Press release: Argos brings digital dynamism to Future High Streets Forum
Argos, one of the UK’s leading multi-channel retailers, will join the Future High Streets Forum, High Streets Minister Brandon Lewis announced today (21 January 2014).The Future High Streets Forum...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: National Fraud Authority anual report and accounts:...
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Security (James Brokenshire):The National Fraud Authority annual report and accounts 2012 to 2013 has been laid before the House today and copies will be...
View ArticlePress release: Foreign Secretary speaks to Iranian Foreign Minister
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to his Iranian counterpart today. After the call, a Foreign Office spokesperson said:The Foreign Secretary spoke this afternoon to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad...
View ArticleNews story: Carmichael comments on UK economic news
Responding to today’s news that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has increased its projection for UK growth in 2014 from 1.9% to 2.4% the Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said Today’s...
View ArticleNews story: Lorry driver jailed for cocaine smuggling attempt
A Romanian lorry driver has been jailed for seven years after attempting to smuggle 10 kilos of cocaine into the UK at Canterbury Crown Court.The drugs had an estimated street value of £675,000.Border...
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News story: Paratroopers strengthen French connection
Colchester-based B Company of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) has been working alongside 2e Regiment Etranger de Parachutistes (2e REP) at their base on the rugged island of...
View ArticlePress release: Lords Heseltine and Shipley appointed to negotiate Local...
The government has committed to negotiating deals with all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in England, devolving power and accountability to local areas to drive economic growth, and providing...
View ArticleNews story: Care needs: financial services industry to develop products to...
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, and the Director General of the ABI, Otto Thoresen, have signed a joint ‘statement of intent’ committing to work together to:help people get the information they...
View ArticleNews story: Decision aid helps men make informed choices about AAA screening
Updated: Change to editor's notes.The AAA screening patient decision aid website aims to help men aged 65 and over understand the potential benefits and risks of screening so they can decide if they...
View ArticleSpeech: Damian Green speech to the APCC
PCCs are vital in driving reformIt’s been a challenging first year in office for everyone. We asked a lot of you. We asked you to empower communities and hold the police to account – at a time when the...
View ArticlePress release: FCO Minister condemns assassination of Yemeni politician
Minister for the Middle East, Hugh Robertson said: I condemn the assassination of Dr Ahmad Sharafeddin, a senior member of the Ansarallah delegation to the National Dialogue Conference, on the day that...
View ArticlePress release: All mid-sized businesses to receive tailored trade advice
Every mid-sized business in the country will be offered tailored trade advice and an intensive programme of support to help them start exporting or break into new markets, Trade Minister Lord...
View ArticleGovernment response: Npower energy bills analysis
Npower’s analysis of the impact of energy bills is misleading on so many levels. Government estimates that the impact of our social and environmental programmes will in fact lower energy bills compared...
View ArticleNews story: Unemployment down in Scotland
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 25,000, to 176,000 in the period September to November 2013, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today. The Scottish unemployment rate is...
View ArticleNews story: Economy central to Scottish referendum vote
Commenting on the latest Scottish Social Attitudes survey, the Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael said: The future of our economy is central to the referendum vote and the arguments...
View ArticleNews story: Supreme Court dismisses all appeals against HS2
The Supreme Court has today (22 January 2014) unanimously dismissed the appeals against HS2. Responding to the ruling Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said:We welcome that the Supreme Court has...
View ArticleNews story: Equitable Life Payment Scheme passes £800 million in payouts
The Equitable Life Payment Scheme (ELPS), set up by the government in 2011 to make payments to Equitable Life policyholders who suffered financial losses has now made payments to 717,600 policyholders...
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Press release: Largest quarterly rise in employment since records began
The number of people in a job rose 280,000 in the last 3 months – the largest quarterly increase since records began – according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics this morning...
View ArticleSpeech: Wheels 2 Work annual conference
I was delighted to be invited to speak this morning (22 January 2014) and I would like to thank Steve Kenward for his kind introduction.The Motorcycle Industry Association is an important and...
View ArticleSpeech: 2014 Wings to Fly scholars
Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning on behalf of the British Government and the Department for International Development (DFID) who are a...
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