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  • Park homes reforms: February 2011

    …The Minister for Housing and Local Government (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps): I announced on 14 July 2010 that I intended to bring forward in Parliament…

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

  • Grant Shapps to unlock tenants' right to manage their homes

    England’s four million council housing tenants hold the key to improving their own neighbourhoods, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said today…

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

  • Defence Secretary on the Military Covenant

    The Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, here explains what the MOD is doing to support our serving personnel and veterans and why rebuilding the Military Covenant is so important.

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

  • Irish Guardsman hunts down insurgent across minefield

    An insurgent bomber, caught red-handed laying deadly improvised explosive devices, is facing a life of imprisonment after a British soldier from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards gave chase across a minefield to catch him.

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

  • Public to enjoy £10 million worth of treasures saved from export

    Hardy, Dyce and Walker national treasures to remain in public collections

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

  • Public to enjoy £10m worth of treasures saved from export

    National treasures worth just over £10 million have been saved from export in the past year.

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

  • ‘The Creative Ecology’: Speech at State of the Arts

    State of the Arts conference, London

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

  • 'Can do' councils come to fore

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles praises ‘can do’ councils who are acting to protect frontline services and local Council Tax payers.

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

  • Government's commitment to the Military Covenant

    There is widespread media coverage today reporting claims that Prime Minister David Cameron is reneging on his pledge to write into the law of the land the Military Covenant, the bond between the nation and her Armed Forces.

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

  • Government gives boost to UK life sciences sector

    UKCMRI will be one of the most significant developments in UK biomedical science for a generation.

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

  • Humber Gateway offshore wind farm given go-ahead

    The Yorkshire and Humber region could benefit from jobs and investment as E.ON was granted permission to construct a 230MW wind farm off the…

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

  • Michael Gove to the National Conference of Directors of Children's and Adult Services

    The Education Secretary on the coalition plans for education, including how schools will be identified for the Academies programme.

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

  • Tim Loughton delivers the Edith Kahn Memorial Lecture

    The Children's Minister talks about altruism, the Big Society and the function volunteering has in communities.

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

  • Tim Loughton to Community Care Live

    The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families talks about the Government's aim to reduce bureaucracy in social work.

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

  • Nick Gibb to the SSAT National Conference

    The Minister for Schools talks about the schools White Paper and the government's agenda for reform in schools.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 9 February 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: prisoner voting, military covenant and Sure Start.

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

  • New boost for community ownership as Government releases central hold on local assets

    Local communities will get the freedom to sell, rent or share community owned assets bought with central government money, such as council buildings…

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

  • Foreign Secretary visits Middle East & North Africa

    Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Tunisia and Jordan as part of his regional tour to support the UK's vital interests in the region and help develop more stable and democratic societies.

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

  • British journalist's exclusion from the Russian Federation

    On 8 February Minister for Europe David Lidington made a statement in parliament in relation to the exclusion of British journalist Luke Harding from the Russian Federation.

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

  • Minister meets next generation of computer game developers

    Ed Vaizey visits UK university highlighted as a leading light by industry review.

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