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  • British Government contributes to biodiversity conservation in Guatemalan Caribbean

    The Foundation for Ecological Development and Conservation (FUNDAECO), with support from the UK government through the Darwin Initiative launched the project “Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Connectivity in Caribbea…

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

  • Proposals for landlord checks to tackle illegal migrants renting

    Light touch and proportionate checks that will enable enforcement officers to take action against rogue landlords.

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

  • Government removes 'volunteering tax' on councillors

    New proposals to cut councillors' data protection fees red tape.

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

  • Local Government Association: speech by Eric Pickles

    Speech by Secretary of State Eric Pickles to the Local Government Association conference on 3 July 2013.

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

  • Afghanistan: A year on from Tokyo Conference

    DFID Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock speaks about the next 12 months for Afghanistan.

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

  • Nine new places join next phase of local public service transformation

    The first 9 areas to be championed by the Public Services Transformation Network were announced today (3 July 2013) by Eric Pickles.

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

  • Mark Lowcock: A year on from the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan

    Speech by the Department for International Development's Permanent Secretary at the senior official's meeting in Afghanistan.

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

  • Donors must work together to make sure humanitarian assistance reaches Syrians: Greening

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening hosts meeting on humanitarian response to the Syria crisis.

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

  • £100 million fund to support business growth goes national

    The Angel CoFund which brings together businesses and entrepreneurs along with government and private sector investment extended across UK

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

  • Britain and the International Rule of Law

    Speech to Chatham House on Britain's contribution to the development of international law

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

  • 'UnBox'ing UK-India creativity

    Five UK researchers have been awarded funding from AHRC to further develop creative entrepreneurship between the UK and India.…

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement to the House of Commons - GCHQ

    William Hague: “Our Intelligence Agencies practise and uphold UK laws at all times, even when dealing with information from outside the UK”

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

  • Khat to be made a Class C drug

    The Home Secretary announced on Wednesday (3 July) that she will ban khat by making it a Class C drug.

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

  • Government awards £500,000 to support probation mutuals

    The first support contracts have been signed to help probation trusts spin out and bid for new contracts.

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

  • New study to give insight into public health risks of ESBL E. coli

    New project investigates public health risks of ESBL E.Coli to develop intervention plans to reduce infections caused by these bacteria.

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  • Cabinet Office to take on responsibility for cross-government youth policy

    Cross-government responsibilities for youth strategy and policy will move from the Department for Education to the Cabinet Office.

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

  • British Deputy Consul General visits Gaza

    Deputy Head of the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, Mr Benjamin Saoul, visited the Gaza strip and met with Palestinian fishermen

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

  • More community energy projects to get support under Feed-in Tariffs

    Aspiring communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out today.…

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

  • Enterprising libraries: delivering entrepreneurs for the future

    Libraries across the country can now bid for additional funding to help budding local entrepreneurs.…

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

  • Japanese card game portrays life in British schoolchildren’s hometown

    Winning artwork by children and artists in Thanet, Kent featured on Japanese karuta playing cards and displayed at ‘My Thanet’ Karuta Exhibition in Tokyo.

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