The Transparency International index (published today – 21 February), drawn up by the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, ranks 180 countries on how corrupt a country’s public sector is viewed as. In the last year, the UK… read more
Thank you Your Excellency for convening this session and focusing the Council’s attention on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. And thank you to the Secretary General and his Excellency the former Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for their br… read more
A No 10 spokesperson said: This afternoon, the Prime Minister had meetings with the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Fein on restoring devolved government to Northern Ireland. In both meetings, she said it was important for everyone to reflect on the cir… read more
A Downing Street spokesperson said: The Prime Minister Theresa May hosted Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands for a working lunch at Downing Street this afternoon. Mrs May began by welcoming the new Eurostar route between the UK and the Net… read more
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said: I am concerned about the five year sentence handed down by the Higher Criminal Court of Bahrain today to Mr Nabeel Rajab, in addition to a two year sentence given in July 2017. I understand that Mr Ra… read more