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A new era for the clean energy industry.
The UK is investing in carbon capture technology in Teesside and Merseyside.
✅ 4,000 new jobs
✅ Accelerate towards net zero
✅ £21.7 billion investment
🧵 How does carbon capture work? Follow the thread.
The Prime Minister’s advice to British nationals who are still in Lebanon: you must leave now.
Shana Tova to Jewish families celebrating Rosh Hashanah today.
Wishing you a very happy, blessed and peaceful New Year.
The UK government is chartering a flight to help British nationals who want to leave Lebanon.
If you are a British national in Lebanon, you should register your presence to receive the latest updates: https://www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/lebanon-20140925/tell-the-uk-government-youre-in-lebanon
Faron Paul was stabbed 18 times and left for dead.
But he survived.
His work to remove weapons from UK streets shows what we can achieve when we come together to halve knife crime over the next 10 years.
Strengthening partnerships.
Upholding the @UN Charter.
Defending international law.
This is the UK at the United Nations High-level Week.👇
The UK has worked with partners to increase flights and secure seats for British nationals to leave Lebanon. We are contacting those who have registered with us.
My message to British nationals:
➡️ Register your presence
➡️ Book the first available flight
➡️ Leave now
Friendship. Security. International cooperation.
The UK is back on the global stage.
#UNGA
Britain is open for business.
Britain is open for business.
Whilst in New York, Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer has announced a £10 billion investment from @blackstone to create the biggest AI data centre in Europe.
Over 4,000 jobs will be created, driving growth in the Northeast of England.
Find out more:…
The UK's support for Ukraine is ironclad and will continue for as long as it takes.
In this moment of deepening global conflict, the world is looking to the United Nations Security Council more than ever to provide leadership for peace.
The UK will always play its part in fulfilling this – we have returned our country to responsible global leadership.
#UNGA79
Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer is in New York for the @UN General Assembly.
What’s our focus and why is UNGA important 👇
Today, Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP has set out new measures to further protect women and girls.
Today is #YouthMentalHealthDay 💜
If you're struggling, or worried about someone you know, you don't have to do it alone.
Small steps can make a big difference.
For help and support, visit: https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/mental-wellbeing-tips/youth-mental-health/
#MentalHealthAwareness
Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy has put action on the climate and nature crisis at the heart of everything the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does.
Money that would have been used to fund the Migration Partnership with Rwanda has been redirected to Border Security Command.
This will unlock state-of-the-art technology and additional officers to target the criminal people-smuggling gangs.
📍 Italy
Building an ambitious partnership that delivers for the British and Italian people.
Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer is in Rome to meet Prime Minister @GiorgiaMeloni of Italy.
Through the strength of the UK-US relationship, we will deepen co-operation on shared global challenges.
Our ongoing support for Ukraine is unequivocal.
The need for a ceasefire deal in the Middle East is urgent.
"If I can prevent one young person losing their life then it's all worth it to me".
Faron Paul is an anti-knife crime campaigner who endured 18 stab wounds and survived.
On Monday he attended the first annual Knife Crime Summit at Downing Street.
This is his story.
"I’m 20 now, but I’ve been losing friends constantly since I was 17."
Serena Wiebe is a campaigner, and boxing coach and mentor at @EmpireFightingC
This week she attended the first annual Knife Crime Summit at Downing Street.
This government is committed to getting the NHS back on its feet and fit for the future.
We will work together with NHS staff, patients, experts and businesses on a ten-year plan to deliver long-term reform.
"I've worked in the NHS for more than 30 years, but I've been shocked by what I've found during this investigation."
Professor Lord Darzi's diagnosis of our NHS 👇
http://gov.uk/government/news/pm-major-surgery-not-sticking-plaster-solutions-needed-to-rebuild-nhs
“Daniel died in the early hours of July 8th, 2017.
"By November of that year we had the first bleed control kit in this country.”
Dr Lynne Baird MBE set up the Daniel Baird Foundation after her son was killed in 2017.
Today we are introducing our Renters’ Rights Bill to parliament. We are determined to level the playing field between landlords and tenants. Our Bill will provide renters with greater security, rights and protections #RentersRights https://www.gov.uk/government/news/how-were-protecting-renters
Our new laws and protections for renters will:
✔️ End unfair no fault evictions
✔️ Stop rental bidding wars
✔️ Ban unfair in-tenancy rent increases
Find out more👇
"His life was taken by something so cruel, for no reason. Because they mistook him for somebody else."
Pooja’s son Ronan was fatally stabbed in 2022.
Yesterday she attended the first annual Knife Crime Summit at Downing Street.
Read her full story: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pooja-kandas-story
“When your child falls down and grazes their knee, and they’re crying for you, you pick them up.
You wash it off, you bandage it, and you kiss it better for them.
But when Andre was stabbed, it was the first time that I couldn't do anything.”
Yemi’s son Andre was fatally…
Faron Paul was stabbed eighteen times and lived to tell the tale.
More than anyone, he knows the cost of failing to remove knives from our streets 👇
An incredible 124 medals for @ParalympicsGB
Congratulations to all our athletes!
St James’s Park has been chosen as the site for the Queen Elizabeth Memorial.
The memorial will reflect the late Queen’s extraordinary life of service and provide a space for pause and reflection.
Read more about the announcement here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-national-memorial-to-queen-elizabeth-ii-to-be-located-in-st-jamess-park-london
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022.
Today I speak directly to the bereaved families, the survivors, and those in the Grenfell community.
On behalf of the British state: I am deeply sorry.
My full statement.
⚠️ Our message to criminals is clear: phone theft will not be tolerated.
This means:
🎯 Targeted hotspot patrols to deter crime in the worst affected areas.
🤝 Closer working with phone manufacturers to disrupt illegal second-hand sales.
Boosting workplace skills 🤝 driving growth
Through Skills England, we’re upskilling British workers to help businesses recruit more home-grown talent, reducing our reliance on overseas workers.
“We must remember that security and defence cooperation between Ukraine and the UK always matters.”
President @ZelenskyyUa addressed Cabinet this morning.
The first foreign leader to do so this century.
Today we welcome President @ZelenskyyUa to Downing Street – the first official visitor since the start of @Keir_Starmer’s premiership.
Our commitment to Ukraine is unwavering.
Today we crackdown on Putin’s shadow fleet.
The fleet, made up of hundreds of vessels, generates revenue for the Russian war chest, carries millions of barrels of oil per day and puts our security at risk.
Today’s sanctions target these deceptive and disruptive practices.
The work to reset relationships to keep the UK safe and secure has begun.
The magnitude of challenges facing Europe cannot be solved alone.
At the European Political Community summit, PM @Keir_Starmer set a new path to secure British borders.
🌍 New Border Security Command
🌍 New deals with Slovakia & Slovenia
🌍 £84m to tackle upstream migration
Live Now: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s press conference at the European Political Community summit https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPoanyvyJN
Resetting relationships.
Rediscovering our common interests.
Renewing the bonds of friendship that brighten the fabric of European life.
That work has already begun.
Today we welcome leaders from across Europe to Blenheim Palace for the European Political Community summit.
We are resetting our relationship, working together to drive growth and defend our democracies.
#EPC2024
We cannot let the challenges of the past define our relationships of the future.
My government’s new approach to Europe, to make our country safer and more secure, starts today at the European Political Community summit.
European security is at the forefront of my government’s foreign and defence priorities.
We will only be able to secure our borders, drive economic growth and defend our democracies if we work together.
It’s time to reset our relationship with Europe.
This year’s King’s Speech focuses on unlocking growth in every corner of the country and improving the living standards of working people.
Find out how 👇
Eid al-Adha Mubarak to Muslims celebrating in the UK and around the world today! 🕌🌙
#EidMubarak
We will protect the right of all nations to determine their own future.
This weekend the Prime Minister is in Switzerland, alongside more than 50 heads of state, for the first leader-level peace summit for Ukraine.
We stand united in securing lasting and just peace for Ukraine.
Members of the Scots Guards marching in the King’s Birthday Parade in London today. 242 military working horses, 250 military musicians, 40 pipers and drummers, and more than a thousand dual role soldiers of the British Army’s Household Division took part in Trooping the Colour.
Congratulations to recipients of HM The King's Birthday Honours 2024 👏
Read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-makers-and-innovators-recognised-in-hm-the-kings-birthday-2024-honours-list