This week we welcomed our Singaporean friends to London for the first-ever SG-UK Public Service Roundtable.
Led by Heads of Civil Service from 🇬🇧 & 🇸🇬, Simon Case and Leo Yip, it was an important opportunity to share experiences & learn from a close partner
#StrategicPartnership
The Coronation Roll is the State record of a monarch's accession and Coronation, dating back to 1308.
For the first time, you can explore a digitised version of King Charles III's Roll through a new UK Government project.
Explore the Roll here:
From today, some food, animal and plant products will be checked for pests and diseases that could impact the safety of our food and harm our natural environment.
This is crucial to ensure the products we import are as safe as possible 🍐
More info here:
Today we are making more crucial changes to our trade border so we can better detect diseases from the goods we import.
This is part of our long-term plan to advance our trade border and improve the UK’s biosecurity 🇬🇧
Deputy PM
@OliverDowden
was delighted to host the Mahavir Jayanti reception at Downing Street this afternoon, celebrating Mahavir’s birth & wise teachings
🇬🇧 🇮🇳
The Deputy Prime Minister is seeking to appoint a National Veterans’ Commissioner.
This role will cover England and any veterans’ matters which are reserved to the UK Government and are not in the remit of the devolved administrations.
Apply here 👉
Preventing terrorists from using chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons is vital to our national security.
As technology advances and threats develop, this resolution remains a critical international structure
20 years ago UN Security Council Resolution 1540 brought countries together to act collectively against the proliferation of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to prevent terrorists using them. The resolution is still vital to global security.
Deputy PM
@OliverDowden
today hosted vice chancellors from some of 🇬🇧’s leading universities for a security briefing on threats facing the sector.
He announced his intention to launch a consultation on measures to protect universities from states seeking to access research.
Today is
#AnzacDay
, when we remember those from Australia and New Zealand who lost their lives serving in the armed forces.
Veterans’ Minister
@JohnnyMercerUK
has paid tribute to the lasting relationship between our nations.
#WeWillRememberThem
The
@biztradegovuk
under their GREAT Campaign announced the winners of 'Made in the U.K. Sold to the World' awards.
These awards recognise and celebrate UK businesses and their drive to succeed in a global market.
Find the full list of winners here -
JUST ANNOUNCED: Defence Spending will rise by £75bn over the next 6 years.
With the world becoming more dangerous we can’t afford not to act. That’s why we’ll invest unprecedented amounts to give our Armed Forces a game-changing advantage.
🧵Find out what this £75bn will do:
📖 New CETaS research commissioned by the Joint Intelligence Organisation &
@GCHQ
examines how AI-enriched intelligence should be effectively communicated to senior government decision-makers.
➡️Read the full report here:
#AI
#AIIntelligence
#GCHQ
Congratulations to everyone who received a British Empire Medal at today’s ceremony in Leicester!
@LeicsCountyHall
If you know someone who has achieved something amazing for their community, nominate them for an honour here 👉
Excellent to see a strong commitment to biosecurity reflected in the
@G7
Foreign Ministers Communique. We are determined to work with international partners towards the highest standards of biosafety and responsible research.
🇬🇧The Crown Commercial Service are some of the unsung heroes in Govt - literally saved taxpayers over £10.4m *a day* last year
A huge achievement by an extraordinarily dedicated group of professionals
@cabinetofficeuk
@OliverDowden
@JohnGlenUK