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  • Improving Britain’s Competitiveness

    Introduction Good morning. I am delighted to be here. Today, we are meeting to discuss how to make the UK more competitive. This is a key…

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

  • Afghanistan and the Taliban: Foreign Secretary's interview on Sky news

    Sky news interviewed Foreign Secretary William Hague on Afghanistan and military pressure on the Taliban.

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

  • From Trafalgar to Afghanistan - the Royal Navy compares then and now

    As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Navy's calendar, thoughts were spared for the modern day descendants of T…

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

  • Leadership appointments in key higher education bodies

    Tim Melville-Ross is reappointed as Chair of the Board of HEFCE for a further three years from 1 January 2011. The new SLC non-executive chair…

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

  • Welsh Secretary lays Order for Referendum on March 3

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has laid before Parliament the Welsh Referendum Order to take forward arrangements to hold the referendum…

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

  • Baroness Hanham calls on councils to be innovative in order to make savings

    Councils need to be innovative in how they manage their assets and services, said Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham.

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

  • Local taxpayers to benefit from Council Tax freeze

    Millions of council taxpayers across England are in line to see their council tax bills frozen next year as a result of a deal struck in the…

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

  • The Spending Review 2010

    Today HM Treasury has announced the results of the comprehensive spending review

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

  • Corporal David Barnsdale killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal David Barnsdale, from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Tuesday 19 October 2010.

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  • The Department for Business Innovation and Skills Spending Review Settlement

    **Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Spending Review Settlement: **http://nds.coi.gov.uk/ImageLibrary/detail.aspx?MediaDetailsID…

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

  • Cabinet Office Spending Review settlement

    The Cabinet Office has announced today that it will reduce its core resource budget by 35% in real terms by 2014-15.

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

  • Changes to PFI Programme

    Withdrawal of provisional allocation of PFI credits from projects that will now not be needed to meet the 2020 landfill diversion targets.

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

  • Comprehensive spending review: Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

    Defra will focus tax payer's money on British farming and food production; enhancing the environment and biodiversity; and supporting a green economy resilient to climate change.

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

  • Spending review plans announced by Chancellor

    Over the course of the next four years, the Home Office will reduce its overall spending by 23 per cent.

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

  • Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes

    Michael Gove writes to Elizabeth Reid to announce the department's intention to mainstream specialist school funding and remove the need for schools to designate or redesignate as specialist.

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

  • Transport spending review 2010

    Information from the Transport Spending Review 2010

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

  • Department for Education spending review

    A description of how budgets for the Department for Education will be affected by the spending review.

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

  • National rough sleeping conference

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Good morning and thank you to Jenny (Edwards - CEO of Homeless Link) for…

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

  • Termination of the Defence Training Review

    The termination of the Defence Training Rationalisation (DTR) project and the Metrix Consortium's appointment as preferred bidder has been announced by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox today, 19 October 2010.

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

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP's speech to the European Future Energy Forum

    Thanks very much. I’m delighted to be here, on the first day of the European Future Energy Forum 2010. And I would like to extend a very warm…

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