Foreign Office
‘No surrender squad to reverse Brexit has been set up’ – No 10
No 10 has acknowledged there is a team dealing with the future of EU-UK relations, amid media reports which claim it will row back on the Brexit vote.
Hunger strike mother steps up action in bid to free son jailed in Egypt
Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.
Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion
The Government has appointed an anti-corruption champion as it seeks to make UK a ‘hostile environment for the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains’.
UK will make ‘swift’ decision on banned Syrian group, minister says
Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said the situation in Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime was uncertain.
Starmer welcomes end of Assad regime, as Syrian leader flees to Moscow
A coalition of rebels have seized control of Syrian capital Damascus in a lightning offensive, leading Bashar Assad to flee.
UK welcomes fall of Assad’s ‘barbaric regime’, says Starmer amid calls for peace
The Prime Minister called for peace and stability following the lightning offensive which led to Bashar Assad’s overthrow.
UK would welcome fall of Assad regime – Angela Rayner
She said ‘dictatorship and terrorism creates problems for the people of Syria’, as she called for a political solution.
Cameron wrong to talk about possible sanctions for Israeli ministers – Lammy
Lord Cameron disclosed he had been working on a plan to sanction finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Lammy targets three wealthy oligarchs in new anti-corruption sanctions
A woman once dubbed ‘Africa’s richest woman’, and an oligarch who extracted hundreds of millions of pounds from Ukraine, are among those sanctioned.
Streeting will ‘improve safety’ for Britons going abroad for cosmetic surgery
The Health Secretary said he wanted to ‘send a strong message to the British public to manage the risks, to do their homework’.