Press Releases

The UK and Egypt sign Memoranda of Understanding

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry sign Memoranda of Understanding.

Pupils praised at WW1 commemorations

Pupils used their experience on a government funded trip to the First World War battlefields to spread their knowledge in their community.

COBR meeting on travel to and from Sharm el-Sheik: 6 November 2015

COBR met earlier today to review the situation at Sharm el-Sheikh airport and the operation to return British citizens to the UK.

Open letter from the Minister of Africa to the Burundi Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

James Duddridge, Minister for Africa, calls on Burundi government to ensure security and safety for people of Burundi.

Major sea defence upgrade between Sea Palling and Winterton

The Environment Agency has started work on its latest phase of major works to maintain the sea defences between Sea Palling and Winterton.

UK government funding to further international work of Scottish medics

Skilled NHS health professionals in Scotland to benefit from funding to help them teach counterparts in developing countries.

New measures to tackle rogue landlords and overcrowded housing

New measures will clamp down on criminal landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes, Brandon Lewis announced.

Environment Agency urges people to be ‘flood aware’ and improves flood warning service for South Devon

The Environment Agency is urging people and businesses in Devon and Cornwall to be ‘#floodaware’, during its annual Flood Action campaign.

Penzance community flood risk drop-in

The Environment Agency has improved the way it maps flood risk from the sea in Mounts Bay, Cornwall and will hold a drop-in to help residents understand what it means for them.

Environment Agency urges people to be ‘flood aware’ in Devon and Cornwall

The Environment Agency is urging people and businesses in Devon and Cornwall to be ‘#floodaware’, during its annual Flood Action campaign.

Secretary of State brands small business owners as “the drivers of economic revival”

Stephen Crabb hails achievements of Fast Growth 50 businesses at awards ceremony

Older women see a dramatic rise in employment rate over past 30 years

Latest statistics show that older working age women (50 to 64) are more likely to be in employment than at any time in the past 30 years.

Cefas leads the marine "Open Data" revolution

Cefas making decades' worth of data freely available

Priority school building programme: 2 schools start rebuild work

Marden High School and John Spence Community High School to be rebuilt through the government’s flagship programme.

Breaking new ground on protecting our waterways

A ground-breaking agreement between Natural England and the Canal and River Trust sets sail a new way of working to improve our inland waterways.

Student choice at the heart of new higher education reforms

The government has published a green paper outlining proposals to put students at the heart of higher education.