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From The Rt Hon Danny Alexander
  • Government's Operational PPP Efficiency Programme surpasses its target having secured £2.1 billion in savings - and is now seeking £2 billion extra in savings.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government agrees in principle to allocate £15.6 million to refurbish Burnley General Hospital.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New funding to allow communities to deliver better transport projects in rural and isolated areas.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International and domestic connections from smaller airports to be expanded across the UK.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nearly £600,000 of government funding is being provided for the Inner Tay Regeneration Scheme in Perth and Kinross.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elderly people in need will receive a £470,740 donation from the government.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Disabled Scottish veterans to benefit from £550,000 Libor donation.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The government has outlined a package of support for the oil industry.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A speech by Chief Secretary of the Treasury at the Budget debates on 19 March 2015

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 'If people help a burglar, they are accomplices too. Now it will be the same for those that help tax evaders’, explains the Chief Secretary.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Secretary confirms that government will provide funding to assess the case for the new Stockport bypass.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, on launching the most-wide ranging review of national business rates in a generation.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The review will examine the structure of the current system which is paid annually on 1.8 million properties in England.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The government will be working with Keith House and Natalie Elphicke to implement a Housing Finance Institute.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pay awards for nearly a million public sector workers, set out by government.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2013-14 shows Scottish borrowing higher than UK average.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Green move adds electric cars to government car fleet.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Residents across 17 of the UK’s most rural areas with the highest fuel prices to benefit from a 5 pence per litre fuel price cut.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Second evaluation of rules designed to ensure that those working as temporary government contractors are meeting their tax obligations, published today.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home since it was created.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government