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  • DFID research: New Publication: Empowerment: A Journey not a Destination

    Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Programme launches the findings and recommendations from five years of research in London next week.

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

  • PM announces new focus on quality and nursing care

    A new drive to free up nurses to provide the care patients and relatives expect has been announced today by Prime Minister David Cameron 

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

  • Department of Health statement on breast implants and response to expert group report

    Expert group on breat implants led by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has concluded that the advice given by the MHRA still stands

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

  • Nick Gibb speech on school improvement

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s speech to the North of England Education Conference.

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

  • 'Patients not paperwork'

    The Prime Minister will today set out the government's aim to improve quality in the health service

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

  • Councils given the freedom to stop people playing the social housing system

    The sense of injustice associated with the system for social housing is finally coming to an end, Housing Minister Grant Shapps said today. …

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

  • The UK's contribution to freeing Libya

    At its peak the UK had around 4,000 personnel, 37 aircraft and four ships committed to the operation to support Libyan civilians under threat from Colonel Gaddafi's regime.

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

  • Royal Engineers earn time with newborn babies after busy Helmand tour

    The Royal Engineers from 63 Works Group, part of 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group, were part of a 58-strong team including civil,…

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

  • Advice on appointment of directors of public health

    Advice on the appointment of directors of public health and on transferring those already in post from the NHS has been issued by the Department…

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

  • Secretary of State’s speech to the Oxford Farming Conference

    I spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference for the first time last year when I shared with you the new Coalition Government's priority to support British food and farming.

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

  • Business leaders back Youth Contract

    Nick Clegg: "Every employer, from global corporations to small local firms, can get involved."

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

  • Waitrose wins Big Society Award

    Community Matters Scheme has now donated £10 million to charity.

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

  • Next phase of local public audit

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps today published the next steps on the road to a more efficient and accountable local audit system that…

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

  • Our Hi-Tech Future

    Economic Growth Growth is the Coalition’s highest priority for 2012. It is going to be a year of serious economic challenges. We are better…

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

  • Stabilisation personnel hone skills in Botswana

    UK military and civilian personnel have taken part in a training exercise in Botswana to hone their stabilisation skills, which will be used in Afghanistan, while also helping the government of Botswana to prepare for civil …

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

  • Soldiers first - the role of Army photographers

    Army photographers have an important job in communicating and recording military activity. But they are very much soldiers first. Report by Leigh Hamilton.

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

  • David Willetts speech – Our hi-tech future – Policy Exchange, Westminster, 4 January 2012

    **Economic Growth ** Growth is the Coalition’s highest priority for 2012. It is going to be a year of serious economic challenges. We are better…

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

  • Britain's solar energy boom is built on unsustainable foundations (Guardian article by Greg Barker)

    You can’t miss Britain’s solar energy boom. Solar panels generating electricity adorn tens of thousands of British homes, providing clean green…

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

  • Rifleman Sachin Limbu dies in UK from wounds sustained in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Rifleman Sachin Limbu, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Monday 2 January 2012.

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  • Rural and farming networks to provide hotline to the heart of government

    The Networks bring together people from rural communities, rural businesses and the food and farming industries.

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