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  • GOV.UK wins Design of the Year 2013

    The website GOV.UK has won the Design Museum Design of the Year Award 2013.

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

  • Join the good law conversation

    The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.

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

  • Business-friendly regulation scheme extended

    New plans to extend the Primary Authority scheme means firms will benefit from more consistent enforcement of regulation

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

  • Up to 10,000 new homes will improve the rental market

    Up to 10,000 new homes for private rent will be underway by 2015, Housing Minister Mark Prisk said today (16 April 2013).

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

  • Human Rights and Democracy Report launch

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has launched the Foreign Office Human Rights and Democracy report for 2012.

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

  • Estates Gazette Residential Summit 2013

    Speech by Housing Minister Mark Prisk on the future of the private rented sector.

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

  • Open Standards Board members revealed

    Members of the Open Standards Board have been announced.

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

  • Civil servants of the future invited to apply to new Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme

    A new Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme for the UK Civil Service has opened for applications.

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

  • New fund will help regulators and business work together for growth

    Regulators and local authorities invited to bid for fund that will enable them to pioneer more business-friendly enforcement of regulation

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

  • Online toolkit to help start-ups hiring staff

    Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson launches online toolkit that provides employers with help when taking on their first employee

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

  • Government approves new National Minimum Wage rate of £6.31

    The government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage rates

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

  • Changes to make it cheaper to build own home could help many self-builders

    New measures could make it cheaper for aspiring self-builders to get their ‘grand design’ off the ground.

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

  • Chloe Smith speaks at BIM4SME Building Information Modelling launch

    Chloe Smith speaks at the launch of BIM4SME, explaining how digital technologies can benefit SMEs in the construction industry.

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

  • Society of Editors

    Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to the Society of Editors.

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

  • LPC welcomes the acceptance of its National Minimum Wage recommendations

    The government has accepted the Low Pay Commission (LPC)'s recommendations on rates for the National Minimum Wage. This is the LPC's response.

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  • British Ambassador to Uzbekistan visits the Houbara project

    The Houbara research project is led by British scientists in Uzbekistan’s Kizilkum desert.

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

  • G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting statement

    The G8 Foreign Ministers have issued a joint statement following their meeting on 10 and 11 April 2013 in London.

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

  • Women on Boards – an open letter to business

    Lord Davies and the Women on Boards review team call on businesses to make sure that women are taking their rightful seat in the boardroom.

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

  • General Aviation Red Tape Challenge

    New opportunity for pilots, mechanics, airfields, training organisations and small aviation firms to cut red tape.

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

  • British Ambassador Jonathan Allen: “Should I be an Optimist or a Pessimist for Bulgaria?"

    Ambassador’s reflections after a year in Bulgaria, delivered as a keynote speech at an event organised by the Atlantic Club Bulgaria.

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