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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
A strong domestic farming sector is, and always will be, a lynchpin for national security. As Secretary of State, I will always champion British farming and rural communities. I’ve visited farms up and down the country and in all these interactions I've s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Today, the Government is confirming that it intends to legislate to mandate that vehicles placed on the market in Great Britain must hold dual GB and EU type approval and marking, enabling their sale in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the abse...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Automatic enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving for millions of workers. However, despite this success, the Government recognises that millions are still undersaving for their retirement. That is why we have revived the landmark Pensions Comm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is examining the UK’s response to and impact of the pandemic. The government is fully committed to supporting the work of the COVID-19 Inquiry and to learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the UK is better prepared f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Today I am pleased to announce we have designated the National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation, EN-7, according to the Planning Act 2008. EN-7 now provides the planning framework for all nationally significant infrastructure projects propos...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
At Budget 2025, the government announced that it would extend the existing relief from inheritance tax (IHT) for compensation payments made from the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme (‘infected b...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
For too many homeowners, the experience of living on a newly developed housing estate has been tainted by the hidden and enduring consequences of unadopted infrastructure. Roads, sewers, drains, green spaces, and other amenities that historically would ha...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Today the Government is launching a public consultation relating to the private security industry, specifically Manchester Arena Inquiry Monitored Recommendations MR7 (in-house CCTV operatives should be licensed by the Security Industry Authority) and MR8...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
I am updating Parliament before Christmas recess on the British Army’s Armoured Cavalry Programme, known as Ajax. The safety of our Service Personnel remains a top priority for me and the Ministry of Defence.On 26 November 2025, after around 30 Service Pe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
On 12 February 2025, the Government announced the establishment of a non-statutory Inquiry, to investigate and report on the decisions, actions and circumstances which led to the conditions encountered by those detained at the Manston Short-Term Holding F...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Today, NHSE England has published the independent review of NHS Adult Gender Services, led by Dr David Levy. The review was commissioned by NHS England in June 2024 in response to a recommendation in the Cass Review Final Report. The review has sought to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
This Government is determined to streamline local government by replacing the current two-tier system with new single-tier unitary councils, ending the wasteful two-tier premium. We are progressing this landmark reform at pace, which will be vital in deli...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
Total funding for police forces, including Counter-Terrorism Policing, will be up to £19.5 billion in 2026-27, an increase of up to £798 million compared to the 2025-26 police funding settlement. Total funding to territorial police forces will be up to £1...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Right Honourable friend, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds, has today made the following statement:The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is examining the UK’s response to and impact of the pandemic. The govern...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Secretary, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions) (Torsten Bell MP) has made the following Written Statement.Automatic enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving for millions of worke...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Simon Lightwood) has made the following Ministerial Statement.Today, the Government is confirming that it intends to legislate to mandate that vehicles placed on the market in Great Br...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Emma Reynolds MP) has made the following statement.A strong domestic farming sector is, and always will be, a lynchpin for national security. As Secretary of State, I will ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Energy, Michael Shanks MP, has today made the following statement:Today I am pleased to announce we have designated the National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation, EN-7, according to the Planning Act 20...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:For too many homeowners, the experience of living on a newly developed housing estate has been tainted by the hidden and endu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (Dan Jarvis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Government is launching a public consultation relating to the private security industry, specifically Manchester Arena Inqui...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry (Luke Pollard) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am updating Parliament before Christmas recess on the British Army’s Armoured Cavalry Programme, known as Ajax. The safety...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 12 February 2025, the Government announced the establishment of a non-statutory Inquiry, to investigate and repo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting MP) made the following Statement:Today, NHSE England has published the independent review of NHS Adult Gender Services, led by Dr David Levy. The review was commissioned by...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Total funding for police forces, including Counter-Terrorism Policing, will be up to £19.5 billion in 2026-27, an increase ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern MP) has today made the following statement:This Government is determined to streamline local government by replacing the current two-tier system with new sin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.At Budget 2025, the government announced that it would extend the existing relief from inheritance tax (IHT) for compe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2025
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before parliament the 14th Armed Forces Annual Covenant Report, delivering the statutory duty of the Secretary o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
The Government has agreed a landmark partnership with INEOS to secure the strategically important ethylene cracker in Grangemouth, Scotland. This agreement ensures that the future of this vital site is protected and demonstrates the Government’s commitmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I am pleased to confirm that the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF), one of the major reforms in the Clean Power Action Plan, has launched today.This underlines the Government‘s clear commitment to making Britain a clean energy superpower to cut bills, create job...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I would like to inform the House that this government intends to take action to mitigate the impact of the 2023 Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR and implement proportionate regulation of third-party litigation funding agreements (LFAs).Third-party litigat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group. As I noted in my statement on 24 November, under the terms of the Order made in January 2024, transfer of the ownership of the Telegraph Media Group is only permitted with the prior writ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I would like to make a statement to the House regarding the Supreme Court judgment today in the Thompson case.The Government welcomes the unanimous judgment handed down by the Supreme Court. This is a highly complex case with wide-ranging implications.The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy that highlighted profound failures across systems, safeguards and oversight and led to the avoidable deaths of 72 innocent people.Eight years on, the bereaved, survivors, and immediate community conti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
Today, at my direction, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) issued a licence permitting the transfer of over £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to a new charitable foundation. The foundation will spend these proceeds f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
Today the Department for Education has published local authorities’ allocations through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for schools, high needs, central schools services and early years for 2026-27.Overall, core schools funding is increasing by £1.7 bil...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
Today, I am updating the House on the UK Government’s response to the recent storms in South Asia and Southeast Asia. These storms have caused devastating floods and landslides, killing thousands of people and displacing hundreds of thousands. They have d...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I would like to inform the House that I have accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to add the quadruple screening test to the Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme pathway for Edwards’ syndrome.Edwards’ syndrome, also called Trisomy 18...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.I am today announcing that overarching policy and response responsibilities for Severe Space Weather will move from the Department for Energy Securit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is retrospectively informing Parliament about two new contingent liabilities not previously disclosed, due to procedural oversight by NS&I. These contin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
IntroductionToday, the government has published the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement (‘the Settlement’) in a decade, through which we will deliver the long overdue Fair Funding Review 2.0 reforms. In partnership with local government, ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
It is a shameful truth that some of the most alarming health inequalities are those faced by victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence. They can find it harder to get help from NHS services and have higher risk of poor health. This canno...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My hon Friend the Minister for Industry (Chris McDonald MP) has today made the following statement.The Government has agreed a landmark partnership with INEOS to secure the strategically important ethylene cracker in Grangemouth, Scotland. This agreement ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Justice (Sarah Sackman KC MP) has today made the following statement:"I would like to inform the House that this government intends to take action to mitigate the impact of the 2023 Supreme Court judgmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.I am pleased to confirm that the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF), one of the major reforms in the Clean Power Action Plan, has launched today.Thi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:I would like to make a statement to the House regarding the Supreme Court judgment today in the Thompson case.The Government welcomes the una...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy (Samantha Dixon MBE MP) has today made the following statement:The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy that highlighted profound failures across systems, safeguards a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, at my direction, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) issued a licence permitting the transfer ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
Today, my Hon Friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Georgia Gould), has laid the following statement:Today the Department for Education has published local authorities’ allocations through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for schools, high n...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Lucy Rigby) has today made the followng Written Ministerial Statement. I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is retrospectively infor...