Derelict land to be transformed into new homes in boost for local regeneration
- Up to £35 million allocated to help councils transform unused sites into high-quality, new homes
- 59 regeneration projects from Exeter to Sunderland set to support thousands of new jobs, drive local growth and level up the country
- Forms the first phase of £180 million Brownfield Land Release Fund which will continue...Read More »
Almost 1,000 prison leavers tagged in first year of drive to cut booze-fuelled crime
- one year since world-first launch of alcohol tagging of prison leavers in Wales
- offenders tagged for up to a year face prison for breaching drink rules
- tags tackling alcohol-fuelled crime which costs society £21 billion a year
Under the scheme, offenders released from prison are fitted with alcohol monitoring tags if their...Read More »
Foreign Secretary speech at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain
Your Royal Highnesses,
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. When Britain opened our Embassy here in Bahrain, our diplomats could look directly over the waters of the Gulf and watch dhows carrying pearl divers to the northern oyster beds.
Yet today our Embassy is almost half...Read More »
Autumn Statement and Social Mobility
In more stable times, assessing the social mobility implications of policy is a difficult challenge. In an unpredictable period, this becomes much more complex. Every area of policy has some impact or another, and there is a danger of losing focus. To address this, the Social Mobility Commission is aiming...Read More »
Foreign Secretary to call out Iran and Russia as threats to Middle East security
- The Foreign Secretary will today [Saturday 19 November] call out Iran and Russia as threats to the security of the Middle East in a speech to global leaders in Bahrain.
- He will commit to working with partners to ensure Iran can never develop a nuclear weapon and to tackle its destabilising...Read More »