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  • Welsh Secretary: RAF Valley a world leader in military aviation

    Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones will today visit RAF Valley on Anglesey where he will undertake a tour of the facilities and mark …

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

  • Next steps for prison competition

    The latest stage of the competition for eight prisons and a new approach to competing prison services has been announced.

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

  • Prisons Bill to block mobile phones

    Legislation providing new powers to block mobile phone signals in prisons has progressed in the House of Lords.

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

  • New Prisons Bill to block mobile phones

    A Bill providing new powers to block mobile phone signals in prisons had its second reading in the House of Lords today.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss calls for a renaissance in maths

    The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key stage 2 tests.

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

  • Government bans calculators in tests for 11-year-olds

    On 9 November 2012, Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss announced that calculators would be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds from 2014.

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

  • New members appointed to the School Teachers’ Review Body

    Peter Batley, Debbie Meech and Jonathan Crossley-Holland have been appointed to serve as members of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for three years from 1 November 2012.

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

  • Gove calls for more adopters to help find homes for more than 4,200 children ready for adoption

    Information about Michael Gove's reponse to current adoption waiting-list figures.

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

  • Archbishop of Canterbury

    Justin Welby appointed 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

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

  • PM statement on appointment of Justin Welby as new Archbishop of Canterbury

    "I look forward to working with the Archbishop and I wish him success in his new role"

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

  • Asset Purchase Facility - cash management operations

    Letters exchanged between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England on the cash management operations of the Asset Purchase Facility.

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

  • Changes to cash management operations

    The Government agreed with the Bank of England to transfer to the Exchequer the excess cash held in the Bank's Quantitative Easing facility.

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

  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, to the Royal Society

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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

  • Nick Clegg message for Remembrance Day 2012

    The Deputy Prime Minister speaks of wearing "our poppies with gratitude and with pride" in a video message to mark Remembrance Day.

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

  • New headquarters for rail accident investigators

    Rail Accident Investigation Branch enters new premises.

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

  • Baroness Warsi calls on mosques to encourage hate crime reporting

    Baroness Warsi is to call on mosques to encourage victims of anti-Muslim hate crime to come forward.

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

  • Changes to the Audit Commission Board

    The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a recruitment process to find 3 new board commissioners.

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

  • Biofuels: the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, progress on adoption and the next generation

    Speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • 146/2012 - A fresh start for Britain’s Reserves

    Measures to overhaul Britain’s Reserve Forces, to create a fully integrated Armed Forces, were unveiled today as part of a wide-ranging consultation published by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.

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

  • Checking in with the Joint Air Mounting Centre

    A good start to a journey is a boon for troops going on tour writes Ian Carr who visited the Joint Air Mounting Centre (JAMC).

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