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  • Department for Education launches programme of work to drive improvements in children’s homes

    Announcement of government decision to raise the quality of residential care by working in partnership with the sector instead of reinvesting in an external contract.

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

  • Statement from Schools Minister Nick Gibb on single level test pilot

    Nick Gibb announces the end of the single level test pilot scheme and thanks those involved.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 7 September 2010

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Cabinet, Spending Review, Trade Minister, Barclays, paternity leave, BP, phone hacking allegations and misc.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 7 September 2010

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Cabinet, phone hacking allegations and the Trade Minister.

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

  • Trade and Investment Minister appointed

    Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that Stephen Green will take on the role as Minister of State for Trade and Investment

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

  • Changes to Audit Commission board announced

    Local Government Minister Bob Neill announced reappointments to the Board of the Audit Commission today, as part of plans to move its audit …

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

  • Freedom for councils to manage rented housing

    New rules could cut as many as 8,500 applications from the planning system, freeing councils to focus on local priorities rather than micro managing rented housing.

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

  • Sensible approach to manage shared homes

    Landlords and councils will no longer be faced with bureaucracy aimed at micro-managing rented housing, Housing Minister Grant Shapps confirmed…

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

  • Local enterprise partnerships to spring up across the country

    The government has confirmed that it has received 56 local enterprise partnership proposals from councils and businesses across the country.

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

  • Minister gets his grocery shopping done at local pub

    Residents of Kirkby Overblow in Yorkshire have stepped in to protect their local pub.

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

  • New local enterprise partnerships criss-cross the country

    The commitment and ambition shown by councils and business to radically reshape the way business and government interact at the local level …

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

  • Changes to the Financial Services Authority Board

    Financial Secretary to the Treasury announces the appointment of Margaret Cole to the Financial Services Board with effect from 7 September.

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

  • Lord Sassoon welcomes Indian Banks to the UK

    Lord Sassoon welcomes Indian Banks to the UK.

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

  • MDGs in focus - MDG 4: Reduce child mortality

    How a slum community in Dhaka, Bangladesh has improved water and sanitation and reduced killer diseases

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  • Economy needs local remedies not regional prescription

    On the closing day for submitting local enterprise partnership proposals Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Business Secretary Vince Cable…

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

  • A recovering economy requires local remedies

    In an op-ed that first appeared in The Financial Times newspaper, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles outline the part local enterprise partnerships will play in the economic recovery.

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

  • UK manufacturing on show

    Business Minister Mark Prisk wants to attract new talent to the sector.

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

  • British Muslims visit Afghanistan

    A delegation of British Muslims recently visited Afghanistan to challenge misconceptions about the reality of life for Muslims in Britain.

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

  • French rail disruption

    Industrial action is expected to cause delays and cancellations to rail transport in France on 7 September.

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

  • British engineers help locals rebuild Helmand 'Stabilisation Bridge'

    Local people had expressed their concerns to the Scots Guards over the state of the old bridge, which had serious cracks running the length …

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