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  • Public Body Review published

    Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has today summarised plans to reform a large number of public bodies, or quangos.

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

  • James Brokenshire's speech on crime and retail crime

    The minister delivered this speech on 13 October 2010 to the British Retail Consortium Annual Retail Crime and Loss Prevention Conference.

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

  • Enforced returns to Zimbabwe will resume

    Failed asylum seekers with no right to be in the UK can now be returned to Zimbabwe, the government told parliament today.

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

  • End of suspension of enforced returns of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe

    Baroness Neville-Jones: My hon Friend the Minister for Immigration (Mr. Damian Green) has today made the following Written Ministerial…

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

  • Publication of DWP research report 695: the feasibility of constructing a race equality index

    Government should publish information to understand how pro-active businesses are in promoting race equality in recruitment and promotion.

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

  • Health, work and well-being specialists

    A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • Welsh Secretary congratulates Team Wales on success in Delhi

    As the Commonwealth Games comes to a close in Delhi today, Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has congratulated Team Wales on their …

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

  • DfE to close arm's length bodies to improve accountability

    A breakdown of the Department for Education's (DfE) plan for its arm's length public bodies, including details of those that are to close in an effort to increase accountability, transparency and efficiency.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 14 October 2010

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Chile, Zimbabwe, Linda Norgrove, quangos and pensions.

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

  • Public Body Review published

    Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has today summarised plans to substantially reform a large number of Public Bodies across government

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

  • Councils should recognise the valuable role of the voluntary sector

    Councils should make best use of the voluntary sector’s ability to deliver effective and innovative local services when managing future budgets…

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

  • Tenant Services Authority to be abolished: new powers for tenants to improve social housing

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced the abolition of the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), preserving its vital economic regulation…

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

  • Financial Secretary to the Treasury announces changes to restricting pensions tax relief

    Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, announced a reduction in the annual allowance for tax-privileged pension savings.

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

  • Town hall waste and duplication

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction In a speech ahead of the government’s spending review the Secretary of State highlights…

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

  • Townhall waste and duplication

    In a speech ahead of the government's spending review the Secretary of State highlights concerns that councils are effectively "letting money slip through their fingers".

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

  • Safeguarding the future of Royal Mail

    Today the Government laid out plans to protect two cornerstones of British life - the Royal Mail and the Post Office.

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

  • Foreign Office notes concern at sentencing of human rights defender Abdallah Abu Rahma

    On 11 October Abdallah Abu Rahma was sentenced to 12 months in prison. The Foreign Office has issued a statement commenting on this development.

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

  • Ukraine and the European Union: What next?

    Minister for Europe writes in Ukrainian newspaper "The Den" ahead of his visit to the country.

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

  • Frustrations, setbacks, fatigue and successes - mentoring the Afghan Army

    Major Mark Suddaby was one of around 400 soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) who have been in Afghanistan for…

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

  • Post Office could be mutualised

    The announcement was made as the Government put its plans before Parliament to secure vibrant futures for two cornerstones of British life -…

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