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  • Funding awarded to improve local services and save over £900 million

    Minister announces £89.4 million investment in service improvements which will save over £900 million in the long-term.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Billions of pounds to be saved thanks to new What Works Network findings

    Taxpayers’ money could be saved and spent more effectively thanks to findings from the government backed What Works Centres.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Epic CIC

    Epic is the first public service youth mutual to spin out of local government and delivers a wide range of support services for young people

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  • Economic round-up for Wales: 10–14 November 2014

    A summary of economic data for Wales

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Celebrating the best public service mutuals of 2014

    The Philip Baxendale Awards, which celebrate employee ownership, recognised several Cabinet Office supported mutuals including winner SEQOL.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • State of the Nation 2014

    The Chair of the Commission's statement on the launch of the 'State of the Nation 2014' report

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  • Public Bodies Summit 2014

    Francis Maude spoke at Apsley House about the benefits, achievements and next steps in the programme of reform of public bodies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government unveils £2 billion in cumulative savings as public bodies are cut by a third

    The government has saved more than £2 billion cumulatively since 2010 by reforming or abolishing quangos (public bodies).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK government making it easier for Welsh SMEs to win more public sector contracts

    Three roundtable meetings will take place next week to highlight how Welsh SMEs can bid for and win public sector contracts.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Digital Marketplace opens for business

    Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude launched the Marketplace, which makes it easier for government to do business with all IT providers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health: SEQOL

    SEQOL launched in October 2011, and its customers are reaping the benefits of an integrated approach to delivering health and social care.

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  • Caroline Thomson appointed to the Board of the Shareholder Executive

    The former BBC Chief Operating Officer Caroline Thomson has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Shareholder Executive.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Highly paid public sector administrators to face redundancy clawbacks

    Highly paid administrators from across the public sector who take a redundancy payment then return to the same part of the public sector within a year will need to repay the taxpayer

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Adult social care: Be Independent CIC

    The story of why Be Independent CIC, an adult social care mutual, spun out of the City of York Council in April 2014.

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  • Government reviews ground-breaking Social Value Act

    Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, led a review of the Social Value Act following its widespread success.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health: Provide

    Launched in 2011 Provide delivers community health services across a wide variety of localities, going from strength to strength ever since.

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  • Children's services: Achieving for Children

    Achieving for Children spun out of The London Boroughs of Richmond and Kingston, delivering children's services across both boroughs.

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  • Cross-government shared legal service

    It’s been two years since it was announced that a new cross-government shared legal service was to be formed.

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  • GOV.UK reaches 1 billion visits

    On its second birthday, the award-winning government website has reached a major milestone of 1 billion site visits.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and New Zealand sign Memorandum of Understanding on digital government

    A Memorandum of Understanding marks a commitment by the UK and New Zealand to work together on digital government and public services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government