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  • Hundreds gather in Barnsley to welcome home the Light Dragoons

    Hundreds of people lined the streets of Barnsley yesterday to welcome home soldiers of the Light Dragoons from Afghanistan.

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

  • Consultation to scrap motor insurance certificates launched

    The government has announced a consultation to scrap the legal requirement to issue certificates and reduce motor insurance red tape.

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

  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 13 November 2012

    Post Office Ltd awarded front office counter contract for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

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

  • Campaign to Protect Rural England annual lecture on transport and the countryside

    Speech by the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • 19th Regiment Royal Artillery receive Afghanistan medals

    Soldiers from 19th Regiment Royal Artillery received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals on Saturday 10 November after their deployment as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade in Helmand province.

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

  • Post Office wins contract to provide DVLA services

    Secretary of State for Transport announces DVLA is awarding a contract to Post Office Ltd to provide services from their post office network.

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

  • 2012 Community Covenant Conference

    Swapping ideas and experiences and sharing best practice were all themes of the 2012 Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Services around the globe mark Remembrance Sunday

    Services of Remembrance took place on board Royal Navy ships, in Army barracks and at RAF stations across the UK and around the world this year as well as in towns and cities up and down the country.

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

  • New trade envoys and business investment to boost trade links

    In a speech to the Lord Mayor’s banquet at the Guildhall, he will also announce a new £8 million pilot project to strengthen the capacity of…

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

  • Welsh Secretary: General Dynamics UK at cutting EDGE® of innovation

    Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones will today (12 November 2012) see first-hand how a defence and security company’s innovative links…

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

  • Plans unveiled to increase lorry speeds to boost growth

    Announcement of plans to increase the speed limit for some heavy goods vehicles in a bid to boost economic growth.

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

  • Heavy goods vehicles

    Speed limit for heavy goods vehicles consultation.

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

  • Closing patrol bases in a cost-effective way

    Sorting out the stuff that is returned from patrol bases in Afghanistan is a salvager's dream writes Ian Carr from Camp Bastion's 'Warlike Scrap' yard.

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

  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, to the Royal Society

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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

  • Biofuels: the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, progress on adoption and the next generation

    Speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • 146/2012 - A fresh start for Britain’s Reserves

    Measures to overhaul Britain’s Reserve Forces, to create a fully integrated Armed Forces, were unveiled today as part of a wide-ranging consultation published by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.

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

  • Checking in with the Joint Air Mounting Centre

    A good start to a journey is a boon for troops going on tour writes Ian Carr who visited the Joint Air Mounting Centre (JAMC).

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

  • Future Reserves 2020

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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

  • Vince Cable promotes UK advanced manufacturing

    On 5 November Vince Cable officially opened MIRA Technology Park's new control centre. He also visited Toyota in Burnaston to celebrate the first new Auris model to roll off the production line.

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

  • Council of Mortgage Lenders

    Speech by the Housing Minister Mark Prisk to the Council of Mortgage Lenders at its annual conference.

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