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Updates to this page Published 10 July 2023 Last updated 5 January 2026 + show all updates 5 January 2026 Updated contact details for Rape Crisis Scotland in the ‘Support services’ section. 20 September 2024 List reviewed and updated 10 July 2023 First published. Source link Updates to this page Published 10 July 2023 Last […]

If you are dealing with the death of a child, multiple deaths, a suspicious death or a case of murder or manslaughter, call the British High Commission in Barbados +1 246 430 7800, and select the option for consular support. If the person who died had insurance (this could include life or travel insurance), contact […]

If you are dealing with the death of a child, multiple deaths, a suspicious death or a case of murder or manslaughter, call the British High Commission in Barbados +1 246 430 7800. If the person who died had insurance, contact their insurance company as soon as possible. Insurance providers may help to cover the […]

The Venezuelan people have suffered for years. This Council now meets at a pivotal moment for Venezuela’s future. Maduro’s actions created extreme levels of poverty, violent repression, and failing basic services.  His regime’s rule precipitated a displacement crisis affecting the whole region.  The United Kingdom has long been clear that Maduro’s claim to power was […]

Updates to this page Published 17 July 2020 Last updated 5 January 2026 + show all updates 5 January 2026 Monthly calculation index (MCI) updated for 2026. The MCI is used to calculate benefits and other social payments, penalties, taxes and other charges. 16 September 2024 This guidance has been reviewed and updated where necessary. […]

The FCDO invites proposals for accountable grant funding from qualified financial service providers or fund managers to design and operate a not-for-profit intervention to deliver blended finance on concessional terms tailored to the needs of SMEs at early, growth, and scale-up stages in Mpumalanga. It is envisaged the supplier will use UK grant finance to […]

Singapore is investing to position itself as an important hub in the global ecosystem and supply chain for quantum technologies. Both the UK and Singapore have recognised the potential of quantum technologies to revolutionise computing, communications, and sensing. Since 2002, Singapore has invested heavily in quantum research and development relative to the nation’s size, committing […]

We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom express serious concerns about the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza which remains catastrophic. As winter draws in, civilians in Gaza are facing appalling conditions with heavy rainfall and temperatures dropping. 1.3 million people still require urgent shelter support. More than […]

Updates to this page Published 17 April 2025 Last updated 29 December 2025 + show all updates 29 December 2025 Page updated with new award recipient. 16 October 2025 Added recipients of honorary awards to foreign nationals. 17 April 2025 First published. Source link Updates to this page Published 17 April 2025 Last updated 29 […]

Sarina Wiegman, the Head Coach of the England Women’s football team, appointed an honorary Dame in recognition of her services to football Dame Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, is made a Dame Grand Cross for her contribution to British foreign policy, and incoming Ambassador to the USA Dr […]