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  • David Willets comments on High Fliers report

    “Whilst we welcome signs of an improvement, the job market remains competitive for new graduates, as it does for everyone, and graduates need…

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

  • Time for London’s Royal Parks to be more directly accountable to the public, says Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose

    The Government is committed to transferring responsibility for London’s Royal Parks, currently managed by the DCMS, to London’s Mayor.

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

  • Rules on alcohol pricing planned

    Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty plus VAT under new plans announced today.

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

  • Public forestry estate consultation: myths busted

    The legal safeguards that protect all woodlands from development will remain irrespective of who owns them.

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

  • Crackdown on availability of cheap alcohol

    Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty + VAT under new plans announced by the Home Office today.

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

  • David Jones welcomes cheap alcohol crack down

    Welsh Office Minister David Jones has welcomed plans announced by the Home Office today [Tuesday 18 January] to crack down on the availability…

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

  • Timpson works with prisons to turn around lives

    The need to make prisons places of hard work and meaningful employment is set out in the Government’s new Green Paper on justice reform.

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

  • Clerk of the Parliaments

    The Queen has been pleased to approve that Mr David Beamish be appointed Clerk of the Parliaments in the House of Lords.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 18 January 2011

    …From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Cabinet, AV Bill, Act of Settlement, Bangladesh and misc…

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

  • Kettering borough council does more for less

    Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham visits a new 1-stop-shop for council services.

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

  • Localism Bill to hand power to the people gains support

    An historic bill to return power to councils and communities reversing decades of increasing central government control was given new backing…

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

  • Flexible parental leave

    The Government has today announced more detail on its plans for a new system of flexible parental leave to help parents balance their work and family commitments.

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

  • Alistair Burt tours northern Israel

    Minister for the Middle East meets Arab leaders in Nazareth, views damage caused to Beit Oren

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

  • Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary visits RFA Lyme Bay in Bahrain

    RFA Lyme Bay, currently operating in support of four minehunters based in Bahrain, was recently visited by the head of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East meets Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt met Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss restarting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and the Iranian nuclear threat.

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

  • New shared parental leave arrangements

    The coalition agreement included a commitment to “encouraging shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy - including the promotion…

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

  • Home Office to take lead on economic crime

    The policing minister Nick Herbert has told the Financial Times newspaper that government will improve its approach to tackling corporate fraud.

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

  • Parenting leave: flexible system announced

    Theresa May announced new arrangements to give parents greater freedom regarding parental leave.

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

  • Parenting speech: Deputy Prime Minister

    The Deputy Prime Minister delivered a speech on parenting in January 2011.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister: more freedom for parents

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined plans to give couples more freedom to organise their parental leave after the birth of a baby.

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