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  • A million more trees by 2015: Defra pledge on track

    One year since its pledge was launched and the Government is already on target to plant one million new trees across England in four years.

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

  • Defra pledges over £1million extra funding for local authorities to tackle air pollution

    Local councils in England are set to benefit from over £1 million of additional Defra funding to tackle air pollution.

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

  • Consultation on HIV positive healthcare workers launched

    A consultation into relaxing the restrictions placed on the work that can be undertaken by HIV positive healthcare workers was launched today

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

  • Creation of the Health Research Authority

    The Health Research Authority (HRA) launches today as a Special Health Authority.

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

  • Consultation on HIV positive healthcare workers launched

    A consultation into relaxing the restrictions placed on the work that can be undertaken by HIV positive healthcare workers was launched today.

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

  • Care home residents to keep DLA/PIP mobility

    Disabled people living in residential care will continue to have their additional mobility needs met through DLA and PIP.

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

  • Fulfilling potential: disabled people asked to shape Government policy

    Disabled people and their organisations invited to help shape future policy and develop a new cohesive cross-government disability strategy.

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

  • Creation Development Trust is the Prime Minister’s first Welsh Big Society Awards Winner

    [](http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/files/2011/12/Big-Society-Award.png)[](http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/files/2011/12/Big-Society-Award.png) …

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

  • Creation Development Trust is the first Big Society Award winner in Wales

    "The idea behind Creation Development Trust really embodies the spirit of the Big Society."

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

  • Olympic travel event

    Getting transport right for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.

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

  • Green Flag Awards: views invited on the future

    Lovers of green spaces will get the chance to have a say on the future of the prestigious Green Flag Award at an event next week.

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

  • UK committed to working with Afghan government and civil society to improve the rights of women

    Minister Alistair Burt welcomed women from Afghanistan and representatives from leading UK charities to the Foreign Office on Monday 28 November to discuss women’s rights in Afghanistan and the forthcoming international conf…

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

  • "Our belief in democracy, our values of tolerance, fairness and justice all compel us to act when others are denied the rights that we enjoy"

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt spoke at a Human Rights Watch reception on 29 November.

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

  • Charles Hendry speech to the Smart Metering Forum

    Taking the Foundation Stage forward: an update on the government’s plans for the Smart Metering Implementation Programme Grateful to Richard…

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

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP letter to Lord Lawson and Lord Turnbull

    November 2011 Re: the Global Warming Policy Foundation paper The Really Inconvenient Truth or “It Ain’t Necessarily so”. Further to my letter…

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

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP opens UK's first Carbon Capture plant

    30 November 2011 UK carbon capture and storage technology took a major step forward as Energy Secretary The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP launched …

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

  • Mitzvah Day wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award

    Mitzvah Day is the latest winner of the Prime Minister's Big Society Award

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

  • Strategic rail freight interchanges

    Written statement by the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • Future of fire summit 2011

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. I am delighted to be invited to speak here today. Looking back at over the last few months we have…

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

  • RAF Akrotiri supporting operations in Afghanistan

    It is the halfway point between RAF Brize Norton and Camp Bastion, and getting troops from A to B (Akrotiri to Bastion) is one of the crucial roles fulfilled by personnel at the RAF's base in Cyprus.

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