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How GCSEs, AS & A levels will be awarded in summer 2020

Ofqual sets out details for schools, colleges, students, parents & carers on how GCSEs and A levels will be awarded following the cancel

Smokers at greater risk of severe respiratory disease from COVID-19

Emerging evidence from China shows smokers with COVID-19 are 14 times more likely to develop severe respiratory disease.

LLWR donates protective suits to Ambulance Service in Cumbria to fight COVID-19

Company delivers 560 Tyvek suits to protect medical personnel against pandemic.

Councils given new powers to hold public meetings remotely

Local authorities in England handed new powers to hold public meetings virtually by using video or t

Cash support for food redistribution during coronavirus outbreak

The government has announced a £3 million fund for food redistribution organisations help them cut food waste during the coronavirus outbrea

An inspection of Home Office (Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System) intelligence collection capabilities, focusing on its field intelligence work:Call for evidence

The Independent Chief Inspector, David Bolt, invites anyone with knowledge of Home Office (BICS) intelligence collection work to submit evid

Letter from Penny Ciniewicz to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group

Correspondence sent to Sir Edward Davey MP on current HMRC work relating to the loan charge.

Coronavirus - Temporary changes to how we process fishing vessel licence applicatons

Information on the changes to how the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) delivers fishing vessel licence applications during the coronavir

UKEF expands protection against non-payment for UK exporters

UK Export Finance to offer export insurance in all major markets in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Passenger train collision with a derailed locomotive, Bromsgrove

Investigation into a passenger train collision with a derailed locomotive near Bromsgrove station, Worcestershire, 23 March 2020.