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New regional COVID-19 restrictions for areas in North of England and Leicester

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock last night announced a raft of new regional COVID-19 restrictions on Twitter. These restrictions will cover Greater Manchester, alongside several other areas in ...

Former Johnson advisor calls for the UK to support start-ups around the world

The coronavirus pandemic is calling globalisation into question as businesses focus more on regionalised trade, according to James Sproule, former senior business adviser to Boris Johnson in Downing ...

UK loan scheme to cover small businesses as EU relaxes state aid rules after UK lobbying

The European Commission has relaxed its European Temporary State Aid Framework rules so that small and micro businesses – meaning fewer than 50 employees and turnover less than £9 million – ...

Which Prime Minister are you? Quiz

There have been 55 Prime Ministers since the office was first created under Walpole almost 300 years ago. Some have been well regarded and well remembered by history. Some of them have a place ...

UK to replace agricultural 'greening' programme post-Brexit

The UK left the EU in January of this year, and the transition period - which temporarily binds the UK to current EU laws during negotiations on the future relationship - is set to end in January ...

New regional COVID-19 restrictions for areas in North of England and Leicester

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock last night announced a raft of new regional COVID-19 restrictions on Twitter. These restrictions will cover Greater Manchester, alongside several other areas in ...

Former Johnson advisor calls for the UK to support start-ups around the world

UK loan scheme to cover small businesses as EU relaxes state aid rules after UK lobbying

The European Commission has relaxed its European Temporary State Aid Framework rules so that small and micro businesses – meaning fewer than 50 employees and turnover less than £9 million – ...

Which Prime Minister are you? Quiz

There have been 55 Prime Ministers since the office was first created under Walpole almost 300 years ago. Some have been well regarded and well remembered by history. Some of them have a place ...

UK to replace agricultural 'greening' programme post-Brexit

The UK left the EU in January of this year, and the transition period - which temporarily binds the UK to current EU laws during negotiations on the future relationship - is set to end in January ...

Government could ban fast food adverts as part of obesity strategy

The government has announced its new obesity strategy, partly pushed by the impact of obesity on COVID-19 mortality rates. These new proposals would ban TV and online adverts for food that ...

Legal change to allow video-witnesses for wills in England and Wales during lockdown

Currently, the law states that a will must be made ‘in the presence of’ at least two witnesses, as a mechanism to stop coercion or fraud. Under lockdown, this has become an increasingly difficult ...

New flu vaccine programme to be 'largest in UK history'

The health minister today announced the largest flu vaccination programme in UK history. It is hoped that expanding flu vaccinations will reduce the pressure on the NHS during flu season this year, ...