Press Releases

Britain’s fastest-growing companies to support apprenticeship recruitment

New scheme to place apprentices in companies quoted on AIM, London Stock Exchange’s growth market for ambitious small and medium businesses.

Stephen Crabb welcomes Work Programme Performance Statistics

Stephen Crabb: "The Work Programme is succeeding and this Government is getting Wales working"

What’s inside that building?

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is looking for new and novel technologies to help look inside buildings of interest.

Weir removal brings Sheffield’s salmon dreams closer

River Don is now more accessible to fish

Chapman’s pond in York remains closed to anglers

Investigations continue into fish deaths

CMA publishes findings on the commercial use of consumer data

The CMA has today published a report into the collection and use of consumer data.

Mental health trust improves care for patients across south of England

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has improved the quality and safety of its services for people across the south of England, as a result of action by Monitor.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust faces regulatory action over financial problems

Monitor is taking action for patients because of serious concerns over a deepening hole in its finances and problems with its financial management.

DfE appoints contractor ahead of move to Old Admiralty Building

BAM appointed as contractor to refurbish new Whitehall headquarters ahead of 2017 move.

Foreign Secretary’s Ramadan Statement

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sends warmest wishes to Muslims in the UK and across the world at the start of the holy month of Ramadan

9,500 children in Medway are going to a primary school that is not yet good

The pace of improvement for primary schools in Medway is too slow, Ofsted has found.

UK wins a record number of investment projects and maintains position as top investment destination in Europe

The UK has maintained its position as the number one destination for FDI in Europe after attracting a record number of FDI projects, bringing in the largest financial value and associated jobs over the past year.

North east anglers urged to go fishing

North east anglers old and new are being urged to buy a rod licence for the start of the new river fishing season.

Real wage growth highest in 7 years

Real wages have grown faster than at any point in the last 7 years, official figures out today show.

Employment in Wales up 9,000 in three months

Stephen Crabb: “Today's figures point to a healthy economic recovery across Wales”

Ofsted and police express concern over child sexual exploitation

Ineffective processes for sharing information are still hampering action on child sexual exploitation.