Christopher Pincher’s speech to the District Councils’ Network

Minister for Housing, Rt.



Border Force seizes 30 kilos of cocaine at Dover

Border Force officers have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in a lorry carrying a load of furniture.



New hotline launched to report COVID fraudsters

A new hotline has been launched to stop fraudsters illegally targeting COVID stimulus schemes.



UK Note Verbale 197/20 logged with UN Treaty Section

UK Note Verbale 12 Oct 2020 on continued extension of the 1994 Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of UNCLOS to BIOT



54,800 customers claim tax relief for working from home

From 6 April 2020, employers have been able to pay employees up to £6 a week tax-free to cover additional costs if they have had to work from home.