About government announcements
Every UK government department publishes its news through GOV.UK, the government's single publishing platform. Announcements come in several forms: press releases (formal, quotable statements of new policy or action), news stories (explanations written for a general audience), statements to Parliament, and speeches by ministers. This feed pulls the latest of them directly from the official GOV.UK search API as they are published, with procedural documents such as tribunal decisions filtered out so that what remains is genuine government news.
Announcements are how government sets its own narrative - they are the government's account of what it is doing, in its own words. Reading them alongside the underlying data on this site's economy, NHS, immigration and crime trackers is a useful habit: the press release and the statistics do not always tell the same story.
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Frequently asked questions
Where do these announcements come from?
All items are pulled live from the official GOV.UK search API, which indexes everything published by UK government departments and agencies. The feed updates continuously as new announcements are published.
What types of announcement are included?
The feed covers news and communications: press releases, news stories, ministerial statements and speeches. Routine procedural publications such as tribunal decisions and case documents are filtered out to keep the feed focused on genuine government news.
Are announcements the same as official statistics?
No. Announcements are the government's own account of its actions, written by departmental press offices. Official statistics are produced separately under the Code of Practice for Statistics - which is why this site tracks both, so the claims can be read alongside the numbers.