to bring peace and stability following the conflict of the 1990s. The commitment centres around a reserve force of hundreds of British soldiers who ...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: To help ensure stalking victims get the protection they need and more offenders are brought to justice, a major independent review of stalking laws is being launched today (22 October). For far too long, victims have been subject to debilitating and vicious abuse at the hands of stalkers who use any means necessary to monitor and control their victims' lives. Statistics show that1.4 million people over 16 experi...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Sham immigration lawyers who look to cheat the system will have their cash confiscated under new powers. Under proposals set out by the Home Office today, new powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act will be extended to the Immigration Advice Authority, enabling them to seize the criminal profits of unscrupulous advisers. That money will be reinvested into frontline policing and border security, using dirty money...
LONDON, Oct. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * £635 million of private investment for West Midlands announced at Regional Investment Summit, with huge boost to sectors including AI, pharma, dairy and real estate. * New £125m skills and housing package from Combined Authority, to train 12,000 construction workers and to deliver 1,000 social homes. * Birmingham Sports Quarter investment to deliver transformational 14,000 new jobs and £700 milli...
LONDON, Oct. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Over 10 billion in investment commitments announced at Regional Investment Summit in a major boost for towns, high streets, and communities across the UK, delivering on the government's Plan for Change. * Almost 1000 high-quality jobs are to be created in the UK's regions and Nations, with major investments in life sciences, AI and innovation, key sectors in the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy. * New investment...
LONDON, Oct. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Rachel Reeves set to announce blitz on business bureaucracy, slashing red tape and regulations to save UK businesses nearly £6 billion per yearby the end of the Parliament and drive economic growth. * The Chancellor will set out plans to more than350business leadersandmayorsat the government's first ever Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham. * The Summit is expected to see over £10 billion of priv...
LONDON, Oct. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A Cumbrian collaboration will produce waste containers for Sellafield under a new four-year contract worth up to £10 million. The Cumbria Manufacturing Alliance (CMA) includes Carlisle's Bendalls Engineering and West Cumberland Engineering, of Workington, plus other partners. They have secured 2 contracts to supply 3m³ legacy boxes to accelerate waste retrievals on the Sellafield site. The work will ...