Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

39,532 results

Skip to results
39,532 results sorted by Updated (newest)
  • Government to invest £20 million in synthetic biology

    Synthetic biology aims to design, engineer or replicate biological systems, for example biosynthetic insulin, which first went on sale on 1982…

    • Updated:

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

  • UK space industry set to rocket with £240 million of investment

    Subject to the outcome of the high-level discussions at European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial, the UK space sector expects significant returns…

    • Updated:

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

  • New £1m initiative to boost disability sport

    Sport England invests in community sports clubs to make them more inclusive as part of Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All scheme.

    • Updated:

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

  • India: Greening announces new development relationship

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening announces no new British financial aid to India with immediate effect.

    • Updated:

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

  • Justine Greening: Update on aid to India

    Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening on aid to India.

    • Updated:

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

  • Dept for International Development ends lease on Palace Street HQ

    A deal enabling the Department for International Development (DFID) to move from Palace Street to Whitehall will save taxpayers £62.5 million.

    • Updated:

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

  • Statement on Best Management Practice

    The Cabinet Office has launched a competition to find a joint venture partner for the Best Management Practice portfolio.

    • Updated:

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

  • Next steps for prison competition

    The latest stage of the competition for eight prisons and a new approach to competing prison services has been announced.

    • Updated:

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

  • Prisons Bill to block mobile phones

    Legislation providing new powers to block mobile phone signals in prisons has progressed in the House of Lords.

    • Updated:

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

  • New Prisons Bill to block mobile phones

    A Bill providing new powers to block mobile phone signals in prisons had its second reading in the House of Lords today.

    • Updated:

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

  • Changes to cash management operations

    The Government agreed with the Bank of England to transfer to the Exchequer the excess cash held in the Bank's Quantitative Easing facility.

    • Updated:

    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, to the Royal Society

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

    • Updated:

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

  • Biofuels: the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, progress on adoption and the next generation

    Speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

    • Updated:

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

  • The India and UK partnership

    The Foreign Secretary has made a statement about building a stronger partnership with India following a meeting with Mr Salman Khurshid, Indian Foreign Minister for External Affairs.

    • Updated:

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

  • Future Reserves 2020

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

    • Updated:

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

  • Vince Cable promotes UK advanced manufacturing

    On 5 November Vince Cable officially opened MIRA Technology Park's new control centre. He also visited Toyota in Burnaston to celebrate the first new Auris model to roll off the production line.

    • Updated:

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

  • Fallon to big businesses: Commit to paying suppliers on time, or be named

    The Minister has written to all FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. The letter urges companies to sign up to the Code, which will be four years…

    • Updated:

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

  • Clamping down on metal theft

    Metal thieves who steal from war memorials will soon face tough new penalties, Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne warned today.

    • Updated:

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

  • Crackdown on war memorial theft

    Unscrupulous metal thieves who steal from war memorials will soon face tough new penalties, crime prevention minister Jeremy Browne warned today.

    • Updated:

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

  • More voluntary sector organisations join Work Programme

    New figures reveal that voluntary and community sector organisations constitute the largest number of Work Programme providers.

    • Updated:

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