Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

18,890 results

Skip to results
18,890 results sorted by Updated (newest)
  • Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were killed in Afghanistan on Tu…

    • Updated:
  • Short list for UK’s £1bn CCS competition announced

    Four bidders have been short listed for the next phase of the UK’s £1bn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition. The UK is providing funding…

    • Updated:

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

  • Freud: Universal Credit switch will be simple for most –  but we must prepare early

    New research shows the majority of claimants are ready to manage their own money.

    • Updated:

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

  • Ambassador Bruce Bucknell visits Grodno

    Ambassador Bruce Bucknell visited Grodno, where he met with the local authorities and representatives of Grodno Free Economic Zone.

    • Updated:

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister speech: delivering the regional renaissance

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech at an event jointly hosted with the Centre for Cities on 29 October 2012.

    • Updated:

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

  • Statement on West Coast Main Line and franchising

    West Coast Main Line and rail franchising statement updating the House on progress.

    • Updated:

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

  • Helicopter masterclass for airborne medics

    Airborne medics have trained with an RAF Chinook helicopter to refresh the specialist air skills that make them unique.

    • Updated:

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

  • Spotlight on Learning and Skills Improvement Service 2012 to 13 offer: supplement to the BIS further education and skills newsletter - October 2012

    …This issue focuses on the Learning and Skills Improvement…

    • Updated:
  • Low Pay Commission visit to Thanet

    David Norgrove and Professor Steve Machin will meet a number of representatives in Thanet to hear first hand what impact the National Minimum…

    • Updated:

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

  • Government on track to save £8bn this year

    A shift in the way government operates, enforced by the Efficiency and Reform Group, has put the government on track to save £20bn a year.

    • Updated:

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

  • Action to clarify processes under the Mental Health Act

    The Department of Health is taking action to correct an irregularity in the application of the Mental Health Act 1983.

    • Updated:

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

  • More transparency to drive up NHS safety

    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has published new data showing the number of NHS "never events" reported over the last two years and highlighted fresh action to improve care.

    • Updated:

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

  • Ministerial statement on Winterbourne View

    Norman Lamb, Minister of State for Care services statement in response to the sentencing of those convicted of abuse at Winterbourne View.

    • Updated:

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

  • Consultation on the inspection of Sure Start Children's Centres

    Ofsted has today launched a consultation on proposals for a revised framework for the inspection of Sure Start Children’s Centres.

    • Updated:
  • MOD fuel depot emergency exercise declared success

    The River Tamar in Cornwall was busier than normal recently, with tugs, barges and other vessels simulating an oil spill from a fuel depot.

    • Updated:

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

  • Town hall transparency to expose car parking charges

    Government action to enshrine Town Hall transparency as an everyday activity will now also open up punitive parking charges to public scrutiny.

    • Updated:

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

  • Royal approval for Military Provost Staff

    A Royal visitor has praised 'the hard and challenging work' of Military Provost Staff (MPS) soldiers who run the British Army's custodial facilities in the UK and on overseas operations.

    • Updated:

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

  • Mention in Despatches for decorated sergeant who ran through a wall of bullets to save stranded soldiers

    An Army sergeant who risked his own life to save two soldiers stranded in an enemy attack has been awarded a Mention in Despatches.

    • Updated:

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

  • Gurkhas deploy for first time on Exercise Southern Cross

    A group of 40 officers and soldiers from British Forces Brunei (BFB) recently deployed on the multinational exercise Southern Cross.

    • Updated:

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

  • Edward Timpson addresses the ADCS conference

    Minister for Children Edward Timpson addresses the ADCS conference and asks local leaders to remain ambitious on behalf of the young people in their care.

    • Updated:

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