Press Releases

Food hubs to drive rural food revolution

Government-backed Food Enterprise Zones (FEZ) will create more than 10,000 new jobs, support tourism and inject investment into rural communities across the country

Alun Cairns announces Cardiff tech hub extension to boost digital start-ups in Wales

Alun Cairns: "Now is the time to shine the spotlight on this exciting technology cluster that is transforming Wales’s digital economy"

Statement from Foreign Secretary following latest Tunisia COBR meeting

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond gave a statement Wednesday evening after chairing the latest meeting of the Government’s COBR emergency committee following the Tunisia terrorist attack.

Response to government child poverty statement

Alan Milburn responds to Iain Duncan Smith's child poverty statement.

Primitive fish return to Yorkshire and the North East

The rare lamprey is returning to the region to spawn.

Government to strengthen child poverty measure

Government to introduce a new and strengthened approach to tracking the life chances of Britain’s most disadvantaged children.

Minister for North Africa condemns terrorist attack in Egypt

Tobias Ellwood condemns attack today in North Sinai and sends his thoughts to families of those affected.

Government examines support for self-employed

Leading entrepreneur Julie Deane OBE, founder of The Cambridge Satchel Company, is to carry out an independent review of self-employment in the UK.

Scam emails double during tax credits renewal period

Fraudsters are targeting tax credits claimants with scam emails, fake websites and text messages in the run-up to the 31 July renewals deadline, HMRC warned today.

CMA assumes ICPEN presidency

The CMA today takes up the presidency of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network with plans to support consumers worldwide.

Digital giant Google to give expert help to Britain's best high streets

Internet giant Google is to send a taskforce of experts into hundreds of high street stores to help Britain’s businesses to grow.

Inspection of Doncaster local authority school improvement support

Ofsted has published the outcome letter about its inspection of Doncaster Council's school improvement support.

We will remember them - 8,000 tickets available for public to commemorate the Battle of the Somme Centenary

Tickets for the July 2016 Thiepval Memorial event in France will be available through a public ballot opening later this year.

Highways England to carry out £600m major road improvements in the North East

Over £600m of major improvements will be taking place on North East roads over the next five years, cutting congestion and improving journey times for drivers.

Airports Commission releases final report

Airports Commission announces recommendations for expanding aviation capacity.