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  • Changing attitudes in rural India

    A grassroots worker's struggle for clean water and toilets in rural India

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  • Transforming Lives

    Good afternoon everyone. It’s a great pleasure for me to join you all today in welcoming the launch of Transforming Lives. I also want to take…

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

  • Prince raises curtain on UK's National Day Expo celebrations

    A diverse and rich mix of events for the UK’s September 8 National Day Programme is under way at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

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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

    Following the closing day for submitting local enterprise partnership proposals the Government confirmed that it has received 56 proposals from…

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

  • Capital markets in the spotlight in fight against climate change

    The vital role of capital markets in tackling climate change has been ignored for too long, Climate Change Minister Greg Barker will say today…

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

  • Statement to House of Commons on the Pakistan floods from Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell

    COPY PENDING

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

  • Equine infectious anaemia detected in a horse

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands, Defra confirmed today.

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

  • Speech by The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Justine Greening MP, Overview of UK Policy Frameworks

    Speech by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.

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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

  • 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

  • BIS HQ showcases UK manufacturing to attract new talent

    The Government is committed to promoting manufacturing as it is critical to economic growth with responsibility for 53 per cent of UK exports…

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

  • Three jailed over sham marriages

    A Church of England vicar was today among three men jailed for staging hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex.

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

  • Michael Gove's written ministerial statement relating to new Free School proposals

    A written ministerial statement about the first 16 Free School proposals, which are ready to progress to the next stage of the process.

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

  • Captain Andrew Griffiths dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan

    It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Andrew Griffiths, from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS), died on Sunday 5 September 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, B…

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