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  • Crackdown on availability of cheap alcohol

    Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty + VAT under new plans announced by the Home Office today.

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

  • Coalition commitment to ban the sale of alcohol below cost

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 18 January 2011 by James Brokenshire, and in the House of Lords by Baroness…

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

  • Transfer of responsibilities from BIS

    DCMS response to public enquiries.

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

  • Engaging local people in carbon markets

    The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was established under the Kyoto Protocol and has so far helped to fund over 2,500 low carbon projects in developing countries

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  • David Jones welcomes cheap alcohol crack down

    Welsh Office Minister David Jones has welcomed plans announced by the Home Office today [Tuesday 18 January] to crack down on the availability…

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

  • Timpson works with prisons to turn around lives

    The need to make prisons places of hard work and meaningful employment is set out in the Government’s new Green Paper on justice reform.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister's Questions: 18 January 2011

    House of Lords reform and the NHS were on the agenda at this month's Deputy PMQs session.

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

  • Clerk of the Parliaments

    The Queen has been pleased to approve that Mr David Beamish be appointed Clerk of the Parliaments in the House of Lords.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 18 January 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: AV vote, Iraq inquiry, prisoner voting and phone hacking

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 18 January 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Cabinet, AV Bill, Act of Settlement, Bangladesh and misc

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

  • Letter from Nick Gibb on secondary school performance tables

    Following last week's publication of the secondary school performance tables the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, has written to 100 headteachers to offer his congratulations on their results.

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  • Kettering borough council does more for less

    Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham visits a new 1-stop-shop for council services.

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

  • Localism Bill to hand power to the people gains support

    An historic bill to return power to councils and communities reversing decades of increasing central government control was given new backing…

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

  • Flexible parental leave

    The Government has today announced more detail on its plans for a new system of flexible parental leave to help parents balance their work and family commitments.

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

  • Prosperity in Partnership - India and the UK working together for growth

    CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY It is a pleasure to be in Mumbai this evening, a city that provides concrete proof of India’s dynamism and diversity…

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

  • Alistair Burt tours northern Israel

    Minister for the Middle East meets Arab leaders in Nazareth, views damage caused to Beit Oren

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

  • "The economic compass of British business should be pointing firmly East" says UK Foreign Secretary

    Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Hong Kong on 17 January 2011. It was his first visit to Hong Kong since taking up his appointment in May 2010.

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

  • Asia and Britain - Partners from East to West

    Full text of a speech delivered by Foreign Secretary William Hague at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong on Monday 17 January 2011.

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

  • Improved security allows British troops to close Afghan base

    The transition of security responsibilities from British to Afghan forces has taken a big step forward, with the closure of a UK-run checkpoint.

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

  • Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary visits RFA Lyme Bay in Bahrain

    RFA Lyme Bay, currently operating in support of four minehunters based in Bahrain, was recently visited by the head of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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