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  • Information on future role of Health Secretary

    Following the re-committal of the Health and Social Care Bill, the Department of Health is aware of a number of stakeholder questions on the future role and functions of the Secretary of State for Health.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Living Well With Dementia: A Design Council challenge

    A national challenge has been launched by the Design Council, in partnership with the Department of Health, to develop new design-led ideas for products and services that make life simpler and more enjoyable for those with d…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Further information for legal professionals on clause 1 of the Health and Social Care Bill

    This note explains the changes to clause 1 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act"), proposed by the Bill.

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  • PM's speech on the fightback after the riots

    Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a speech in Oxfordshire on the fightback following the riots and looting last week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fightback after the riots

    Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a review of Government policies following last week's riots, to ensure they are bold enough to fix a "broken society".

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Board of the British Museum

    John Micklethwait has been appointed to the Board of the British Museum.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning For 15 August 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: riots, Bill Bratton, credit rating agencies, 50p tax rate and Libya.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Positive planning to let good schools grow

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today introduced new planning measures to support the expansion of popular state schools and the creation…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassadors to Armenia

    Mr Jonathan James Aves and Ms Katherine Jane Leach have been appointed Her Majesty's Joint Ambassadors to the Republic of Armenia.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lieutenant Daniel John Clack killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lieutenant Daniel John Clack, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed in Afghanistan on 12 August 2011.

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  • PM congratulates England cricket team

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the whole nation should be proud of the England cricket team after their victory over India moved them to the top of the world Test rankings.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Phone call between the PM and President Obama

    Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Obama have spoken this afternoon to discuss a range of international issues including Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and the eurozone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • All in a day's work - the role of British consular staff

    Helping holidaymakers, meeting local tour operators and discussing local concerns with expats, all in a day's work for British Vice Consul Rania Kossiori.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister concerned by arrest of trade unionists in Fiji

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington has expressed concern after two trade unionists were arrested by the military regime in Fiji on 4 August.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary condemns expansion of illegal Israeli settlements

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following the Government of Israel's decision to advance plans for a further 4,000 East Jerusalem settlement housing units.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary concerned about situation in Malawi

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged President Mutharika to allow legitimate democratic debate and to open dialogue with civil society organisations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week on the Foreign Office Global Conversations blog

    Press freedom, Japan and Sudan were amongst the topics discussed by Foreign Office bloggers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • World War Two hero's ashes scattered at RAF Linton

    Seventy years to the day that an RAF pilot took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse to attack a German battleship, his ashes were scattered on the very spot his Halifax bomber left from in 1941.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS St Albans in major Gulf exercise

    The Portsmouth-based frigate was Britain’s input to the week-long ‘Stakenet’ exercise, alongside contingents from the United States, the United…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government