Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

27,168 results

Skip to results
27,168 results sorted by Updated (newest)
  • "UK continues to work towards reforming & improving the UNSC"

    Statement by Ambassador Parham, DPR of the UK Mission to the UN, at the intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform.

    • Updated:

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

  • Circus wild animal ban moves a step closer

    A ban on using wild animals in travelling circuses in England is now a significant step closer after plans to change the law were published today.

    • Updated:

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

  • An honour to meet you

    A Military Cross winner from last summer's operational tour in Helmand province talks about his experiences.

    • Updated:

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

  • Ministers welcome dramatic drop in railway cable theft

    Network Rail figures reveal 3 year low in metal theft following a clampdown

    • Updated:

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

  • British Heroes of the Holocaust

    Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles at the presentation of 8 British Heroes of the Holocaust Medals to relatives of the recipients.

    • Updated:

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

  • New fund will help regulators and business work together for growth

    Regulators and local authorities invited to bid for fund that will enable them to pioneer more business-friendly enforcement of regulation

    • Updated:

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

  • First funding allocated from Community Covenant Grant Scheme

    A Scouts and Guides building in North Yorkshire is one of the first 6 successful bids for funding to come from the scheme.

    • Updated:

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

  • Government approves new National Minimum Wage rate of £6.31

    The government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage rates

    • Updated:

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

  • Changes to make it cheaper to build own home could help many self-builders

    New measures could make it cheaper for aspiring self-builders to get their ‘grand design’ off the ground.

    • Updated:

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

  • Decision letter on local inquiry into library provision in the London Borough of Lewisham

    Letter from Culture Minister Ed Vaizey to Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock, explaining the Culture Secretary's decision on a local inquiry into Lewisham library provision.

    • Updated:

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

  • Statement to Parliament on the G8 Foreign Minister's Meeting

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting.

    • Updated:

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

  • "Conflicts in Africa continue to take a devastating toll on the continent"

    Statement by United Kingdom Permanent Representative, HE Sir Mark Lyall Grant at the UN Security Council Briefing on “Prevention of Conflicts in Africa: Addressing the Root Causes”

    • Updated:

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

  • Human Rights and Democracy Report 2012 - Israel and the OPTs

    The human rights situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) continued to be of concern to the UK in 2012.

    • Updated:

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

  • Foreign Secretary condemns attacks in Mogadishu

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Somalia.

    • Updated:

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

  • Vaisakhi message from Prime Minister David Cameron

    "I send my best wishes to everyone in Britain and the world celebrating Vaisakhi this year."

    • Updated:

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

  • Tax barrister beaten in court

    A top tax barrister who designed his own tax avoidance scheme and defended it in court against HMRC has lost his attempt to avoid paying £190,000 in tax.

    • Updated:

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

  • Statistical Press notice: NHS inpatient and outpatient events

    Latest monthly hospital activity events (up to and including February 2013)

    • Updated:

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister encourages parents in Oxfordshire to take up offer of free childcare for two-year-olds

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today encouraged parents of toddlers in Oxfordshire to check if they can get free childcare.

    • Updated:

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

  • Free childcare to be available for toddlers who turn two this month

    Deputy Prime Minister urges parents of two-year-olds to find out if they are eligible.

    • Updated:

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

  • G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting statement

    The G8 Foreign Ministers have issued a joint statement following their meeting on 10 and 11 April 2013 in London.

    • Updated:

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