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46,098 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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- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 29 Aug 2018
UK and Nigeria step up cooperation to end Boko Haram threat
The UK and Nigeria signed their first ever security and defence partnership in Abuja today.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · 29 Aug 2018
Ambitious new Innovation Partnerships with African countries
Initiatives in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria will include teams to boost innovation in technology, an accelerator programme and entrepreneurship schemes
- Department for International Development · 29 Aug 2018
UK boosts innovative business in Nigeria’s poorest states to improve incomes for 3 million people
100,000 new jobs will be created with support from UK aid
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 29 Aug 2018
UK offers city expertise to boost Africa's growth
PM Theresa May says the City of London will play an even greater role in Africa after Brexit.
- Department for International Development · 29 Aug 2018
British expertise boosts innovative solar technologies across Africa
UK aid will help over 11 million people living off the grid access clean energy
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency · 29 Aug 2018
Persistent peddler jailed for dealing dodgy sex drugs
A 68-year-old Surrey man was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court for possession with intent to supply unlicensed medicines and Class C drugs in the UK.
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · 29 Aug 2018
South Africa gets clean energy boost
Prime Minister announces £56 million investment for battery storage technology enabling renewables that will give thousands of people across South Africa access to clean energy.
- Environment Agency · 29 Aug 2018
Official opening of Hexham flood defence
The Environment Agency hosted a celebration event to mark the completion of a new flood bank to protect residents at Tyne Green.
- Department for Work and Pensions · 29 Aug 2018
Number of children in homes without work plummets by 637,000 since 2010
More children than ever before are now living with a working adult as the number of UK households without a regular income from work falls to 1.27 million.
- Competition and Markets Authority · 29 Aug 2018
Online gambling firms remove restrictions on cash withdrawals
Two online gambling firms must now make it easier and fairer for players to withdraw their cash following CMA action.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 29 Aug 2018
UK to open new embassies in Chad and Niger
The Prime Minister has announced increased support to African countries on the front line of instability, with an expansion of the UK’s diplomatic network.
Government press releases last updated 4 September 2026. Source: GOV.UK.