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  • Governing for the long-term: speech by the Deputy Prime Minister

    Transcript of a speech given by the Deputy Prime Minister at the Institute for Government on 9 September 2010.

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

  • No room for complacency as councils prosecute more fly-tippers

    Councils across England brought nearly 2,500 prosecutions for fly-tipping in 2009-10, an increase of more than twenty per cent on the previous 12 months.

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

  • The role of science, research and innovation in creating growth

    Over the next few weeks and months, major decisions will be made on Government spending priorities as part of a wider move to stabilise the …

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

  • Extraordinary UKaid response for flood stricken Punjab and Sindh

    Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said "The floods in Pakistan are extraordinary; and demand an extraordinary response"

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

  • Being ambitious: the EU and our Eastern neighbours

    A speech delivered by Minister for Europe, David Lidington, in Vilnius, Lithuania

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

  • Vince Cable - Science, Research and Innovation Speech

    Over the next few weeks and months, major decisions will be made on Government spending priorities as part of a wider move to stabilise the …

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

  • Help improve policing – ten days to go

    There are just ten days to have your say on the policing in the 21st century consultation. Read on for some of the ideas submitted so far.

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

  • Transforming Lives

    Good afternoon everyone. It’s a great pleasure for me to join you all today in welcoming the launch of Transforming Lives. I also want to take…

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

  • Cocaine found in machinery by UK Border Agency officers

    UK Border Agency officers have found drugs with a street value of £8.25m hidden inside industrial digger machinery.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell visits Ethiopia

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw for himself how british aid is changing lives when he spent Saturday night in a rural village in the Azernet Berbere district of Ethiopia.

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

  • UK Deputy Prime Minister: More lifesaving UK aid for devastated areas in South Pakistan

    The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today announced how lifesaving aid from the UK will be allocated while visiting Sukkur, south Pakistan, the region now worst affected by the monsoon rains.

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

  • Wounded officer speaks on behalf of injured troops

    Two years ago his leg was shattered by a Taliban bullet. While recovering, Colonel David Richmond has been speaking out on behalf of all wounded soldiers. Report by Sharon Kean.

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

  • HMS Gloucester foils drug smugglers

    The crew of HMS Gloucester has intercepted a yacht in the mid-Atlantic smuggling cocaine with a UK street value of at least £4m.

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

  • Government calls on local authorities to reduce barriers for foster carers

    Children’s minister urges LAs to curb excessive restrictions on issues like haircuts, sleepovers and family holidays for foster children.

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

  • Poppy eradication in Helmand gains momentum

    Speaking at the MOD’s Main Building yesterday, Philippa Brown, head of counter-narcotics at the international Provincial Reconstruction Team…

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

  • Industry's ideas for growing and eating more fruit and veg

    Members of the fruit and vegetable industry have presented ideas for increasing production and consumption of fruit and vegetables in England.

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

  • Deputy PM's Q&A with young people

    A transcript of a Q&A with young people given by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at Number 10 on 24 July 2010.

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

  • Safe rooms help stop domestic violence victims becoming homeless

    New research and statistics published today show that whilst domestic violence is one the major reasons families become homeless, protection…

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

  • HMS Ocean begins second anti-drugs deployment in the Caribbean

    Having already deployed to the Caribbean in 2007, when the amphibious assault ship made a major impact on drug smuggling by seizing illegal …

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister’s Q&A with young people

    A transcript of a Q&A with young people given by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

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