tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications News and communications 2025-07-22T00:00:00+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-brings-forward-worlds-first-sanctions-regime-to-smash-the-gangs-responsible-for-irregular-migration 2025-07-22T00:00:00+01:00 UK brings forward world’s first sanctions regime to smash the gangs responsible for irregular migration  Anyone complicit in facilitating people smuggling to the UK will be at risk of having their assets frozen and being banned from travelling to Britain, under new powers announced by the Foreign Secretary today. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/foreign-ministers-joint-statement-on-measures-targeting-itamar-ben-gvir-and-bezalel-smotrich 2025-06-10T00:00:00+01:00 Foreign ministers' joint statement on measures targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich Joint statement by the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK on measures targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-and-partners-unite-to-sanction-ministers-inciting-west-bank-violence 2025-06-10T00:00:00+01:00 UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence UK sanctions Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich in response to their repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities, alongside Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/russian-elites-proxies-and-oligarchs-taskforce-statement-and-advisory 2023-03-09T19:14:00+00:00 Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs Task Force: statement and advisory A statement and global advisory from the ministerial meeting of the Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs Task Force on 9 March 2023.