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Unleashing Rural Opportunity document launched
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Chloe Smith meets with a number of leading senior AI leaders at Downing Street for roundtable.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Chloe Smith, gave the opening speech at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in London today (30 May 2023).
A new 20-year plan to secure the world-leading strengths of the UK’s semiconductor industry has today (Friday 19 May) been unveiled by the government.
UK science and research facilities will receive £103 million for upgrading the UK’s world class research infrastructure and opening the doors for new breakthroughs.
Thousands of homes and businesses in Shropshire will benefit from high-speed full-fibre broadband after a £24 million government contract was awarded to Freedom Fibre.
People living and working in the Lockerbie area in Scotland are to benefit from significantly improved mobile phone connectivity as the first UK government-funded rural mast upgrade is completed.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Chloe Smith addressed an audience at the Policy Exchange about the labour market.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
National roll out for vital NHS service to help 100,000 people managing mental health issues find, stay in or return to work and grow the economy
Over 8 million households are set to receive an additional £324 as part of the government’s Cost of Living support package.
For the first time in England and Wales, Deaf people have been able to fulfil their civic duty and serve on a jury, supported by British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters.
From today (20 September) around six million disabled people in the UK will start to receive their one-off £150 Disability Cost of Living payment
Guidance published this week for people visiting Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State at the Palace of Westminster sets out information on accessibility for disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people and people with long-ter…
Around 6 million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, the government has confirmed today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A new £7.6 million government initiative has been launched to help over 2,000 adults with learning disabilities and autism move into work.
Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith, launches recruitment for the British Sign Language Advisory Board.
Nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists can now certify and issue fit notes in addition to doctors.
Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith delivers roundtable intervention at Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Chloe Smith delivers the UK statement at the 15th Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK government to ease pressure on GPs. This legislation change applies across England, Scotland and Wales.
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