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  • Going for growth means going for green

    06 February 2012 Deputy Prime Minister and new Energy and Climate Change Secretary to visit green homes testing site Offshore wind industry…

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

  • Bid to become a Portas Pilot

    Struggling towns and cities across England are being handed the chance to breathe new life into their ailing high streets.

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

  • Explanation of UNSC Syria vote by Ambassador Lyall Grant

    Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Lyall Grant, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council Adoption of a Syria UNSCR, 4 February 2012.

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

  • Royal Welsh soldiers prepare for Afghanistan

    More than 300 soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh have recently been put through some final battlefield training scenarios in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

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

  • Government invests £30 million to modernise local charity support services

    The beneficiaries of a new £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced.

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

  • Response to article in the Metro on repossessions

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps responds to article in the Metro on repossessions. Dear Sir By lumping together statistics on the evictions …

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

  • Europe in a changing world

    Speech given by Minister for Europe, David Lidington, at the New Economy Forum, Madrid, Spain on the 1st February 2012

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

  • Minister's Winter Warmth Appeal

    2 February 2012 As the big freeze grips the country, pensioners and the most vulnerable are being urged to take advantage of a government grant…

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

  • £1 billion cash boost for pro-growth communities

    Communities with ambitions for economic growth have today been rewarded with a cash boost of nearly £1billion to get their projects off the …

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

  • Housing takes centre stage in economic recovery plans

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today highlighted how the Government’s action to get Britain building again will play a vital and central role…

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

  • Housing update

    I would like to make a statement to update Hon. Members on the Coalition Government’s action on housing, following the publication of our …

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

  • Written ministerial statement by Charles Hendry on the 27th offshore oil and gas licensing round and the strategic environmental assessment (sea) post adoption process

    1 February 2012 I am pleased to inform the House that I am today inviting applications for petroleum licences for unlicensed seaward blocks…

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

  • UK Business Secretary visits Northern Ireland

    Vince Cable to visit technology companies and manufacturers in Belfast.

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

  • Business set to benefit from new intensive coaching programme

    The programme will provide small and mid-sized businesses with coaches who will work with senior management teams to help them develop and deliver…

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

  • UK Business Secretary visits Northern Ireland

    The Secretary of State will officially open a flagship research facility in East Belfast - the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites Centre (…

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

  • Over £1 billion investment secures future of new waterways charity

    This unprecedented funding for a new charity paves the way for the launch of the new Canal & River Trust later this year.

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

  • Police grant report: England and Wales 2012 to 2013

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 31 January 2012 by Nick Herbert and the House of Lords by Lord…

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

  • Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, at the Euromoney Conference

    Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Cutting costs for councils and business

    Streamlining processes for local councils and the Highways Agency for traffic restrictions proposed.

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

  • Over 150 councils already pledging to freeze or cut Council Tax

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today praised councils that have already signalled they intend to help hard pressed families cope with…

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