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  • Control order powers: 11 December 2010 to 10 March 2011

    The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May): Section 14(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (the 2005 Act)…

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

  • Diagnostic testing for Clostridium difficile infection

    Letter advising of the Department of Health’s current advise to the NHS on testing for C. difficile infection (CDI).

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  • Japanese earthquake update - Government response

    At 1446hrs on Friday 11 March an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo. There continues to be a risk of earthquakes, aftershocks and tsunamis

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

  • Wind turbine shadow flicker study published

    An independent research study into the phenomenon of shadow flicker from wind turbines was today published by DECC. Shadow flicker is the flickering…

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

  • Extracts of speech by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson MP

    Highlights of a speech made in Washington, USA, by Owen Paterson, detailing government priorities for Northern Ireland.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 16 March 2011

    …From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Libya, Nick Griffin petition, Sentencing Council, Bahrain and the Health Bill.…

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

  • DFID Research: Ridding the world of rinderpest.

    Scientific expertise has brought the rinderpest virus to the point of extinction, helping to protect the livelihoods of millions of livestock keepers

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  • DFID Research: WHO publishes second edition of guidelines for the treatment of malaria

    A Cochrane Review by the DFID-funded Effective Health Care Research Consortium helped to define policies in the new edition of the guidelines

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  • Cutting the car's carbon footprint

    £10 million funding for research projects will answer fundamental questions in developing low carbon vehicles.

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

  • RUSI/Cranfield University: acquisition reform conference

    Speech by Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel.

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

  • Nuclear situation at Fukushima nuclear plant

    The Government's Chief Scientific Officer Professor John Beddington comments on the developments following the explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant.

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

  • £10m funding for three low carbon vehicle R&D projects

    These projects have been developed by EPSRC with the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) through the Low Carbon Vehicle Innovation Platform Integrated…

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 15 March 2011

    …From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Libya, Bahrain and health.…

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

  • Japanese earthquake update - Government response

    At 1446hrs on Friday 11 March an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck 250 miles from Tokyo. There continues to be a risk of earthquakes, aftershocks and tsunamis.

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

  • UK celebrates Commonwealth Day

    The UK Government today marked Commonwealth Day with a renewed pledge to reinvigorate the UK's relationship with the Commonwealth.

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

  • Animal health and welfare budgets devolved

    Budgets will be devolved from 1 April 2011 and have been shared based on historic spending and animal numbers.

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

  • Approval for GM release in proposed Typhoid vaccine trial

    Defra has approved an application from Emergent Product Development UK Ltd to release a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) as part of a clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine against typhoid.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 14 March 2011

    …from the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Libya, Japan and the Health Bill.…

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

  • Foreign Office update - Japanese earthquake

    At 1446 hrs on Friday 11 March an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 struck 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo. There continues to be a risk of earthquakes, aftershocks and tsunamis.

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

  • Major overhaul of qualifications to raise the standard of teaching

    Michael Gove launches an independent review of the key skills that teachers need to improve students' performance.

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