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  • Better care plans to help elderly and reduce hospital visits

    Better Care Fund will help join up local health and care services to improve care and reduce A&E admissions.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somalia to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of UK partnership with Somalia on visit to Mogadishu.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somaliland to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of the UK’s partnership with the region.

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

  • Press briefing: morning 29 October 2014

    …The Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson answered questions on Qatar, immigration and the EU Referendum Bill.…

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

  • Town and parish councils

    Kris Hopkins speech on empowering local government.

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

  • Baroness Anelay opens event to mark 150 years of International Humanitarian Law

    The FCO today co-hosted an event with the British Red Cross marking 150 years of Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Law.

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

  • New Chief Executive for Skills Funding Agency

    Skills Minister Nick Boles today announced the permanent appointment of Peter Lauener as the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency.

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

  • Number of Scottish workless households falls

    ONS figures released today have shown that the number of workless households in Scotland has fallen by 38,000 over the last year.

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

  • Last chance to keep rare 14th century Italian painting in the UK

    Culture Minister places export bar on Giovanni da Rimini panel

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

  • Number of children in workless households hits record low

    The number of households where no one has a job has plummeted, new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

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

  • UK warship seizes £10 million cocaine haul

    A Royal Navy warship has seized cocaine with a wholesale value of £10 million from a yacht in the Caribbean.

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

  • UK opens access to 91 million orphan works

    A new licensing scheme launched today could give wider access to at least 91 million culturally valuable creative works.

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

  • New What Works Centre for Wellbeing

    An independent centre is being set up dedicated to making policy and services work for wellbeing.

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

  • British High Commissioner saddened at the death of President Sata

    British High Commissioner James Thornton has paid tribute to the late President, Michael Chilufya Sata. Mr Thornton said:

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

  • 35 new free schools providing more than 22,000 places announced

    New schools announced alongside a survey of free school headteachers.

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

  • Business leaders headlining at UK Investment Summit announced

    Businesses are backing this autumn’s UK Investment Summit Wales 2014, which will explore how new technologies are fuelling business growth.

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

  • UK calls for closer joint work in South East Asia to protect children from trafficking

    Experts from Vietnam, UK, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar met recently in Vietnam to share their national expertise and to promote international co-operation in the fight against Human Trafficking.

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

  • Press Statement by Ambassador Catriona Laing on UK trade mission

    Ambassador Laing spoke at a press conference alongside Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa

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

  • Troubled Families programme turning 117,000 lives around

    Eric Pickles welcomes latest success of the Troubled Families programme.

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

  • Reforms to the firefighters' pension scheme

    Regulations setting out the terms of the reformed firefighters’ pension scheme, and consultation on fitness standards and assessment.

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