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46,111 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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- Environment Agency · 5 Feb 2016
Weekend flood outlook – persistent rain and gales forecast
Flood statement on 5 February 2016
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 5 Feb 2016
Government boost for jet engines with £10 million investment for next generation technology
Business Minister Anna Soubry has announced that Loughborough University has been awarded nearly £10 million of government funding.
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales · 5 Feb 2016
Welsh Secretary backs Wales’ Six Nations campaigns
Stephen Crabb: "We look forward to watching the Welsh teams progress and wish them every success in their campaigns"
- Department for Education · 5 Feb 2016
Pupil Premium Awards 2016 launched
Minister congratulates hundreds of schools who have raised aspirations and ensured disadvantaged pupils can fulfil their potential.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 5 Feb 2016
Surveillance Commissioner re-appointment: George Newman
The Prime Minister has approved the re-appointment of George Newman as a Surveillance Commissioner.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 5 Feb 2016
Knighthood and Damehoods conferred: February 2016
The Queen has conferred DBEs (Dame of the British Empire) on Bobbie Cheema-Grubb and Juliet Mary May. She has conferred a Knighthood on Michael Alexander Soole.
- Environment Agency · 5 Feb 2016
Environmental improvement work will benefit Peterborough
Work programme will improve water quality and create better habitats
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 5 Feb 2016
New build homes to have superfast broadband connectivity
The Government has worked with Openreach - BT’s local access network business - and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) on an agreement which aims to deliver superfast broadband connectivity to new build properties in the UK.
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 5 Feb 2016
Business Secretary steps up fight to end discrimination
A review into increasing progression in the labour market by people from minority backgrounds has been announced by the government.
- Department for Work and Pensions · 5 Feb 2016
Benefit cap: 950 households a month move into work, stop claiming Housing benefit or reduce their claim
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
- Competition and Markets Authority · 5 Feb 2016
CMA welcomes NAO report
The CMA has today welcomed the National Audit Office (NAO) report on ‘The UK Competition Regime.’
- Department for Education · 5 Feb 2016
Games Workshop founder and entrepreneur to open 2 free schools
Education Secretary announces new wave of free schools, including 2 with Ian Livingstone.
- Monitor · 5 Feb 2016
Monitor to investigate how Southend Hospital keeps track of healthcare costs
Monitor wants to work with the trust to ensure it is following national guidance in the accurate use of cost data.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 5 Feb 2016
UK disputes UN working group opinion on Julian Assange
The UK will formally contest the opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention.
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills · 5 Feb 2016
New National Minimum Wage offenders named and shamed, February 2016
Employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed.
Government press releases last updated 8 September 2026. Source: GOV.UK.