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The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will be signed by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu in Tokyo later today (Friday 23 October). The British-shaped deal is the first agreement that...

The UK has intensified trade talks with the US in order to agree a new trading relationship with Britain’s largest partner. Previously, Mr Trump indicated his desire for a Brexit deal with the UK, while...

Thank you Mr President and thank you to both for your comprehensive updates. I would like to start by welcoming the improvements in bilateral relations between the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan. The United...

However, the Labour Party disagreed, and argued some infections and deaths could have been avoided if the Government had followed SAGE advice and implemented a “circuit breaker” lockdown.Shadow Health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Mr Johnson...

We, the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States continue to strongly support a political resolution of the Syrian crisis on the basis of UN Security...

Waste sites in Dover last week got visits from Environment Agency officers working with the British Transport Police, Met Police, Dover District Council and BT Openreach. The unannounced inspections were part of a national operation targeting...

Waste sites in Merton last week got visits from Environment Agency officers working with the British Transport Police, Met Police, London Borough of Merton and BT Openreach. The unannounced inspections were part of a national operation...

During an interview with Sky News, Professor Anthony Costello warned the UK Government's lockdown tier system will hit the economy harder than a national circuit-breaker. He added that NHS and care workers are under great threat...

PM statement on coronavirus 22 October I am very glad to be joined today not just by Sir Patrick Vallance but by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak who is going to tell us more in a moment...

After close discussions with local leaders, the following areas will move from local COVID alert level medium to local COVID alert level high from Saturday 24 October: Coventry Slough Stoke-on-Trent This means that...