Government news, all in one place
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Thursday, 19 March 2015
Travis Perkins to create 4,000 new jobs in the UK over the next four years. ...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The Budget speech in full....
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament - here's a summary of what was announced. ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Chancellor unveils the design of the brand new £1 coin....
Monday, 16 March 2015
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, on launching the most-wide ranging review of national business rates in a generation....
Monday, 16 March 2015
The review will examine the structure of the current system which is paid annually on 1.8 million properties in England....
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Chancellor announces government will extend pension freedoms to around 5 million people who have already bought an annuity. ...
Friday, 13 March 2015
Chancellor hails stronger and deeper UK-India economic ties as Indian Finance Minister starts 2 day visit....
Thursday, 12 March 2015
NatWest's partnership with a local Birmingham organisation is supporting 80 entrepreneurs as they seek to grow their businesses....
Thursday, 12 March 2015
UK intends to become a prospective founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)....
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Pay awards for nearly a million public sector workers, set out by government....
Monday, 09 March 2015
Economic Secretary talks about how financial technology is at the heart of the government's plan for economic growth....
Monday, 09 March 2015
Chancellor announces government has sold another £500m of Lloyds Banking Group shares....
Friday, 06 March 2015
Industry figures say they are developing products that meet people’s needs, and interim pension changes have already proved popular. ...
Thursday, 05 March 2015
City Minister launches new initiative on the South Coast - first of 5 UK regions outside London to be marketed as financial services destinations....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
New initiative launched to market the South Coast as a place to set-up and grow a financial or professional services business....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
Residents across 17 of the UK’s most rural areas with the highest fuel prices to benefit from a 5 pence per litre fuel price cut....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
Biggest reforms to the UK banking sector in a generation come into force....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
Sir Bobby Charlton’s landmine-clearing charity, Find a Better Way, to receive a £10 million grant to support its ground breaking scientific work....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
Second evaluation of rules designed to ensure that those working as temporary government contractors are meeting their tax obligations, published toda...
Thursday, 05 March 2015
Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home since it was created....
Wednesday, 04 March 2015
From 6 April, one million savers with an annual income under £15,600 will be able to get their savings interest paid completely tax-free....
Wednesday, 04 March 2015
UK government has reached agreement for the sale of its entire interest in Eurostar International Limited (“Eurostar”) for £757.1m....
Tuesday, 03 March 2015
City Minister announces that new tougher rules for Britain’s bankers will come into force on 7 March 2016. ...
Monday, 02 March 2015
Economic Secretary hails Bristol’s financial services sector and takes part in Life Skills session at local school....
Monday, 02 March 2015
'The south-west has a vibrant financial services cluster', says Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Andrea Leadsom....
Monday, 02 March 2015
South-west infrastructure package will see the government focusing on improving the region’s road, rail and businesses....
Sunday, 01 March 2015
Publicly-funded infrastructure projects will be branded with a Union Jack plaque to recognise taxpayers' key contribution in funding vital projects....
Friday, 27 February 2015
Chancellor announces £1.4 million of funding for Nissan to support it in creating the skills it needs to build its next Infiniti model in the UK....
Friday, 27 February 2015
Chancellor talks through the six-point long term economic plan for the North East....
Ministry of Defence UK deploys new low-cost anti-drone system in the Middle East
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak
Environment Agency Environment Agency issues Angus Fire permit variation
Department for Education Adults locked out of learning to access education with new reform
Environment Agency Farmer fined after pollution kills a thousand fish