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  • Lasting powers of attorney applications to be made simpler and easier

    Lasting powers of attorney will be easier and simpler for people to make, Justice Minister Simon Hughes announces.

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

  • New tool that maps government property

    Use the Government Property Finder to see locations of public property and decide whether to challenge its use under the Right to Contest.

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

  • Learner drivers to pay less for theory tests from October 2014

    The cost of car and motorcycle theory tests will drop from £31 to £25 in October 2014, and then to £23 in October 2015.

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

  • Developing project leadership across government

    Francis Maude announced the Project Leadership Programme, the next phase of the government's approach to major taxpayer-funded projects.

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

  • Commissioning Academy helps to improve public service provision

    The Cabinet Office is expanding its successful Academy that helps the public sector develop the right commissioning skills for the future.

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

  • Cabinet Office supports search for the best public service mutual

    The Cabinet Office is endorsing the Philip Baxendale Awards’ Public Service Mutual of the Year prize for the third year running.

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

  • Successful government estate programme expands

    Twenty councils have been selected for the second phase of the One Public Estate programme to release excess government land and property.

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

  • Eric Pickles to save taxpayers £220 million as he bunks in with the Home Office

    Ministers and staff at the Department for Communities and Local Government have moved in with the Home Office.

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

  • Civil Service Commission: triennial review announced

    Lord Wallace of Saltaire announced a triennial review of the Civil Service Commission and set out the terms of reference.

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

  • Dragons’ Den investor Piers Linney joins Cabinet Office SME Panel

    Piers Linney, co-CEO of Outsourcery plc, has joined the Cabinet Office SME Panel, which advises on small and medium business issues.

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

  • Cabinet Office mutuals reach century success

    There are 100 public service mutuals across England and Wales.

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

  • Francis Maude speech on reforming public services

    The Minister for Cabinet Office gave the keynote speech at the Reform conference 'The Private Sector and Public Services'.

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

  • Government sale to help Constructionline exploit growing markets

    Ministers are taking the first steps towards selling the UK’s largest online construction supplier database, Constructionline.

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

  • Free Companies House data to boost UK economy

    Companies House is to make all of its digital data available free of charge.

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

  • Review begins into IPO process for sale of government assets

    Informal review launched into the way government conducts Initial Public Offerings and the process leading up to them.

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

  • Improving Welsh language provision on the UK government website

    Secretary of State for Wales David Jones MP: "The Welsh language plays a crucial role in the identity and culture of Wales."

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

  • Project Bank Accounts are helping to pay government suppliers on time

    Three years on, the government is meeting Government Construction Strategy targets on paying firms and on the construction pipeline.

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

  • Recovery of public sector exit payments consultation launched by government

    Consultation on plans to stop high paid public sector employees keeping redundancy payments when they return to the public sector within a short period of time.

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

  • Remarks by the Chancellor at the Efficiency and Reform Group event on government savings

    'We’ve made excellent progress and have now shown that we can deliver savings and reforms year after year', explains the Chancellor.

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

  • Government vacates 2 million square metres of property

    Government has reduced its estate by the equivalent of 26 Buckingham Palaces, saving more than £1.2 billion since 2010.

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