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  • Foreign Secretary: Britain's spending review

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has written about what the spending review means to the UK and its relationship with other countries.

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

  • A proportionate response'

    The system of checks on people working with children and vulnerable adults will be reconsidered, Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone announced today.

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

  • Scrutiny of vetting and barring scheme gets underway

    The system of checks for people working with children and vulnerable adults will be reviewed in a radical examination of the VBS.

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

  • Vetting and barring scheme remodelling

    The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May): I announced on 15 June that further implementation of the vetting and…

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

  • 16 areas get 'community budgets' to help the vulnerable

    Sixteen areas were today given direct control over local spending in their area free of centrally imposed conditions as part of the Spending…

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

  • DFID Research: Conditional Cash Transfers pilot scheme in rural Egypt

    Research conducted for the DFID-funded Pathways of Women's Empowerment Programme has been used to design a feminist Conditional Cash Transfers scheme in Egypt

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  • HEFCE Annual Conference

    Good afternoon. It has been a crucial ten days for the development of higher education in our country. I am very grateful to HEFCE for this…

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

  • Improving Britain’s Competitiveness

    Introduction Good morning. I am delighted to be here. Today, we are meeting to discuss how to make the UK more competitive. This is a key…

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

  • Strategic Defence and Security Review published

    Prime Minister David Cameron has set out how the Government will go about securing Britain in an age of uncertainty in a review published today.

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

  • Foreign Secretary stands in solidarity with Burmese political prisoner Ko Mya Aye

    Foreign Secretary William Hague added his support to Amnesty International's campaign for the release of Burma's 2,100 political prisoners on 20 October.

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

  • Leadership appointments in key higher education bodies

    Tim Melville-Ross is reappointed as Chair of the Board of HEFCE for a further three years from 1 January 2011. The new SLC non-executive chair…

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

  • PM and Deputy PM take public's questions on Spending Review

    Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have answered the public's questions about the Spending Review as they visited Nottingham.

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

  • Baroness Hanham calls on councils to be innovative in order to make savings

    Councils need to be innovative in how they manage their assets and services, said Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham.

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

  • PM and Deputy PM take public's questions on the Spending Review

    Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg answered the public’s questions about the Spending Review in Nottingham.

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

  • Community transport

    With a focus on community transport Norman Baker addressed the East Sussex Transport Conference speak-up forum.

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

  • Asphalt industry alliance's Making Roads Work North of England Forum

    Explaining how DfT is committed to giving local authorities greater freedom to spend money where it is needed.

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

  • Spending Review 2010

    Overview details of the Spending Review 2010 for the Department for International Development

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

  • Comprehensive spending review: Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

    Defra will focus tax payer's money on British farming and food production; enhancing the environment and biodiversity; and supporting a green economy resilient to climate change.

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

  • Transport spending review 2010

    Information from the Transport Spending Review 2010

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

  • Government announces payment to Equitable Life policyholders

    Government announced it will make £1.5 billion available for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme.

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