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  • Featherstone: World must wake up to 'great neglect' of disability

    Britain will spearhead a new drive to put disability at the forefront of the world's development efforts, UK international development Minister Lynne Featherstone has announced.

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

  • UK travel grants to boost researcher links with South Africa

    A Travel Grant Scheme to support collaboration between UK and international researchers.

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

  • UK exporters get off to a flying start with easyJet

    Open to Export has launched a nationwide competition to help the next wave of UK businesses to spread their wings and expand overseas.

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

  • Pop stars launch Poppy Appeal

    A pop concert for Armed Forces families will kick off the Poppy Appeal 2013 today.

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

  • Remembrance Sunday

    The traditional ceremony will take place in the Olšany Commonwealth War Cemetery on Sunday 10 November in 2013 at 10:45.

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

  • Lynne Featherstone: Putting disability on the global agenda

    Speech by Lynne Featherstone, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for International Development, on disability and development in Entebbe, Uganda.

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

  • £8.3 million to tackle congestion in Birmingham

    A452 Chester Road improvements receive final approval and over £8 million in funding.

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

  • £16 million for Leeds transport scheme

    Leeds Inner Relief Road receives full approval and £16 million of funding.

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

  • Open data: water quality at Summerleaze Beach

    How Volunteer Cornwall is working with Environment Agency water data to inform visitors about water quality.

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  • Another £5m for social landlords to install renewable heat

    57 social landlords across Great Britain have been awarded a share of £5 million to get more renewable heating into the homes of tenants.

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

  • UK supports Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for democratic reform in Burma

    Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets senior ministers at the beginning of UK visit to London, Northern Ireland and Sandhurst.

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

  • New government report shows success of data matching in switch to Individual Electoral Registration

    4 out of 5 registered voters will have to do absolutely nothing in order to appear on the electoral register when the new system begins next year.

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

  • Update on Grangemouth Petrochemicals Complex and Refinery

    Response by Edward Davey to an urgent question on the situation at the Grangemouth Petrochemicals Complex and Refinery.

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

  • E-car club event

    Discuses the future and benefits of ultra low carbon vehicles and greener practices.

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

  • Majority of London TB cases are in non-recent entrants to UK

    Eight out of 10 Londoners with tuberculosis in 2012 were UK-born or had been living in the UK for at least 2 years prior to their diagnosis.

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  • Protecting children in conflict

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the War Child 20th Anniversary Policy Forum in London on 23 October 2013.

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

  • Edward Davey statement on Grangemouth

    Edward Davey's response to the INEOS announcement that the Grangemouth petrochemicals business is to go into administration.

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

  • UK to help protect Syrian children fleeing to Iraq

    £2 million in new support from the UK will help Syrian refugees, including children, who have been forced to flee to Iraq to escape fighting

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

  • South East Asia Prosperity Fund 2013-2014: Indonesia Activity

    Prosperity Fund Programme in Indonesia

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

  • UK Agricultural Technology Catalyst- Applications for funding Now Open. Deadline 11 December 2013

    UK Government invests £70 million in new Agri-Tech Catalyst to support the transfer of technology and new products in agriculture to developing countries.

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