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  • Rebuilding Libya: opportunities for British business

    Speech given by Stephen Green at the Rebuilding Libya: Opportunities for British Business event in December 2011.

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

  • Transport Minister sees what Mary Portas’ vision for the future of high streets will mean for Kettering

    Transport Minister Mike Penning visited Kettering to see what Mary Portas' vision for the high street will mean for the area.

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

  • Sainsbury’s launch 1 Million Kids Challenge

    Children from across the UK given the opportunity to try out a Paralympic sport.

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

  • A14 challenge launched

    Release of the A14 challenge study which will deliver major improvements to the Cambridgeshire transport corridor.

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

  • PM's statement on the European Council

    "I went to Brussels with one objective: to protect Britain's national interest. And that is what I did."

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

  • Red Tape Challenge rail sector

    Theresa Villiers hosted a Red Tape Challenge stakeholder summit and urged the industry and passengers alike to contribute to the debate.

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

  • £90 million boost for buses across England

    £90 million to make buses greener, more efficient and easier to use.

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

  • Court notification of drink-drive offences

    Written statement by Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • Investment in bus and community transport

    £60 million package of measures to improve buses and community transport.

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

  • Do it your way: Deputy Prime Minister and Cities Minister launch new 'City Deals'

    Cities can bid for £100 million ultra-fast broadband boost Cities will be set free from the Whitehall leash to do things their way, under a…

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

  • Do it your way – Deputy Prime Minister launches new ‘city deals’: speech transcript

    The Deputy Prime Minister made a speech about cities on 8 December 2011 in Leeds.

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

  • EU Transport Council: 7 December 2011

    EU Transport Council meeting seeking a directive by the European Parliament on establishing a single European railway area (recast).

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

  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut as councils given new powers to redraw map

    Local authorities to be given greater control over how their roads appear on maps and satnav systems to help them to better direct traffic.

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

  • Change in UK policy on employing armed guards to protect against Somali piracy

    UK-registered vessels will be able to employ armed guards to defend themselves against pirates in exceptional circumstances.

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

  • Government boosts preparations to tackle severe weather and avoid winter travel misery

    £16 million investment in third rail heating to better prepare the rail network for severe winter weather.

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

  • Roads classification

    Roads classification and aspects of the primary route network to be decentralised from April 2012.

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

  • Access for all

    Further £37 million of funding for Access for All projects.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister North West jobs boost

    Two North West businesses have secured over £172 million of private sector and government investment from the Regional Growth Fund.

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

  • Culture Secretary’s Olympic tour arrives in Colchester

    Jeremy Hunt tells the School Games Summit: seize 2012 opportunity.

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

  • Olympic preparation continues at pace as Government leads testing exercise

    Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and senior ministers will join over 3000 key 2012 Games-time staff tomorrow

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