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  • DFID Research: Scuba rice - breeding flood-tolerance into Asia's local mega rice varieties

    Collaborative research leads to the development of new water-tolerant rice varieties to protect crops from short-term flooding.

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  • Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum

    Speech by the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State for Transport.

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

  • Budding entrepreneurs reviving Leicester and Corby communities

    Baroness Hanham met women entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities to see how government funding is supporting the local economy.

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

  • Councils to get final performance reward grant

    The Government is honouring the final instalment of performance reward grants, Local Government Minister Bob Neill said today. £150m will be…

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

  • Review could end council dependence on Whitehall grant

    A vision of ‘self-funded’ councils that keep their local business taxes with central grant dependence scaled back except where it is needed …

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

  • Local government finance: March 2011

    I would like to make a statement on the work of the Local Government Resource Review. The current dependency of councils on central grant…

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

  • Government boosts UK manufacturing

    Vince Cable announces the UK's first Technology and Innovation Centre to drive growth and help industry capitalise on the UK's world class research.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Israeli Defence Minister

    Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed developments across the Middle East in his meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on 17 March.

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

  • United Nations Security Council resolution on Libya No-Fly Zone has been approved

    UK Explanation of Vote delivered by Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UK Mission to the UN, on Security Council Resolution on Libya

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

  • Business Minister tours North West local enterprise partnerships and small businesses

    Today (Thursday) he met with the local enterprise partnerships for Greater Manchester and Cheshire & Warrington. At the meeting with the Cheshire…

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

  • Research boost for UK manufacturing industries

    The announcement forms part of the Advanced Manufacturing strand of the Government’s Growth Review and will help stimulate growth through research…

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

  • Ministers backing UK manufacturing from idea to lab to market

    Today’s announcement is a key part of the Government’s Growth Review, targeting the expansion of Britain’s manufacturing sector and positioning…

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

  • Willetts comments on HEFCE recurrent grants 2011-12

    “Next year will be a year of transition to a new funding regime where more teaching funding will follow the choices of students. We recognise…

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

  • Transparency is key - Duncan

    In two speeches this week, Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan has been explaining where and how British development funding will be delivered over the next four years.

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

  • More transparent criminal justice statistics

    Criminal justice statistics are set to become more transparent and user-friendly under changes introduced by the Ministry of Justice.

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

  • Adult and juvenile reoffending statistics 2009

    Adult and juvenile reoffending statistics for 2009 were published by the Ministry of Justice today.

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

  • Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) Funding

    …This letter from Bob Alexander, Director of NHS Finance, sets out the changes that will be made to the Drug Tariff from April 2011, further to the CPCF funding agreement for 2010/11.…

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  • Deputy Prime Minister hails country's first Technology and Innovation Centre

    Centre to drive growth and help industry capitalise on the UK's world class research.

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

  • PM urges international action on Libya

    Prime Minister David Cameron has called for the international community to come together and take the right steps on Libya.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 17 March 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Japan, Libya and Bahrain.

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