🚌Department for Transport announces £3 billion of long-term funding for the Local Authority Bus Grant, permitting councils to spend their allocations in the way that best suits their community

☘️Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones and Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens attend the British-Irish Council summit in Cardiff

🪖Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in London mid-morning, before the pair visit RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland in early afternoon

🏫Department for Education announces new community-based early intervention is to roll out in every Best Start Family Hub from April for families of children with SEND

🚨The Home Office launches the 'Winter of Action', which will see a nationwide crackdown on retail crime, street crime and anti-social behaviour, backed by smarter, data-led policing and new pilots to tackle knife crime in major cities

🪖Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper attends NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, to assess progress made to strengthen collective defence since the NATO Summit in The Hague in June

🖥️ Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks at the launch of a global coalition aimed at tackling violence against women and girls, where she will announce new British efforts to deal with online abuse

👩‍⚖️ Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy announces court reforms to cut case backlogs and end years-long waits for justice; he is expected to deliver a Commons statement this afternoon

💬 Chancellor Rachel Reeves responds to the OECD’s Economic Outlook @ 10.00 am

💼 Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech this morning on economic issues following Chancellor Rachel Reeves' budget last week @ 10.30 am

⚕️Department for Health and Social Care unveils HIV Action Plan, with the aim of tackling stigmas and ending transmission by 2030

⚽️Government submits its bid for the UK to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2035

🌎Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announces the Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy sets out to reverse biodiversity loss across in places ranging from the Antarctic to the Caribbean

🚸Department for Education launches a campaign encouraging more men to join the early years workforce, by challenging gender stereotypes and promoting positive male role models

💼Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds launches the UK Small Business Plan, setting out how the government will make the UK the best place to start and grow a business

⛏️Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a £28.6 million National Wealth Fund investment to support the reopening of South Crofty Tin mine in Cornwall
⚽DCMS has announced a major boost for women’s football following the Lionesses’ historic Euro 2025 victory