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  • Business Mentors: Improving SME Capability

    Announcement that the largest ever recruitment of volunteer business mentors to support businesses has now hit its target of 15,000.

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

  • Vince Cable – Progress still to be made on all-male boards

    Business Secretary Vince Cable writes to the last seven FTSE 100 firms with all-male boards urging them to increase women in the boardroom.

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

  • Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council

    The Foreign Secretary will attend the Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Office Minister David Lidington the General Affairs Council.

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

  • New Local Government Network annual conference

    Eric Pickles talks about rising to the challenge of delivering local public services.

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

  • Legal services framework awarded

    Government Procurement Service (GPS) has announced the award of a new Legal Services framework.

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

  • Proposals on how people join the police force launched

    New proposals to allow people to join the police force without starting at constable rank were revealed today by the Home Office.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks at the Policy Exchange on childcare

    Elizabeth Truss sets out the reforms to childcare published in the paper 'More great childcare'.

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

  • LifeLine Community projects wins Big Society Award

    Organisation inspiring youth across Barking and Dagenham wins award from Prime Minister.

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

  • New help for consumers and businesses to take action against price fixing

    Proposals announced today will make it easier for groups of consumers and companies to take action against anti-competitive businesses.

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

  • First staff-led mutual library receives £100,000 backing

    Francis Maude visited library staff in York's Explore Centre who are set to become part of the first UK mutual library and archive service.

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

  • Duke of York visits Northern Ireland Science Park

    His Royal Highness The Duke of York visited the Northern Ireland Science Park Foundation (NISP).

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

  • New insights added to ground-breaking London 2012 website

    Valuable lessons on how to stage a global event have been added to an innovative and growing service for industry and the public sector.

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  • Trade: UK to work with businesses to improve livelihoods

    The UK Government will work with businesses to improve working conditions for farmers and workers in developing countries

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

  • Burma: Joint support for new education initiative

    The UK will work with Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education

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

  • Nearly one in three people on incapacity benefits capable of work

    Nearly a third of people on the old incapacity benefits have been found to be capable of some form of work since reassessment began.

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

  • Sale of invasive water plants banned to protect wildlife

    The sale of five invasive non-native aquatic plant species is to be banned in order to protect wildlife Environment Minister Richard Benyon.

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

  • Parents to have more choice of high-quality childcare

    Information on the government initiatives to improve state-funded childcare set out in the report ‘More great childcare’.

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

  • Press briefing - morning 29 January 2013

    The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Mali, boundary changes and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

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

  • It’s official: Learning improves career prospects

    New report finds that a third of men and nearly a third of women who participated in further education got a better job as a result.

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

  • Direct sellers - one month to settle tax bills

    People selling directly to customers and who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have one month to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) campaign.

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