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46,078 UK Government department press releases spanning the full archive from 2007 to today, plus House of Commons select committee reports, updated daily. Browse a day at a time, or search across every release.
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- Department of Health and Social Care · 30 Sept 2013
Seven day, 8am – 8pm, GP access for hard working people
Hard working people will be able to see their GP seven days a week and out of office hours under new proposals set out by the Prime Minister
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited · 30 Sept 2013
HS2 Growth Taskforce comes to Manchester to secure maximum boost for region's economy
High speed rail roadshows series begins in Manchester.
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · 30 Sept 2013
New measures to increase rural home-building
Village greens to get new planning measure.
- Competition and Markets Authority · 30 Sept 2013
New competition authority comes into existence
The UK’s new unified competition body, the Competition and Markets Authority, launched today in shadow form before going live in April 2014.
- Ministry of Justice · 30 Sept 2013
Helen Grant: Reduction in fee for lasting powers of attorney
Appointing someone you trust to make key decisions for you if you lose mental capacity will be £20 cheaper.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 30 Sept 2013
British Government condemns bomb attacks in Iraq
British Government condemns the increasing violence in Iraq and highlights support for efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 30 Sept 2013
Minister for Africa concerned with violent developments in Sudan
FCO Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds urges restraint following demonstrations in Sudan.
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 30 Sept 2013
Sweeping reforms to directors’ pay and narrative reports come in to force
Vince Cable welomes reforms that make sure investors and shareholders are better informed about how much directors have, and will be paid
- Ministry of Justice · 30 Sept 2013
Chris Grayling: Simple cautions for serious offences to be scrapped
Criminals who commit serious offences will no longer receive just a ‘slap on the wrist’ Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling announced today in a radical overhaul of ‘simple’ cautions.
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 30 Sept 2013
National Minimum Wage to rise from 1 October 2013
From Tuesday 1 October 2013 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 30 Sept 2013
£400 million will help science and engineering students get ahead in the global race and encourage more women to study these subjects
Science and engineering teaching at English universities will receive a £400 million boost
- Ministry of Justice · 30 Sept 2013
Prisoners made to pay for damage
Prisoners who cause damage to prisons and prison property will have to pay for the cost of repairs under new plans announced by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
- Department for Transport · 30 Sept 2013
Passengers to benefit from high-speed mobile broadband on trains
High speed mobile broadband to be expanded and improved on Britain’s rail network.
- Public Health England · 30 Sept 2013
PHE statement on Salmonella Gold-Coast incident
The FSA, with PHE and local authorities, is investigating an outbreak of 'Salmonella Gold-Coast' which has caused 18 cases of illness.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 30 Sept 2013
Foreign Secretary welcomes UN IPCC report on Climate Change
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest assessment of climate science.
Government press releases last updated 3 September 2026. Source: GOV.UK.