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Winners of the Innovation in Giving Fund announced today

Winners of the Innovation in Giving Fund announced today

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

The Cabinet Office and NESTA today announce the first 15 investments to be funded from the £10million Innovation in Giving Fund...

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Government to open up a multi million pound market to deliver National Citizen Service

Government to open up a multi million pound market to deliver National Citizen Service

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

The government is today calling on voluntary, business and public sector organisations to help run National Citizen Service (NCS) schemes....

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Official ministerial visit to the Holy See

Official ministerial visit to the Holy See

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

A delegation of ministers is making an official visit to the Vatican to mark 30 years of full diplomatic relations with the UK....

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Baroness Warsi speech in the Holy See

Baroness Warsi speech in the Holy See

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Baroness Warsi gave a speech on the role of faith in contemporary society on 14 February 2012....

Taxpayers get more for their money on construction projects

Taxpayers get more for their money on construction projects

Friday, 10 February 2012

Radical changes to public sector construction will lead to up to a 20% fall in the cost of building schools, hospitals and roads....

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Transcript: angel investors' meeting

Transcript: angel investors' meeting

Friday, 10 February 2012

Prime Minister and Lord Young chair panel discussion at Downing Street with business angels, entrepreneurs and professional advisers....

Cabinet Office calls on IT community to engage in open standards consultation

Cabinet Office calls on IT community to engage in open standards consultation

Thursday, 09 February 2012

People across the country are being invited to give their views on the definition of open standards for government....

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Register of voters to be more accurate and complete

Register of voters to be more accurate and complete

Thursday, 09 February 2012

The government has strengthened proposals for a new individual register of voters to make the scheme simpler for the majority of voters....

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Highways the quickest route to fair payment for small businesses

Highways the quickest route to fair payment for small businesses

Thursday, 09 February 2012

New supply chain used by Highways Agency allows construction SMEs working on government property to receive prompt payment....

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Office for Civil Society appoints Strategic Partners

Office for Civil Society appoints Strategic Partners

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

Nine organisations have been selected as Strategic Partners of the Office for Civil Society (OCS)....

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Public consultation on Community Resilience guidance

Public consultation on Community Resilience guidance

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

This consultation is now closed. The Civil Contingencies Secretariat have developed a package of documents about community resilience. ...

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Leading charities pledge support for £1 billion Youth Contract to tackle unemployment

Leading charities pledge support for £1 billion Youth Contract to tackle unemployment

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

Leading organisations are formally backing the government's programmes to make sure young people are earning or learning....

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New approach to leadership of major public projects

New approach to leadership of major public projects

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Francis Maude unveiled plans for a new Major Projects Leadership Academy, which will be created and delivered in partnership with Oxford's Said Busine...

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Behavioural insights could save millions of pounds

Behavioural insights could save millions of pounds

Monday, 06 February 2012

Using behavioural insights could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds and thousands of lives a year, according to an annual report....

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Behavioural Insights Team publish paper on fraud, error and debt

Behavioural Insights Team publish paper on fraud, error and debt

Monday, 06 February 2012

The Behavioural Insights Team has published a paper on fraud, debt and error....

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Government to make debt services fairer and more preventative

Government to make debt services fairer and more preventative

Friday, 03 February 2012

The Cabinet Office has published an interim report on debt owed to government, by the Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce....

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Government invests £30 million to modernise local charity support services

Government invests £30 million to modernise local charity support services

Thursday, 02 February 2012

The beneficiaries of a new £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced....

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Response to NAO report on managing staff costs

Response to NAO report on managing staff costs

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

The National Audit Office (NAO) has released a report providing a high level review of how staff costs have been managed in central government....

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Beta of government single domain released

Beta of government single domain released

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

A beta of a single domain for all government information has been launched....

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Goodwin knighthood decision

Goodwin knighthood decision

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

The knighthood conferred upon Fred Goodwin as a Knight Bachelor has been cancelled and annulled....

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Commons Statement on EU Council

Commons Statement on EU Council

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

"Countries right across Europe need bold action to recover their economic dynamism, to get to grips with their debts and to secure growth and jobs for...

Transcript: PM at European Council

Transcript: PM at European Council

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

"My message to other leaders was clear: we've got to be bold and decisive."...

Making open data real consultation   summary of responses

Making open data real consultation summary of responses

Monday, 30 January 2012

The Cabinet Office has published its summary of responses to the public consultation, Making open data real. ...

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Francis Maude's speech to the World Bank – Transparency and Open Data

Francis Maude's speech to the World Bank – Transparency and Open Data

Monday, 30 January 2012

Minister Francis Maude made a speech to the World Bank on transparency and open data on 30 January 2012....

Cabinet Office responds to PASC report

Cabinet Office responds to PASC report

Friday, 27 January 2012

The Cabinet Office has responded to the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) on government and IT....

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Minister meets Worthing civil servants leading the way to better public services

Minister meets Worthing civil servants leading the way to better public services

Friday, 27 January 2012

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, today met with staff in the Worthing office of My Civil Service Pension....

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Government plans to reduce impact on transport during Olympic and Paralympic Games

Government plans to reduce impact on transport during Olympic and Paralympic Games

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Francis Maude has spoken about the government’s plans to reduce the impact on the transport network during the Olympic and Paralympic Games....

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Deputy Prime Minister's speech on supporting working families

Deputy Prime Minister's speech on supporting working families

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a keynote speech on supporting working families at the Institute for Government, London. ...

PM Davos Speech

PM Davos Speech

Thursday, 26 January 2012

David Cameron's speech at Davos in Switzerland, January 2012 (draft)....

Big Society funding enables transition of award winning Beatbullying into new social action organisation

Big Society funding enables transition of award winning Beatbullying into new social action organisation

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Half a million children and young people will now be able to access an online advice service to deal with issues like bullying, racism or violence....

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