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  • BIS partner bodies streamlined

    Changes announced to create greater efficiency and clarity in the way government works.

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

  • Reform of competition and consumer bodies

    These proposals are part of the Government-wide work to increase the transparency and accountability of Public Bodies, announced by the Minister…

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

  • James Brokenshire's speech on crime and retail crime

    The minister delivered this speech on 13 October 2010 to the British Retail Consortium Annual Retail Crime and Loss Prevention Conference.

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

  • Tenant Services Authority to be abolished: new powers for tenants to improve social housing

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced the abolition of the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), preserving its vital economic regulation…

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

  • Town hall waste and duplication

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction In a speech ahead of the government’s spending review the Secretary of State highlights…

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

  • Townhall waste and duplication

    In a speech ahead of the government's spending review the Secretary of State highlights concerns that councils are effectively "letting money slip through their fingers".

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

  • Landmark reached in construction of new defence intelligence HQ

    A formal "Topping-Out" ceremony has been held to mark the weatherproofing of the new Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton - a significant milestone in the construction of the new Defence Intelligence facilities.

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

  • Housing market intelligence conference 2010

    …Introduction What would an intelligent Housing Market look like? Quite simply, it would be a market…

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

  • Training tactical radio teams to speed up casualty extraction in Helmand

    Following requests directly from the Helmand front line, tactical radio teams are being trained in specialised skills to increase the speed of casualty extractions from combat zones.

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

  • Grant Shapps urges house price stability to help wannabe homeowners

    Grant Shapps calls for a period of house price stability to prevent generations of potential homebuyers being priced out of the market.

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

  • The UK's National Security Strategy

    Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to the World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4 about the UK's security strategy.

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

  • BIS turns the spotlight on UK low carbon excellence to encourage new innovators

    With the global market for low carbon goods and services projected to rise to over £4 trillion by the middle of the next decade, BIS wants to…

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

  • PM press conference

    A transcript of a press conference given by Prime Minister David Cameron on 11 October 2010 at 10 Downing Street.

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

  • Speech to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

    Speech by Solicitor General Edward Garnier QC MP to the Better Governance Forum Annual Conference 2010

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

  • Sergeant Peter Anthony Rayner killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sergeant Peter Anthony Rayner, from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 8 October 2010.

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  • Testing RAF equipment for operations in Afghanistan

    Pilots and engineers at the MOD testing station at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire are working hard to protect the lives of RAF personnel working on the front line in Afghanistan.

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

  • Steady and significant progress in Helmand

    Brigadier Felton has been commanding British and other ISAF forces in Helmand since April 2010 in the deployment known as Operation HERRICK …

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

  • Parcels of hallucinogen seized by border officers

    Packages of a powerful hallucinogenic drug have been intercepted in Coventry by UK Border Agency officers based at the city's postal hub.

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

  • Keynote speech at the Museums Association Conference

    Museums are doing well.  With around 2500 museums in the country, there are now over 131 designated collections and 1800 Accredited Museums.…

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

  • Border officers foil rhino horn plot

    A plot to smuggle rhino horns out of the UK into the Chinese medicine market has been disrupted by border officers, landing a man in jail for 12 months.

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