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  • Rural broadband pilot areas named

    Four rural areas have been selected to pilot superfast broadband.

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

  • UN Women UK visit: latest updates

    Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell and the head of UN Women Michelle Bachelet will hold talks in London today on the organisation’s progress since it started work in January.

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

  • Natural flood protection project in Yorkshire given £235,000 boost

    A trial into new flood management techniques which use nature to control flood water is to receive further funding from Defra.

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

  • Youth unemployment speech

    Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

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

  • Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund

    The Prime Minister has appointed Professor Richard Morris and Mr Atul Patel as Trustees of The National Heritage Memorial Fund for three years, commencing 16 May 2011.

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

  • Tackling £1 billion cost of motorway closures

    Stategy unveiled to drive down the cost of motorway closures.

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

  • No complacency in the drive to build more homes

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today welcomed new figures that show the country is starting to build more homes again, following the devastating…

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

  • Jim Paice’s speech at the Re:fresh Conference

    Jim Paice’s speech at the Re:fresh Conference.

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

  • The Government's new offender learning strategy

    This speech is about recidivism. It’s about the frightening fact that 39 per cent of offenders re-offend. Countless extra crimes in every part…

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

  • The State Visit to Ireland - Day Two

    The diary for HM Queen Elizabeth and HRH Prince Philip today

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

  • Launch of new anti-corruption group in Afghanistan

    An independent Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) to tackle corruption in Afghanistan has been launched in Kabul.

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

  • Gloucestershire joins local enterprise partnership network

    The Gloucestershire local enterprise partnership covers a population of around 600,000 and represents over 25,000 businesses. It has the support…

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

  • Report on Post Office mutualisation

    The proposals in the report by Co-operatives UK, the trade association for co-operative enterprises, would give the local owners of Post Office…

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

  • Government plans to deliver savings and protect the frontline

    The Home Secretary has today told officers that their pension age will be considered separately from most of the public sector.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister’s speech at CBI annual dinner

    The full text of the Deputy Prime Minister’s speech at the CBI Annual Dinner on 18 May, 2011.

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

  • Avoiding scams and fraud

    The latest news about fraud and scams, sourced from the National Fraud Authority’s partners and the wider counter-fraud community.

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

  • Mary Portas reviews the future of the high street

    Independent review will look at what can be done to develop more prosperous and diverse high streets.

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

  • Foreign Secretary's Vesak Day message

    Foreign Secretary William Hague sends his best wishes for Vesak to the global Buddhist community.

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

  • "This visit represents an important moment in British and Irish history"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the strength of links between UK and Ireland when he met Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore in Dublin.

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

  • Yorkshire town celebrates RAF personnel's return from Afghanistan

    Nearly 3,000 people lined the streets of a North Yorkshire market town last week to welcome home from Afghanistan officers and airmen from RAF Leeming.

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