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- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 14 Aug 2014
Backing for home-based business boom
Budding entrepreneurs will be given greater freedom to start and grow a business from their home.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 14 Aug 2014
PM calls with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
David Cameron spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 14 Aug 2014
COBR meeting on Iraq: 14 August 2014
A statement on today's COBR meeting on Iraq and the Prime Minister's call with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
- Highways Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Overnight lane closure on the A45/A46 Tollbar End scheme near Coventry
As part of the Highways Agency's £106m investment to improve the A45/A46 Tollbar End roundabout, A45 Stonebridge Highway and Stivichall Junction, an overnight closure is required next week.
- Highways Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Latest milestone reached on A453 as traffic starts using new section of road
Traffic using the A453 in Nottinghamshire will switch to a new section of road next week as part of the Highways Agency’s ongoing improvements.
- Department for Education · 14 Aug 2014
Rising numbers of students turning to maths and science
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has congratulated young people receiving their A level results today.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 14 Aug 2014
Foreign Secretary welcomes further extension of Gaza ceasefire
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond welcomes five day extension of Gaza ceasefire and highlights need to tackle underlying issues.
- Department for International Development · 14 Aug 2014
British aid for Yazidi refugees fleeing Mount Sinjar
Britain will boost its support for 12,000 Yazidi refugees who have escaped from Mount Sinjar and made it to a refugee camp across the Syrian border, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.
- Highways Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Happy holidays - Highways Agency removes roadworks for August bank holiday weekend
The Highways Agency will be helping holidaymakers have happy holidays by keeping traffic moving over the August bank holiday weekend, ensuring that 98 per cent of England’s motorways and other major roads are free of roadworks.
- Environment Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Disease infects native White-clawed crayfish in River Allen
Crayfish plague has been found on Dorset’s River Allen following an investigation by the Environment Agency and Dorset Wildlife Trust.
- Environment Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Tenth anniversary of Boscastle and North Cornwall Floods
Some of the worst floods ever seen in Britain devastated Boscastle and surrounding areas of North Cornwall ten years ago on 16 August, 2004.
- Highways Agency · 14 Aug 2014
Resurfacing for A595 around Westlake Science Park
Road users will benefit from smoother, safer journeys thanks to a week-long Highways Agency resurfacing scheme along the A595 near Westlake Science Park between Whitehaven and Egremont in Cumbria.
- Department for Work and Pensions · 14 Aug 2014
10,000 jumbo jets fly towards better retirement with automatic enrolment
Four million people have now been automatically enrolled in workplace pensions – an increase of over 1 million this year or over 6,000 a day on average.
- Department for International Development · 14 Aug 2014
New UK aid supplies delivered to Iraq
Two more aid flights have dropped supplies onto Iraq's Mount Sinjar.
Government press releases last updated 25 August 2026. Source: GOV.UK.