Government Archives - The Coventry Observer

4^th Jun, 2026

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NEWS 17^th May, 2024

Coventry could lose £150million from government clamping down on student visas

NEWS 24^th Feb, 2024

'Coventry and the UK's support for Ukraine will continue' - MP Taiwo Owatemi

NEWS 6^th Nov, 2023

Coventry warehouse worker helping to shape future of AI

NEWS 19^th Aug, 2023

Coventry Council heading towards 'tipping point' after a £12.1million forecast overspend

NEWS 16^th Jun, 2023

Grassroots organisations looking to secure Coventry City of Culture legacy cash

NEWS 17^th Jun, 2023

Regions crime commissioner welcomes policing report

NEWS 24^th May, 2023

Amazon Coventry workers begin two more strike days

NEWS 18^th May, 2023

Coventry teacher hits out at government for pushing schools to 'breaking point'

NEWS 10^th Apr, 2023

Plans to limit HMOs in Coventry take a step closer

NEWS 29^th Mar, 2023

Campaign group take to Coventry's streets to demand all oil and gas projects stopped

NEWS 2^nd Apr, 2023

All you need to know about the new Government alert system

NEWS 25^th Mar, 2023

Coventry gigafactory site among six Combined Authority 'growth zones'

NEWS 7^th Mar, 2023

Child abuse image offences on the rise in region

NEWS 4^th Mar, 2023

£3m boost electric charging in the West Midlands

NEWS 5^th Mar, 2023

Coventry charity says homelessness figures increase is 'the tip of the iceberg'

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2023

Coventry South MP calls on government to give nurses a pay rise

NEWS 8^th Feb, 2023

Coventry Council take planning enforcement action to stop 'Migrant hostel'

NEWS 3^rd Feb, 2023

CAMPAIGN - Make sure you're 'ID OK on polling day'

NEWS 31^st Jan, 2023

Coventry councillor fears the UK is sleepwalking into the death of the automotive industry

NEWS 22^nd Jan, 2023

Around 2,000 jobs at risk as Llloyd's to remove pharmacy services from Sainsbury's

NEWS 7^th Jan, 2023

Cost of living crisis resulting in those with dementia being ‘stranded in their homes’, Charity says

NEWS 15^th Dec, 2022

Regions assistant PCC demands explanation over e-scooter laws postponement

NEWS 25^th Oct, 2022

West Midlands submits Investment Zones bid for gigafactory

NEWS 11^th Oct, 2022

RSPB condemns ‘attack on nature’ by law changes

NEWS 29^th Sep, 2022

Coventry could be used for fracking

NEWS 11^th Sep, 2022

'New PM needs to hit the ground running' says Coventry commerce chief

NEWS 3^rd Sep, 2022

West Midlands Police chief calls for emergency energy funding

NEWS 22^nd Apr, 2022

World's first urban electric air port to open in Coventry

NEWS 24^th Apr, 2022

£150 energy rebates on their way to Coventry's Band A to D council taxpayers

NEWS 22^nd Mar, 2022

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana calls on Chancellor to 'do the right thing' and 'squeeze profiteers not ordinary people'

NEWS 11^th Mar, 2022

Coventry mechanic banned from being company director after fraudulently claiming £40,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan

NEWS 5^th Mar, 2022

Coventry Conservatives back Ukrainian group's calls for city's Russian twinning link with Volgograd to be suspended

NEWS 25^th Dec, 2021

'I'll continue to hold the Government to account in 2022' - Christmas message from the Coventry South MP

NEWS 16^th Dec, 2021

'Give us our fair share' - Coventry City Council calls on Government to start levelling up properly

NEWS 14^th Oct, 2021

'Government needs to hand over the cash for sufficient social care' - Age UK Coventry and Warwickshire

NEWS 25^th Sep, 2021

Coventry Youth Hub so successful in its first year more are being planned across the city

NEWS 24^th Jul, 2021

Coventry Keep Our NHS Public launches campaign against scrapping free prescriptions for the 60 to 65s

NEWS 21^st Jul, 2021

Coventry and Warwickshire WASPI women call for 'fast and fair' resolution after findings over governments' pensions approach

NEWS 27^th Jun, 2021

MP Zarah Sultana praises Coventry's 'fantastic' Positive Youth Foundation and calls for more mental health cash

NEWS 24^th Jun, 2021

You have your say in this week's Coventry Observer letters........

NEWS 16^th Jun, 2021

Coventry and Warwickshire businesses 'rocked' by Covid restriction easing delay

28^th May, 2021

Coventry's first ever permanent 'indoor street food' venue set to open its doors at FarGo Village

NEWS 27^th May, 2021

Housing issues dominate this week's bumper Coventry Observer letters page

NEWS 19^th May, 2021

Coventry gets £97,500 boost to put more cultural events on the high street

NEWS 18^th May, 2021

Coventry woman who received World's first Covid jab joins city coach firm for trip to the seaside

NEWS 16^th May, 2021

Government's latest Covid restriction easing roadmap stage on May 17 - What people in England can do from tomorrow

11^th May, 2021

'Myth of massive population growth in Coventry exploded' in new report, says countryside charity

NEWS 23^rd Apr, 2021

Coventry's Holy Trinity Church gets £37,200 boost to help it with its post-Covid opening

NEWS 11^th Apr, 2021

Coventry's FarGo Village ready to reopen and welcome citizens back

NEWS 9^th Apr, 2021

Coventry coffee shop owner's 'tears of joy' at £78,000 grant which will help Esquires survive

NEWS 8^th Apr, 2021

Coventry gets £3.5million Covid cash boost to help it host City of Culture

NEWS 3^rd Apr, 2021

Labour's West Midlands Mayoral candidate Liam Byrne outlines his seven pledges to improve the region

Compton Verney receives 'lifeline' £460k funding boost to help it with its post-Covid recovery

NEWS 2^nd Apr, 2021

25 Coventry arts organisations to receive £1.7million between them to help them recover from Covid

NEWS 18^th Mar, 2021

Coventry South MP slams Policing Bill as 'attack on fundamental right to protest'

NEWS 11^th Mar, 2021

Coventry's first permanent indoor street venue to open in the spring

NEWS 3^rd Mar, 2021

New state-of-the-art paving in Coventry city centre to help blind and partially sighted people cross the road safely

NEWS 10^th Feb, 2021

Date revealed for when Coventry will become UK's first 'all-electric bus city'

NEWS 8^th Feb, 2021

'Anyone 70 or over who has not yet been offered a Covid jab urged to contact the NHS or their GP' - Hancock

30^th Jan, 2021

New CCTV cameras in Hillfields should be installed by the end of the month

NEWS 19^th Jan, 2021

Eye-catching new 'Visitor Information Pod' planned for Coventry Railway Station

NEWS 9^th Jan, 2021

Petition protest to HS2 speeds to 100,000 signatures in days

NEWS 6^th Jan, 2021

Coventry and Oxford to get up to £50million each to become UK's first all-electric bus cities

NEWS 7^th Jan, 2021

'Government should have closed nurseries as well as schools' - Coventry MP

NEWS 24^th Dec, 2020

'Together we can build a brighter future' - Christmas message from Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2020

Coventry handed £1.1million from the Government's Covid-19 Culture Recovery Fund

NEWS 26^th Nov, 2020

'Hospitality to bear the brunt' as Coventry is placed in Tier 3 of Government's new Covid restrictions

NEWS 11^th Nov, 2020

Coventry announced as one of the 66 areas to be part of Government's mass Covid testing roll out

NEWS 24^th Oct, 2020

Marcus Rashford inspired scheme launched to provide free meals for Coventry children who need them over half-term

NEWS 25^th Oct, 2020

Time running out for Coventry pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to have their say on Highway Code changes