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  • Government aims for superfast broadband to reach 90 per cent of homes and businesses

    Nine out of 10 homes and businesses in every county in the UK should have access superfast broadband by 2015.

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

  • Call for more investment in immunisation to save lives

    International Development Minister Alan Duncan today called for additional investment in the GAVI Alliance to fund immunisation programmes in the world's poorest countries and help stop the deaths of millions of children…

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

  • £3m to tackle women's offending

    …Work to tackle women's offending can continue at 26 community projects thanks to a one-off £3.2m funding deal.…

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

  • Government vows to get the young into work

    The Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister set out the Coalition Government's commitment to getting more vulnerable young people into work.

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

  • PM helps launch road safety campaign

    Prime Minister David Cameron was joined by racing drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button yesterday to launch a global effort to save five million lives and prevent 50 million serious injuries on the world's roads.

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

  • Government vows to get the young into work

    A £60 million commitment to get more vulnerable young people into work, a boost to Apprenticeships and radical reforms to transform vocational education are part of a series of measures outlined by the Government today to pr…

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

  • Statement between the PM and the Chairman of the Libyan NTC

    A transcript of a statement given by Prime Minister David Cameron and Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the Libyan Interim National Transitional Council (NTC) on Thursday 12 May, 2011.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 12 May 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: David Laws, Afghanistan, FIFA, Policing and Crime Bill and Libya.

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

  • Government publishes response to the Wolf Review of Vocational Education

    All the Wolf Review recommendations were accepted by Michael Gove in the government's response to her review of vocational education.

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

  • More councils wanted to lead growth front-runners project

    More pioneering local authorities are being asked to come forward to demonstrate how the benefits of development can be shared directly with…

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

  • Foreign Secretary: “For the first time in decades our diplomatic reach will be extended not reduced”

    Today the Foreign Secretary announced to Parliament a new strategic shift for the FCO’s overseas network that will extend the FCO’s global reach and strengthen its influence with the 21st century’s rising powers.

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

  • Paratroopers return from Afghanistan

    Soldiers from Colchester-based B Company of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan today to a rapturous reception from their families.

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

  • A radical new approach to managing the Defence Estate

    The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), published in October 2010, examined how Britain must organise our military capability to respond…

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

  • UK secures agreement for International Space Agencies to support disaster efforts worldwide

    This will enable any country to draw upon the data provided by the Charter, an agreement that coordinates space agencies worldwide in gathering…

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

  • UK takes the helm of international effort to provide satellite images in times of crisis

    As Chair of the Charter, the UK Space Agency will take responsibility for implementing strategy and policy, and has committed to finding ways…

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

  • Award for Shujaaz - a comic with serious messages

    At a ceremony in London last night Shujaaz - a multimedia project partly funded by DFID - was announced as this year’s recipient of the One World Media Special Award.

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

  • Supporting the environment: 12 months on

    One year on from the Prime Minister’s pledge to become the greenest government ever, find out how we are progressing.

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

  • New crime and security minister

    The Home Secretary has announced that James Brokenshire will take over responsibility for security and counter-terrorism in the Home Office.

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

  • Government publishes draft protocol for new police and crime commissioners and chief constables

    In the journey towards the introduction of the first Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in May 2012, the government today published a draft protocol setting out the relationship between PCCs and Chief Constables.

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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, at the Institute of Directors Annual Convention

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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