Button batteries can badly injure or even kill a child, if swallowed.
Link: Button batteries campaign: how to stay safe
Source: Gov Press Releases
Information and events for UK nationals living in Portugal
The British Embassy in Lisbon are holding meetings across Portugal to update UK nationals working and living in the country.
Link: Information and events for UK nationals living in Portugal
Source: Gov Press Releases
FCO is first government department to join the #OneLess campaign
Plastic bottles have been completely removed from the Foreign Office in London, and embassies around the world are taking up the challenge to go plastic-free.
Link: FCO is first government department to join the #OneLess campaign
Source: Gov Press Releases
Afghanistan: Call for proposals for FCO’s programme fund 2019/20
British Embassy in Kabul is inviting proposals for Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) programme fund for project activities that support policy priorities in Afghanistan.
Link: Afghanistan: Call for proposals for FCO’s programme fund 2019/20
Source: Gov Press Releases
Government sets out new plans to open up public appointments
Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden has announced updates to the Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan.
Link: Government sets out new plans to open up public appointments
Source: Gov Press Releases
UN Human Rights Council 41: Violence Against Women at Work
The UK set out its belief that women must be empowered to have a voice and be able to access opportunities that are fundamental to freedom and development.
Link: UN Human Rights Council 41: Violence Against Women at Work
Source: Gov Press Releases
Response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s annual report 2018
The government’s response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s annual report 2018.
Link: Response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s annual report 2018
Source: Gov Press Releases
Charity Commission finds significant fraud at RAF Honington charities due to inadequate oversight and poor compliance with basic financial controls
Regulator reports that serious failures effectively allowed ‘unscrupulous individual’ to steal charity funds over four years
Link: Charity Commission finds significant fraud at RAF Honington charities due to inadequate oversight and poor compliance with basic financial controls
Source: Gov Press Releases
Affordable Housing supply boost as Homes England receives longer term funding for strategic partners
Homes England welcomes a £1 billion funding boost for its Strategic Partners, which is to be announced by Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP at the Chartered Institute of Housing today.
Link: Affordable Housing supply boost as Homes England receives longer term funding for strategic partners
Source: Gov Press Releases
Chief Inspector publishes 2018-19 Annual Report
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration publishes his Annual Report for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Link: Chief Inspector publishes 2018-19 Annual Report
Source: Gov Press Releases