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Severe drought has been declared in parts of six counties in southern England, prompting daily monitoring, tighter water abstraction checks and contingency planning to safeguard supplies.
Chancellor John Healey has urged international partners to tighten restrictions on shipping services supporting Russia’s shadow fleet, as Washington considers easing some sanctions on oil tankers.
More than £41 million will support repairs and restoration at 74 heritage sites across England, including churches, synagogues, castles and historic community buildings.
The UK government has pledged £17 million to help repair the protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chornobyl nuclear power plant following a Russian drone strike in 2025.
Ministers have confirmed Becketwell in Derby as the site of Great British Railways’ new headquarters, alongside plans for up to 600 apprenticeships over four years.
The Prime Minister and Ukraine’s president discussed speeding up defensive military support before winter, following a £45 million UK missile announcement.
Home Office wastewater research estimates ketamine consumption at 16 monitored English sites rose 194% between 2021 and 2026, despite an 11% fall in the latest year.
New UK regulations taking effect on 15 October will widen the grounds for targeted sanctions to include serious breaches of international humanitarian law and obstruction of humanitarian assistance.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced four measures aimed at speeding up brain cancer research and access to treatments after meeting campaigner Archie Goodburn at Downing Street.
A Commons committee has launched a long-term inquiry into AI safety and governance, with chair Liam Byrne questioning whether ministers have decided how and when to regulate the most powerful systems.
Ministers have opened a 12-week consultation on employment status reforms aimed at preventing workers from being wrongly classified as self-employed, with up to 900,000 people potentially affected.
A new Building Safety Bill would impose duties to fix unsafe cladding and allow tribunals to fine those who ignore remediation orders up to £500,000.