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  • Iran: "voices other than those of the regime are brutally suppressed"

    As Iranians commemorate Journalist's Day, Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt talks about the ongoing oppression of civil liberties in Iran.

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

  • RAF and Navy strike numerous targets in Zlitan

    Two formations conducted a concerted strike on a former regime barracks and ammunition depot near the town of Zlitan yesterday, as well as a…

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

  • First colleges gain right to award own degrees

    The Privy Council has granted foundation degree awarding powers to the Corporation of Newcastle College and the Corporation of New College Durham…

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

  • Improving medicine use and cutting wastage to be tackled

    A new group set up to tackle the £300 million being lost every year in the NHS due to medicine wastage.

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

  • 16 hours a day on curfew

    Tougher community sentences will see offenders forced to spend longer in their homes, Crispin Blunt confirmed today.

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

  • London violence: "needless opportunistic theft"

    The Deputy Prime Minister said the government stood side by side with the victims in “utterly condemning” the rioting and looting.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning For 8 August 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: economy, PM's holiday, riots, EU referendum, hanging debate, quangos, MET Commissioner.

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

  • Fulfilling and rewarding lives: the strategy for adults with autism in England

    The first autism strategy for England marked a fundamental change in public services helping adults with autism to live independent lives and find work.

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

  • UK expresses concern over detention of prominent Belarusian human rights defender

    The Foreign Office's Europe Minister David Lidington has commented on the detention.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister expresses concern at detention of Ukrainian opposition politician

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has commented on the decision to detain the former Ukrainian Prime Minister and leading opposition figure, Yulia Tymoshenko, following her court appearance on 5 August.

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

  • Marine James Robert Wright killed in Afghanistan

    With sadness the Ministry of Defence confirms that Marine James Robert Wright, 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed in Helmand province on Friday 5 August 2011.

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  • New franchising programme

    Timetable for the re-letting of rail franchises released.

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

  • Green growth for British business

    Further steps on the path to a green economy that Government and businesses can take have been published to help economic growth.

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

  • MOD personnel move Afghan Police development forward

    Various MOD personnel from soldiers to the Ministry of Defence Police are helping move the Afghan Police from soldiering over to community policing.

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

  • UK businesses set to benefit from streamlined international patent process

    The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an existing scheme that can speed up the process of getting patents granted in participating countries…

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

  • Encouraging green growth: Government and businesses working together

    Greater clarity on what government means by a 'green economy', the policies being put in place to achieve this, and how they come together.

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

  • Equal pay test case

    Some media have reported on a UNISON press notice claiming that a London nurse won a landmark equal pay test case against City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust.

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

  • First public property map - councils could save billions

    A ‘demo’ map published today locates over 180,000 assets owned by almost 600 public sector bodies, including central government and 87 councils.

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

  • Response to coverage suggesting members of the armed forces will not benefit from being prioritised for the FirstBuy scheme

    My commitment to giving our brave troops priority for help onto the property ladder is far from phoney and it is misleading to suggest that …

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

  • Change of UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and World Trade Organisation in Geneva

    Miss Karen Elizabeth Pierce CMG has been appointed the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN and World Trade Organisation in Geneva.

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