News Archive
18/9/2024
Hm Coastguard Showcases Drones And Electric Vehicles At Emergency Services Show
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has returned to the Emergency Services Show, with staff sharing developments towards the next generation of search and rescue. Visitors to this year's event in Birmingham will have the opportunity to chat to HM Coastguard colleagues about their work and the latest specialist kit, as well as learning about potential future technologies.
18/9/2024
UK Government Events In Mexico Promote Trade In Legal Services
UK legal services will be at the forefront of one of the world's biggest legal gatherings this week to promote the UK as a place to do business. International legal professionals to meet UK legal services experts GREAT Legal Services events take place alongside the International Bar Association Annual Conference Roundtables and joint Law Society reception show UK government commitment to supporting UK legal sector and driving economic growth.
17/9/2024
Boost For Electric Vans And Buses Backed With Investment To Drive Innovation
The government has announced £88 million of funding has been awarded to 46 innovative projects that will help boost zero emission vehicle tech. New industry and government funding announced to boost zero emission vehicle tech, creating jobs and helping deliver long-term economic growth.17/9/2024
Truths Is A UK-led Mission To Create A Space-based Climate And Calibration Observatory
TRUTHS is a UK-led mission to create a space-based climate and calibration observatory that will improve confidence in climate change forecasts and support net zero mitigation strategies and their impact. The Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) mission, delivered by ESA, will collect the most accurate measurements of energy coming into the Earth from the Sun, and light reflected off Earth's surface, to help understand changes in balance (global warming) and humanity's impact on the planet.
17/9/2024
Government Won't Hit Ambitious Housing Targets Without Direct Public Investment In New Homes
The Government's welcome planning reforms could deliver a step change in housebuilding over the parliament. But it will need to bolster these reforms with direct investment if it is to meet its target of creating 1.5 million more homes over the parliament, according to new Resolution Foundation research.17/9/2024
Scottish Income Tax - Mixed Reactions From The Business Community
More than half of Scottish businesses (57%) have experienced little to no impact from the Scottish Government's income tax policy, while 34% have felt the effects more sharply, according to the latest Fraser of Allander Institute's Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) for Q2 2024. The survey, conducted in May, gathered responses from over 300 firms across various sectors of the Scottish economy.17/9/2024
Space Sustainability
Find answers to questions about space junk, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues. We co-hosted the UK's first In-Orbit Servicing & Manufacturing (IOSM) Conference on 8 to 9 May 2024 at the ESA Conference Centre, Harwell, along with the Satellite Applications Catapult.
16/9/2024
Support For Green Hydrogen - £7m Funding Available To Kick Start Local Projects
Businesses will be able to bid for a share of up to £7 million of Scottish Government funding to help kick start green hydrogen projects across Scotland. The funding will help cover the development stage costs of green hydrogen production projects with production capacity of between 5 - 400 megawatts - the equivalent to the production of enough hydrogen to heat at least 200 to over 16,000 homes.16/9/2024
What Is The Obsession With Gold? - Richard Murphy
Every time I post a video about money, people appear claiming only gold is money and that we must go back on the gold standard. Those saying so are economic dinosaurs who do not understand how the modern economy works and would rather we go back to the era that delivered the Great Depression precisely because of the obsession with gold.
16/9/2024
Prime Minister Confirms Nearly Half A Billion Pounds Of Italian Investment Into The Uk To Support Jobs And Drive Growth
More jobs for British people will be created thanks to nearly half a billion pounds worth of investment by Italian businesses into the UK, the PM has announced today. Prime Minister announces £485 million of Italian investment into the UK following a meeting in Rome with Italian CEOs this morning He also met his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, to strengthen the UK-Italy partnership across migration, trade and defence.16/9/2024
Benchmarks To Support New Electric Propulsion Training Courses
Consultation on proposed new courses that will form the basis of a "springboard for seafarers to develop careers". More seafarers will have the opportunity to train for the growing number of electric-propelled vessels taking to the water, under key benchmarks put out for consultation by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
16/9/2024
UK Ministers Visit Gulf To Boost Trade And Investment
Trade Secretary and Trade Policy Minister travel to the Gulf to boost trade and investment with the region. Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander choose the Gulf for first joint international visit since election.16/9/2024
UK Convenes Global Coalition To Boost Cyber Skills And Tackle Growing Threats
Three days of talks begin with like-minded nations as the UK calls for a renewed focus on tackling global cyber threats and boosting cyber skills. Three days of talks begin with like-minded nations as the UK calls for a renewed focus on tackling global cyber threats and boosting cyber skills.
16/9/2024
Minister Visits West Africa To Bolster Partnerships For Growth
Minister for Africa Lord Collins of Highbury embarks on a week-long visit to Ghana and Senegal to bolster partnerships for growth. UK support to boost growth, clean energy, food security and women's empowerment announced as Minister for Africa Lord Collins begins week-long visit to West African regional powers, Ghana and Senegal.15/9/2024
Check You're Not Missing State Pension Payments - Home Responsibilities Protection
Thousands of people missing Home Responsibilities Protection on their National Insurance record could boost their State Pension during Pensions Awareness Week. During Pensions Awareness week, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging tens of thousands of people to check if they are eligible to boost their State Pension.
15/9/2024
Online Voluntary National Insurance Payments Service
The government is making it easier for customers to check for and fill any gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record to help increase their State Pension. A new online service launched in April 2024 The Check your State Pension forecast - a joint service by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - has been enhanced to include a fully end-to-end digital solution.
15/9/2024
HMRC Crackdown On Cigarette Smugglers Sends More To Prison
A new report published today shows HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has slashed the tax gap on illicit cigarettes and tobacco by more than half since 2005. Between April 2023 and March 2024 HMRC also secured prison sentences totalling 148 years against 107 cigarette and tobacco fraudsters.
15/9/2024
Tales Of Woe Increasing - Seven Million Retired People Will Miss Out On £460 State Pension Boost
The Labour politicians from the chancellor Rachel Reeves downwards keep talking about a £460 uplift for state pension next April BUT that is only those that qualified for the new pension from 2016. The people retired before 2016 are on what is called the old pension so why do they not say that every time they talk about it.15/9/2024
Labour Never Loved The Idea Of A Cap On Care Costs - Now It Must Decide What To Do Instead
The decision to cancel the cap on social care costs, announced by Rachel Reeves on 29 July, is a case of a government abandoning a policy it never loved and to which it was never really committed. The policy was created by the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government in 2014 but implementation was repeatedly postponed by successive governments, most recently until October 2025.15/9/2024
