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46,130 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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- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · 16 Dec 2016
TB strategy ahead of schedule as England set to apply for officially TB-free status for half the country
Government's strategy to tackle bovine TB continues to deliver results
- Environment Agency · 16 Dec 2016
Army and Environment Agency join forces to be ‘winter ready’
Wiltshire-based troops have carried out a ‘winter ready’ training day with the Environment Agency in a bid to provide even more flood support for vulnerable communities across the Thames region.
- Environment Agency · 16 Dec 2016
Stop-check for Staines’ waste carriers
Environment Agency cracks down on illegal waste carriers in the Staines area as part of the ‘Right Waste Right Place’ initiative.
- Home Office · 16 Dec 2016
National Action becomes first extreme right-wing group to be banned in UK
National Action has today become the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
- Department for Work and Pensions · 16 Dec 2016
New Child Maintenance Service helping parents to work together
Research shows the majority of separated parents using the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) are managing child support payments themselves.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 16 Dec 2016
Call for evidence to Churches Sustainability Review launched
The panel is seeking views from the public on how to successfully maintain church buildings across the country.
- Department for Education · 16 Dec 2016
New Ofqual chair announced
Roger Taylor will take up the post early in the New Year.
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency · 16 Dec 2016
Regulator investigating the diversion of prescription only medicines
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is conducting a large scale investigation into the diversion of prescription only medicines to the criminal market
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 16 Dec 2016
UK competition launched to find 2023 European Capital of Culture
A nationwide competition to find the 2023 European Capital of Culture has been launched today.
- Highways England · 16 Dec 2016
Contract awarded for major new M20 junction in Kent
A £39.1m contract to construct a new junction on the M20 near Ashford has been awarded to Vinci, Highways England has confirmed today (Friday 16 December).
- Competition and Markets Authority · 16 Dec 2016
Model agencies fined £1.5 million for price collusion
The CMA has imposed fines totalling £1,533,500 on 5 model agencies and their trade association for breaking competition law by colluding on prices.
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales · 16 Dec 2016
Wales has ended a record breaking year of employment.
Employment levels at the end of 2016 are higher than they were at the end of 2015.
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales · 16 Dec 2016
Latest figures on economy show Wales closing gap on rest of UK
Wales has been the fastest growing economic area per head outside of London since 2010, according to latest statistics
- Competition and Markets Authority · 16 Dec 2016
Pharmaceutical company accused of overcharging NHS
The CMA has provisionally found that Actavis UK has broken competition law by charging excessive prices to the NHS for hydrocortisone tablets.
Government press releases last updated 9 September 2026. Source: GOV.UK.