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46,045 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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UK Government departments · 13
- Department for Work and Pensions · 3 Oct 2014
'Your future, your pension': DWP in new drive to raise awareness of State Pension changes
A major new campaign, 'Your future, your pension', aimed at ensuring today’s workers understand the new State Pension, to be launched.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 3 Oct 2014
Statement on murder of Alan Henning by ISIL
'Brutal murder shows how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are,' says Prime Minister David Cameron.
- Department of Energy & Climate Change · 3 Oct 2014
Huge interest in first ever energy capacity market auction
Over 500 separate applications received, ensuring a competitive auction and securing future electricity supplies at the lowest possible cost to billpayers.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 3 Oct 2014
Foreign Secretary’s Eid message
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sends his best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid.
- Highways Agency · 3 Oct 2014
New lane to cut congestion on A38 near Exeter
Work on a £9.3 million scheme to provide an extra lane to ease congestion at one of Devon’s busiest junctions will start in October.
- Highways Agency · 3 Oct 2014
Work to start on £2.7 million A38 Manadon junction improvements
Work to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety at the A38 Manadon junction in Plymouth will begin on 6 October.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 3 Oct 2014
Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Foreign Secretary announces Alex Younger as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) · 3 Oct 2014
Brandon Lewis welcomes law to give greater protections to tenants
New rules require letting agents to join a redress scheme, to ensure tenants have a straightforward option to hold them to account.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 3 Oct 2014
UK deplores Israeli government settlement decision
UK deplores Israeli government decision to advance plans for settlement units in Givat Hamatos and urges them to reverse decision.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) · 3 Oct 2014
New dawn for town hall transparency ensures taxpayers get the data they deserve
Councils will have to be open about how they spend parking profits, clamp down on fraud, and collect rubbish as part of new wave of transparency.
- Department for Education · 3 Oct 2014
Review of standards for teaching assistants launched
Status and professionalism of teaching assistants to be enshrined in a new set of standards established by an independent review.
- Department of Energy & Climate Change · 3 Oct 2014
£9.4 million to boost low carbon heating
More homes and businesses could soon be heated by a range of low carbon technologies, such as heat pumps, energy from waste, recovered industrial heat or heat taken from landfill.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) · 3 Oct 2014
High streets to battle it out to be named top of the shops
Towns and villages around Britain are set to battle it out after making it onto the shortlist for the Great British High Street Awards.
Government press releases last updated 28 August 2026. Source: GOV.UK.