President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, welcome the signature of the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement - the export of gas from the Caspian Sea and the Middle East to the European Union and Turkey

A £3 million package of support to help 35 areas tackle and prevent burglary and personal robbery was announced by Home Office Minister, Alan Campbell

If the Government continues to harness the innovative ideas of frontline workers, public services will keep improving, the head of the Civil Service has said

Sir Jeremy Beecham, Vice-Chairman of the Local Government Association, responded to the announcement by Children’s Secretary Ed Balls of a new fast-track training scheme for people changing careers to become social workers

Schools Minister, Diana Johnson, welcomed new figures showing millions of children are now eating healthier school lunches

A groundbreaking agreement between the farming industry and Government means farmers will take action to ensure their farms support and protect wildlife and biodiversity, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, Hilary Benn, has announced

People with dementia and their families will get more support throughout the course of the illness as the first dementia advisors start work

A new tool to calculate carbon footprint and work out how to make reductions has been launched by the Energy Saving Trust (EST)

More traffic technology than ever before is being used on the main holiday routes as families head off for the sunshine this summer

Updated guidance for police, teachers, social workers and health workers to protect disabled children from abuse and neglect

EU countries urged to pass tougher anti-smoking laws. The commission is calling for an EU-wide ban on smoking in public places by 2012

Agencies collaborate in new approaches to peer working. Local government has a long-established track record of peer working. The principle behind this is that local government has the talent and energy to drive its own improvement

Doctors must learn the basics of NHS finance to help drive greater efficiency and better outcomes for patients, according to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Audit Commission

Rates of clostridium difficile are at their lowest since records began in Scotland - down 38 per cent on the same period last year