Olympic and Paralympic sports outside the World Class Programme will be able to bid for additional investment to help more talented athletes compete at Tokyo 2020, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch announced today. The £3 million Aspiration Fund will allo… read more
Thank you Mr President, and let me begin by thanking SRSG Zerrougui both for her briefing and for the excellent assistance and advice that you gave the Council during our visit last week. I’d also like to thank Special Envoy Djinnit for his briefing a… read more
The government has today (11 October 2018) announced changes to funding to support purchasing the next 35,000 of the cleanest vehicles. For the last 7 years, the Plug-in Car Grant (PICG) has provided a discount to the price of over 160,000 new ultra-l… read more
Good morning everyone. I am delighted to be able to join you for this historic conference – the official launch of the Confederation of School Trusts. Together you have long been a strong and essential voice for the power of setting school leaders fre… read more
Thank you all for coming today. I know some of you had to travel some considerable distance. We all know that free, plural and vibrant media is the backbone of this country’s democracy. This is a belief that I and the government hold very strongly. Yo… read more