Press release: Education Minister launches the Big Bang Fair
Today Elizabeth Truss welcomed the first excited visitors to the UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people. Speaking at the launch of the Big Bang Fair in...
View ArticleSpeech: David Cameron and Benjamin Netanyahu press conference
Listen to the press conference on Audioboo.Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister Cameron, David, I want to welcome you to Jerusalem on a rainy night. It’s not only raining rain; unfortunately it’s raining...
View ArticlePress release: City Deal to bring UK’s first ever large-scale, low-carbon...
An environmentally-friendly City Deal worth £113 million that will create hundreds of jobs, reduce heating bills and cut CO2 emissions in Staffordshire by up to 50,000 tonnes a year, has been announced...
View ArticleSpeech: Promoting international cooperation in offshore wind energy
Foreign Officer Minister Mark Simmonds said:Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to the FCO for this update on the UK’s offshore wind energy sector and to...
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News story: £300 million investment for UK submarine industry
Over the next 8 years BAE Systems’ boatyard in Barrow-in-Furness will undergo a transformation, part funded by the Ministry of Defence, to improve the infrastructure at the site, which has been making...
View ArticlePress release: Independent expert to push forward Catapult network to new...
Leading technology entrepreneur Hermann Hauser will outline how the government’s network of elite technology and innovation centres can be fully exploited to benefit the economy in the...
View ArticlePress release: Foreign Secretary meets Indian External Affairs Minister
Foreign Secretary William Hague and Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid reviewed bilateral relations between India and the UK and also discussed current regional issues in South Asia, the...
View ArticlePress release: Prime Minister welcomes £70 million Israeli investment in UK...
Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed more than £70 million of investment into the UK following his visit with Trade and Investment Minister Lord Livingston to Israel and the Palestinian...
View ArticleSpeech: Pope Francis: Holy See Diplomacy under the first Jesuit Pope
It is an honour and really a great pleasure to be here in Glasgow and invited to speak as one of the 2014 Gonzaga lecturers here at St Aloysius. I bring greetings from one of your own, Msgr. Charles...
View ArticleSpeech: Press conference in Jerusalem
MAHMOUD ABBAS (VIA INTERPRETER) Ladies and gentlemen, the Israeli occupation force have recently – have killed with cold blood, three Palestinians in the West Bank and three others in Gaza Strip and we...
View ArticleNews story: Cyber security skills for the next generation
The growth of the internet has changed everyday life and is also an important part of our economy. The online market in the UK is now worth an estimated £82 billion a year while British businesses earn...
View ArticlePress release: World’s top graduate entrepreneurial talent hits UK shores
27 graduate entrepreneurs make up the start-up teams from 15 different countries worldwide, including Brazil, India, China, the USA, Jamaica, Romania, Denmark, Sweden and Argentina.More than 1,500...
View ArticlePress release: Foreign Secretary meets Pakistan’s National Security and...
They reviewed progress on bilateral commitments and discussed future plans to develop a deeper dialogue between the two countries, strengthening friendship and promoting mutual interests. The dialogue...
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News story: Independence debate must avoid false comparisons with Scandinavia
Replicating the Scandinavian social and political model in an independent Scotland could only come with higher taxation and a series of tough economic choices, the Secretary of State for Scotland said...
View ArticleNews story: HMRC recruiting more digital specialists
Updated: Updated to include information about recruitment fair in NewcastleThe roles will be based in our new Digital Delivery Centre in Newcastle. This Centre will be the first of its kind in...
View ArticlePress release: Cutting-edge drugs to be fast-tracked to patients
The scheme will make the UK one of the best countries in the world to capitalise on breakthroughs in medical care.The Government is determined to strengthen Britain’s science, research and development...
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Press release: City Deal marks new era of prosperity for Sunderland
Sunderland, South Tyneside and the North East Local Enterprise Partnership have agreed with the government a multi-million pound City Deal to strengthen the foundations of economic growth for future...
View ArticleSpeech: Francis Maude speech at Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass
IntroductionThank you very much Judy [Baker, Chair of the Cyber Security Challenge].It’s a great privilege to be asked to open the final of this year’s Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass.It’s in its...
View ArticleNews story: More power, more choice and better quality of public services
The Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin, and the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, David Laws, today published the 2014 update on progress of the coalition government’s vision of Open...
View ArticleNews story: DBS duty to refer events
We have developed a free event that outlines the changes to the DBS because of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 - and just as importantly, clarifies what hasn’t changed. The events are targeted to...
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