The government's Vaccine Taskforce has announced £10.65 million in funding to support the launch of an RNA vaccine innovation centre in Darlington.
The funding has been granted for CPI's RNA Centre of Excellence, which produces RNA material for clinical trials for vaccine development.
The centre is the only one in the UK able to develop and manufacture RNA vaccines and therapies.
Equipment and expertise will be provided to support the testing, scale-up and clinical production of RNA technologies.

The Department for Levelling Up has begun legal action against Grey GR, an organisation ultimately owned by RailPen. Grey GR Limited Partnership is the freeholder of Vista Tower, a fifteen-storey tower block in Stevenage. They have 21 days to commit to remediating the tower’s fire safety defects or an application will be made to the courts.
The legal action is one of the first under the newly created Recovery Strategy, which has been set up to identify and pursue those who repeatedly refuse to fix buildings.

Greg Hands has been announced as a minister at the the Department of International Trade.
The news follows the sacking of Conor Burns after a complaint of serious misconduct.
In the recent leadership race, Hands supported Rishi Sunak.
Hands is the MP for Chelsea and Fulham and was mostly recently a minister at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He served as a trade minister under Boris Johnson and Theresa May.
Image: Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament
 

As part of a national mission to tackle child poverty, the Scottish Government is investing £1 million in school-age childcare in parts of Dundee, Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde.

Prime minister Liz Truss has met European leaders at a summit in Prague.
44 European leaders attended the summit, which focussed on resistance to Russia's aggression.
Truss met with French President Macron, where they confirmed their support for a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C.
She also met with Czech prime minister Petr Fiala and confirmed plans to renew the UK’s participation in the North Seas Energy Cooperation group.
In a meeting with Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Støre, gas production was discussed.

Scottish social security minister, Ben Macpherson has urged families to talk about benefits, in a bid to drive take-up and reduce stigma.
People are being urged to make sure they get the benefits they are entitled to.
Macpherson visited the Citizens Advice Bureau in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, where he met staff and volunteers giving information and advice about available financial assistance and wider support.

The government has been urged by county councils to delay planned social care reforms.
The councils have warned of serious staffing and financial pressures on services.
The planned changes are due to come into effect in October next year and are designed to help people cover their personal care costs.
The changes include an £86,000 lifetime cap on care costs and a more generous means-test.
However, councils have warned that adult care services could deteriorate unless the reforms are delayed.

Emergency legislation has been laid before the Scottish Parliament with the intention to increase protection for tenants against rent rises and eviction action during the cost of living crisis.

The Welsh Government has announced a further £1 million to tackle food poverty.

Areas are being urged to apply to host a new Investment Zone.
From 2nd October, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is inviting expressions of interest for Investment Zones from all local areas in England.
Investment Zones aim to boost growth, deliver homes, spread opportunity and create jobs. The zones offer lower taxes and different planning rules with the aim of boosting investment and development. Over the next ten years, Investment Zones could see reliefs on business rates, stamp duty land tax and employer national insurance contributions.