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The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been facing winter crises for years, with problems ranging from bed shortages to under-treatment of patients. These issues are not new, as

The United Kingdom will always be on the side of freedom, democracy and the rule of law.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the press conference in Dorset alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “Three years on from leaving the European Union, we must all now face the inescapable truth: that this unnecessarily hard-line version of Brexit is

Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown joins others at the OSCE in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Belarus.

Statement by Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the UN, at the Security Council briefing on Central Africa.

UK Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan addressed Australia’s National Press Club to discuss the United Kingdom’s commitment to the region.

Statement by Alice Jacobs at the Security Council briefing on piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea.

The British Embassy in Kyiv stands with embassies and delegations in Ukraine to express concern at the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s children.

Here is a statement from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in response to the funding announced today by Arts Council England.
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