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  • Prime Minister announces support for parents and families

    PM: "This Government is doing everything possible to support parents."

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

  • Jeremy Browne brings GREAT Britain to Japan

    With 75 days to go until London 2012, Foreign Office Minister visits to promote Britain as a GREAT destination

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

  • Enterprising students to discover new route to employment

    The Startup Career Milkrounds is part of the Government’s enterprise education package and will see the National Association of College and …

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

  • New figures reveal National Citizen Service on track to deliver £400 million in benefits to society by 2014

    For every £1 spent on National Citizen Service (NCS) up to £2 goes back to the communities and young people who took part, according to an independent report.

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

  • DFID research: Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund: Call for Proposals

    The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund has just launched its first call for proposals with a deadline of 4th June.

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

  • Jim Paice in China: diary of a trade mission

    Food and Farming Minister, Jim Paice, sends a daily update from his trade mission to China.

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

  • Somerset and Devon showcasing new opportunities in rural business

    Devon and Somerset is one of five regions selected by Government earlier this year to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • Revolutionary new Tram Trains to be piloted in South Yorkshire

    New Tram Trains in South Yorkshire to benefit passengers.

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

  • Elgin gas released stopped

    TOTAL has announced the gas release from the Elgin platform in the North Sea has been stopped. A dynamic kill operation has successfully used…

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

  • DFID research: Call for Rigorous Literature Reviews in Education

    DFID seeks multi-disciplinary research teams to undertake Rigorous Literature Reviews of existing evidence in areas of priority for DFID.

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

  • Charlie Taylor speaks about behaviour at the Academies Show 2012

    Charlie Taylor, the government's adviser on behaviour, speaks at the Academies Show on helping children who are in difficulty.

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

  • Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

    The Children's Minister speaks to social workers at the Community Care Live conference about the Government's progress in reforming child protection, fostering, adoption, the care system and the social work professio…

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

  • Armed Forces support Ten Tors teenagers

    Despite bad weather threatening to rain off the event, 2,400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 tackled treks of 35, 45 or 55 miles (56, 72 or…

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

  • HMS Montrose welcomed home from South Atlantic

    A rapturous welcome greeted the ship's company of Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose on Friday, 11 May, on their return to Plymouth from a six-and-a-half-month deployment to the South Atlantic.

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

  • Surveys show high value of apprentices

    The results are taken from the Apprentice Learner Survey of 5,000 apprentices and will provide fresh evidence of the real value of apprenticeships…

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

  • £400k boost for UK film production and a new approach to film education

    Government responds to the recent film policy review.

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

  • International Citizen Service: Young Scots to change lives

    Today young people in Scotland were encouraged to apply for a 'life-changing' volunteering scheme to help tackle poverty overseas.

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

  • Welsh Secretary hails ‘impressive’ British and Thai educational links

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has visited the British Council in Bangkok to learn more about educational links between Britain…

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

  • Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

    New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.

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

  • Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

    Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.

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