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46,053 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 26 Jul 2017
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch praises governing bodies for reforms that will ‘collectively strengthen sport’
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has praised the way national governing bodies have responded in working to become compliant with the new Code for Sports Governance by the end of October.
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales · 26 Jul 2017
Welsh Secretary meets Welsh Veterans in Cardiff
Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns MP, will today (Thursday 27 July) meet with Welsh Veterans in Cardiff, ahead of his visit to Belgium to mark the centenary commemorations of the Third Battle of Ypres.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 26 Jul 2017
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan: Nicholas Kay
Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales · 26 Jul 2017
£10 million National Lottery support to redevelop Wales’s oldest university college
Aberystwyth alumnus Guto Bebb visits Aberystwyth to mark the funding announcement.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 26 Jul 2017
Jobs Boom for UK Creative Industries
Latest jobs figures show Britain's creative industries are performing better than ever
- Highways England · 26 Jul 2017
Partnership working to unlock Peterborough’s economic growth
Essential road upgrades that will bring new businesses and jobs to Peterborough will start next week, on Thursday 3 August.
- Low Pay Commission · 26 Jul 2017
Low Pay Commission visit to Melton
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Melton on 9 and 10 August to gather evidence on the effects of the National Living Wage and Minimum Wages.
- Home Office · 26 Jul 2017
Essex PCC to take on responsibility of local fire and rescue service
First PCC to take on governance of a fire and rescue service
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · 26 Jul 2017
Plan for roadside NO2 concentrations published
Plan includes an end to the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040 and a new Clean Air Fund
- Department for Work and Pensions · 26 Jul 2017
Children living in workless households falls across Great Britain
Official figures released today show the proportion of children living in a household with no working adults has fallen in every region of Great Britain since 2010.
- Environment Agency · 26 Jul 2017
Funding announced for a major flood defence scheme to protect Mytholmroyd
Construction expected to begin in autumn
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) · 26 Jul 2017
New taskforce to support recovery from Grenfell fire disaster
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announces details of the independent Grenfell Recovery Taskforce.
Government press releases last updated 28 August 2026. Source: GOV.UK.