News story: Michael Gove joins the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission
On Monday evening 27 January 2014, Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove joined the Prime Minister and Holocaust survivors at a reception at No10 Downing Street to launch the independent...
View ArticleNews story: Bailiffs getting ready for tough new regime
Speaking just weeks before new laws on rogue bailiff behaviour take effect, Lord Faulks addressed the Civil Enforcement Association conference in London today, speaking to an audience of more than 300...
View ArticleNews story: New guidance to reduce cost of construction projects
The government has launched draft guidance to help embed best practice in the procurement of public sector construction projects, Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd has announced today. The...
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News story: Troops dig deep on Salisbury Plain
The 23 students have been taking part in Exercise Badgers’ Hole, a mounted reconnaissance tactics course which teaches them the basics of being a reconnaissance vehicle or troop commander. The group...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Oral Statement by the Home Secretary on Syrian Refugees
Mr Speaker, with permission I would like to make a statement regarding the Government’s proposal to relocate some of the most vulnerable refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria.I’m sure the whole...
View ArticleSpeech: Owen Paterson speech to British Retail Consortium
It’s a great pleasure to be speaking at today’s launch of the sixth edition of the British Retail Consortium’s ‘A Better Retailing Climate’, a voluntary initiative setting out the environmental...
View ArticleNews story: PHE issues advice for travellers returning from China
The Chinese New Year takes place on Friday 31 January 2014 and marks the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Given the very small but increasing numbers of human cases of avian...
View ArticlePress release: Devon doctor sees sentence increased
The Court of Appeal has today increased the sentence for Suhail Ahmed from 18 months’ imprisonment to 30 for voyeurism and sexual assault. The incidents of sexual assault occurred in a Devon hospital...
View ArticleSpeech: “Historical understanding is a key component of productive diplomacy”
Thank you Mr President,Thank you for choosing this imaginative and important theme for today’s debate. Applying our conflict prevention responsibilities effectively requires us to have the deepest...
View ArticleSpeech: World Economic Forum (Davos) 2014: speech by David Cameron
The key challenge for politicians and business leaders in Europe is how we make a success of globalisation.For years the West has been written off.People say that we are facing some sort of inevitable...
View ArticleSpeech: Hugo Swire's speech at the British Council in Rangoon
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said:Saya sayama mya, aa-lon, mingalaba [Greetings, teachers, and all]. IntroductionThis is my second visit to your fascinating and beautiful country as a Foreign...
View ArticleNews story: The Fiver Challenge: pupils to start own business with a £5 loan
The Fiver Challenge will give thousands of pupils aged up to 11 the chance to set up their own business and learn about the world of enterprise. Register your pupils to take part in the Fiver...
View ArticlePress release: £2m awarded for local authority low carbon heat networks
More homes and businesses could soon be heated by a range of low carbon technologies, including energy from waste or heat taken from landfill, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey announced...
View ArticlePress release: £5 million government cash injection to transform community...
Seventeen community buildings including a football stadium, cinema and pubs as well as open spaces such as a park and nature reserve are today (30 January 2014) benefitting from a £5.5 million...
View ArticleNews story: Energy trends and prices statistical release: 30 January 2014
Highlights for the 3 month period September to November 2013, compared to the same period a year earlier include:Primary energy consumption in the UK fell by 3.0%, but was up 1.4% on a temperature...
View ArticlePress release: City Deal signed to create thouands of jobs in Oxford and...
Oxford and the surrounding area will be given a cash injection to create thousands of new jobs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today as he signs the landmark Oxford City Deal handing...
View ArticlePress release: Nick Clegg’s drive to make UK world leader in electric cars
Backed by major car manufacturersMajor car manufacturers BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and Vauxhall are all backing the Go Ultra Low campaign in a ground breaking partnership with government to debunk...
View ArticleNews story: New review into how more social homes can be built
An independent and wide-ranging review into how more social homes can be built has been launched by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles,...
View ArticlePress release: The Foreign Secretary's Chinese New Year message
The Foreign Secretary William Hague said:I would like to wish a very happy New Year to Chinese communities around the globe, from Hong Kong and Shanghai to San Francisco and Sydney, and of course...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Project management
I have today (30 January 2014) given the Information Commissioner a certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) both as it applies for the purposes of the Act...
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