UK Visas and Immigration have today announced plans to make the UK visa process for Bangladeshis safer, more modern and more efficient by introducing the option to use card and online transactions to pay for a UK visa applic…
Link: Addition of card and online payment for Bangladesh visa customers
Source: Gov Press Releases
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan
Link: Welcoming the progress made by UNAMA in Afghanistan
Source: Gov Press Releases
Statement by Tom Woodroffe at the General Assembly on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance at the UN
Link: Emphasising the importance of delivering principled humanitarian action to those who need it most
Source: Gov Press Releases
Statement by Ambassador James Roscoe at the Security Council briefing on peace and security in Africa
Link: Identifying underlying drivers of the conflict in Africa
Source: Gov Press Releases
Watch the latest update from the Groceries Code Adjudicator, Christine Tacon.
Link: Webinar recording: December 2019
Source: Gov Press Releases
GAD carries out the first formal review of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) and concludes the 15 funds are in a strong financial position.
Link: GAD’s review of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland)
Source: Gov Press Releases
More than 800 miles of roadworks will be lifted or completed on motorways and major A roads to help motorists have smoother journeys over the festive period.
Link: More than 800 miles of roadworks completed or lifted in time for Christmas
Source: Gov Press Releases
Loughborough Grammar School wins regional heats of Geological Society of London’s national schools challenge, held at British Geological Survey in Nottingham.
Link: Coal Authority helps to host geological competition for students
Source: Gov Press Releases
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during November 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Link: Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during November 2019
Source: Gov Press Releases
Explosion and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland at the Port of Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Link: Stolt Groenland interim report published
Source: Gov Press Releases
