Author: HM Government

Eligibility for injury payments You can get compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) if your injury is in the list on this page and you meet all the other eligibility criteria of The Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme 2012. You may also find our guide to the Scheme helpful. If your injury […]

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of its adoption, the UK Government remains strongly committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and we continue to make progress towards implementation. At international level, as co-chair, the UK hosted the Annual General Meeting recently of the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network […]

We meet at a time of heightened tension in the region. As my Foreign Secretary said, the resumption of conflict between Iran and Israel is in no one’s interest. Both sides must show restraint.  For over two decades, the international community has sought clarity and assurance about the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s proliferation activities. […]

Mr Speaker, this weekend we saw worrying and dangerous escalation. Lebanese Hezbollah continuing to fire into northern Israel, Israeli strikes against southern areas of Beirut, and the direct exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel – presenting one of the most dangerous moments since the fragile ceasefire was agreed. Over the past 48 hours we […]

I will make four points focused on: the Ebola outbreak, climate security, the situation in Cameroon, and the impact of the Sudan conflict. The UK is deeply concerned about the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and neighbouring countries. The conflict in eastern DRC makes the Ebola response harder. We urge all parties and the international […]

The UK will be better protected from hostile activity by foreign states with new powers to crack down on individuals, organisations and proxy groups acting on their behalf, under landmark new legislation introduced to Parliament today (9 June). The government is delivering on its promise to fast-track legislation after the recent wave of alarming antisemitic […]

In response to the deteriorating situation in the West Bank, we the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Norway, and the United Kingdom, have taken coordinated action to introduce sanctions and other measures to hold extremist settlers accountable for the horrific levels of settler violence against Palestinian civilians. Extremist violent settlers, with the backing of […]

Foreign Secretary to set out tougher UK action in response to record settlement expansion and rising settler violence in West Bank, and push for urgent implementation of the 20 Point Peace Plan UK brings together Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Norway to deliver coordinated sanctions against networks financing and enabling settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, and firmly advises British businesses against activity in illegal Israeli settlements  UK takes further action […]

And thank you to the briefers who have outlined the devastation caused by Russia’s latest attacks, attacks which Russia threatened in this very chamber. In the assault on 1 and 2 June, Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles across Ukraine, including a record total of 41 ballistic and hypersonic missiles. These are not isolated […]

Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the United Nations (UN) reaffirm their shared and unwavering commitment to the people of Sudan and to a peaceful, democratic, and stable […]