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  • Foreign Office update on Japan earthquake and tsunami warnings

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against all non-essential travel to Tokyo and the North East of Japan.

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

  • Veterans' mental health helpline launched

    Veterans with mental health problems will get targeted support from today with the launch of the Combat Stress Support Helpline, delivered by Rethink Mental Illness and funded by the Government.

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

  • A review of coalfields regeneration: government response

    The Minister for Housing and Local Government (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps): In 2010 the previous government initiated a Review of Coalfields …

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

  • Tim Loughton to the Safe Network Conference

    The Children's Minister addresses the Safe Network Conference about the government's commitment to safeguarding children and reducing bureaucracy.

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

  • Smoking time bomb: cigarettes the most deadly cause of house fire fatalities

    Smokers urged to ‘put it out, right out’ on No Smoking Day 9 March. Smokers are being reminded today that careless disposal of cigarettes is…

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

  • Community Learning Champions: Making the Big Society real

    Hello everyone. It’s a great pleasure for me to be here today. I must begin by expressing thanks on behalf of us all to NIACE, Martin Yarnit…

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

  • MOD increases compensation for injured personnel

    Changes to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme that will mean significant increases to the awards paid to injured personnel have been published in a report by the Ministry of Defence today.

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

  • It's Military No Smoking Day

    Today is No Smoking Day and military personnel across the UK and overseas are being encouraged to join thousands of British smokers in attempting to quit.

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

  • Chris Huhne's speech to the CBI: 'Green consumers'

    Thanks very much for that introduction. The last CBI event I spoke at was the annual climate change conference, back in November. Under Richard Lambert's stewardship, the CBI went from strength to st...

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

  • Tim Loughton speaks at the Funding the Future conference

    The Children's Minister talks about the importance of innovation in the voluntary and community sector.

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

  • Whitehall set to relax grip on councils with first ever review of local government's legal duties

    In another major step to free up local government, councils are being asked for the bureaucratic burdens they wish to throw away in the first…

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

  • TA nurse engages with Afghan women

    A mother who usually works as a paediatric nurse at Tayside Children's Hospital in Dundee is spending six months working on the front line in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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

  • Mark Prisk meets with Oxfordshire local enterprise partnership as it formally launches board

    The partnership is now completely formed, after ministers approved the partnership’s board. The board consists of local business people, academics…

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

  • £4M for nuclear security abroad

    The UK will make a contribution of £4m to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Nuclear Security Fund for 2011-13. This will support work…

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

  • Theresa May: I want to end all forms of violence against women

    Plans to tackle violence against women and girls have been launched by the Home Secretary on International Women's Day.

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

  • Tackling violence against women and girls

    Plans to tackle violence against women and girls were launched by the Home Secretary today.

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

  • Basis of remarks by the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Sir Nicholas Macpherson at Demos

    Speech by the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Cheryl Gillan celebrates International Women’s Day as first female Welsh Secretary

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan offered her support for the 100th International Women’s Day today, as Wales played host to events…

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

  • Nick Gibb: standards in English schools

    The Minister for Schools talks about standards in English schools as set against international levels of achievement.

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

  • International Women's Day 2011: Deputy Prime Minister message

    Nick Clegg hails International Women's Day as a moment to reflect on what more needs to be done for equality and women's rights.

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