From the sea to the door: New grant scheme to support seafood businesses in England to sell catches
New £1 million grant scheme opened today to increase supply of local seafood Seafood businesses can bid for funds for...
Politics
Councils given flexibility with free childcare funding
Councils can move free entitlements funding between settings in exceptional cases to meet demand during Coronavirus outbreak Councils will be...
Britain’s biggest network of diagnostic labs are completed in 5 weeks
Sites in Milton Keynes, Glasgow and Alderley Park in Cheshire are now live and are already testing thousands of patient...
Councils given greater financial relief against cash flow pressures
New measures to help ease immediate financial pressures faced by councils in England due to the coronavirus outbreak have been...
Government to offer testing for “everyone who needs one” in social care settings
All symptomatic care residents will be tested for COVID-19 as testing capacity continues to increase All patients discharged from hospital...
UK leads global fight to prevent second wave of coronavirus
UK aid will protect the British public and help prevent a second wave of coronavirus coming to the UK by...
Furlough scheme cut-off date extended to 19 March
Thousands more employees will able to receive support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) after the eligibility date was...
Coronavirus: £1million Defence innovation funding
A £1million fund to fast-track innovation to aid the Armed Forces in the fight against Coronavirus is today launched by...
Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities
£750 million pot for frontline charities across the UK – including hospices and those supporting domestic abuse victims £360 million...
HM Treasury and Bank of England announce temporary extension of the Ways and Means facility
HM Treasury and the Bank of England (the Bank) have agreed to extend temporarily the use of the government’s long-established...
