Councils are encouraged to embrace scrutiny of their spending decisions to achieve value for money, improve services and address the public’s concerns in new guidance published today (7 May 2019). New statutory guidance for local and combined authorit… read more
We want a probation system that does just that while protecting the public, commanding the confidence of the courts and reducing reoffending. The probation reform programme aims to improve probation services across England and Wales. We are ending cur… read more
Sir Alan Duncan will join Their Royal Highnesses on the visit to celebrate the friendship between the UK and Germany. read more
The Minister for Europe, Sir Alan Duncan will join Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, on a visit to Germany, to celebrate the strong and enduring friendship between the UK and Germany. During his visit – May 7-9 –… read more
Good morning. I’m delighted to be here at the LSE today. This is the first in a series of four speeches on how I believe the UK can best achieve our ambition to invest 2.4% of GDP in research and development by 2027. And, later, 3%. This is an importa… read more