Collocations for government - noun

central, federal, local, national, provincial, regional, state
Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Republican, etc.
the country's new Communist government

left-wing, right-wing
coalition
minority
The socialists won 42% of the seats and formed a minority government.

caretaker, interim, provisional, transitional
The president dissolved the assembly and swore in an interim government.

military
puppet
foreign
French, Western, etc.
The report on world poverty calls for urgent action from Western governments.

current, future, new

elect
The present government was elected last year.

establish, form
A new government was formed in September of that year.

install
A puppet government was installed as the occupying forces withdrew.

swear in
head, run
a new government headed by a former military leader

bring down, destabilize, oust, overthrow, topple
This crisis could bring down the British government.
The group aims to overthrow the military government.

support

come to power
take office
On May 23 a coalition government took office.

fall, resign
a national emergency that could cause the government to fall

announce sth
The government announced the cancellation of the dam project.

introduce sth, launch sth

agency, body, department
building, offices
funds, money
aid, assistance, backing, funding, grant, subsidy, support
expenditure, spending
cuts
The hospital has been hit by government cuts.

control, regulation
intervention, involvement
calls for government intervention in the dispute

employee, minister, official, representative, spokesman, spokesperson
sources
According to government sources, two people died in the incident.

figures, statistics
post
reshuffle (esp. BrE)
The former minister was relieved of his post in last month's extensive government reshuffle.

decisions, legislation, measures, plans, policy, programme/program, proposals
service
report
propaganda

in government
a problem facing whichever party is in government

under a/the government
measures that were introduced under the last government

a change in government, a change of government
It is time we had a change of government.

the government of the day
This was a decision taken by the government of the day.

a member of a government
The president has been meeting members of the French government.

democratic, representative
firm (esp. BrE), good, strong
We need strong government to take the country through this crisis.

weak
big, small
The era of big government may be over.
We believe in low taxation and small government.