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The government tends to focus on words rather than action when it comes to the integration of public services, writes LGC acting news editor Jonathan

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Even an unprecedented £200m bailout may not be enough to save troubled Slough BC, writes LGC's acting news editor Jonathan Knott. Today's top news and

The items shown below are selected from the logs of the Cypress Police Department. The police blotter is not a comprehensive listing of police-related incidents in the city, and no inference of guilt is implied in showing any item in the Cypress police blotter. July 19, 2021 Theft – 7:03 a.m. – 4600 block of Lincoln Ave. – Sometime over the weekend, an unknown suspect stole the battery from a backhoe. Hit and Run – 5:25 p.m. – 5600 block of Plaza Dr. – Officers responded to a locati...

Early this morning, Twitter users were treated to an amusing photo of a temporary polling station that had hastily been set up in a car boot. An Oxford church warden had apparently hit the snooze button, forgetting that they literally held the key to local democracy – and that polls opened at 7am sharp. The Association of Electoral Administrators was unfazed by the incident, saying such mishaps occur every election and praising staff for their professional response. AEA chief executive Peter ...

Since 1995, the seven Nolan principles have set out the ethical standards that those working in the public sector are expected to follow, ranging from “selflessness” to “leadership”. But they have often been hard to discern in a number of recent government actions. The circumstances around communities secretary Robert Jenrick’s decision in the Westferry Printworks affair to overrule the government’s planning inspectorate, saving Conservative donor Richard Desmond £45m, led to conce...

Figures from the UK Government reveal 3,800 UK businesses export goods to Mexico on an annual basis. Ministers say Mexico will become one of the 10 largest economies within a generation with a market of over 130 million consumers with trade worth more than £5billion a year. They say a future deal that would be “liberalizing” and prevent additional duty from being levied under WTO trading terms. In a letter to the British Embassy in Mexico City, Graciela Márquez Colín, Mexico’s Economy ...

The Department for International Trade is hosting a virtual roadshow to help businesses across the UK identify new export and investment opportunities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LATAC) region. The LATAC Roadshow is being held between 1-4 Mar

International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, appoints Jonathan Knott as a new HM Trade Commissioner (HMTC)

International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, appoints Jonathan Knott as a new HM Trade Commissioner (HMTC) As the UK announces its intention to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, appoints Jonathan Knott as the new HMTC for Latin America and the Caribbean region, to champion British trade with important economic partners in the region. As HMTC for the LATAC region and Consul General São Paulo, Jonathan will look to gro...