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  • General Petraeus visits British Gurkhas in Afghanistan

    General David Petraeus, commander of all international troops serving in Afghanistan, visited 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles in southern Helmand last week.

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

  • Family friendly working - next steps

    Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey has set out plans to make it easier for people to balance their work and family life.

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

  • British military training team to train Ukrainian Army personnel

    Military personnel from the British Military Advisory and Training Team will start training officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the 1st Mechanised Battalion of the 30th Mechanised Brigade in Novograd-Volynskiy…

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

  • Careers guidance service helping adults take next step

    The Next Step website is part of comprehensive support programme, which also includes face to face and telephone services, offering advice to…

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

  • More than 60 councils open books to armchair auditors

    Local authorities that don’t put their spending detail online are denying the public the right to hold their council to account, Secretary of…

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

  • Professor Munro’s review of child protection: analysis of the problems

    Professor Eileen Munro identifies areas for improvement in her first report of the review of the child protection system in England.

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

  • PM challenges Departments to slash energy use

    Building on the Government's commitment to reduce emissions across the central government estate by ten per cent, the Prime Minister has today challenged Departments to compete to reduce the energy used in their departme…

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

  • Irish Guards take over Afghan Army mentoring role in Helmand

    The Irish Guards have taken over the responsibility of partnering an Afghan National Army (ANA) brigade from their colleagues in 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) this week.

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

  • Royal Navy tests Merlin helicopters

    A detachment of Royal Navy aircrew and engineers have spent a week thoroughly testing the Merlin helicopter's sensors and weapons to ensure that aircrew are ready for any operational deployment that they may be tasked wi…

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

  • Family friendly working – next steps

    Mr Davey signalled the Government’s intention to bring forward ambitious proposals to create more flexible, family friendly workplaces. He announced…

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

  • Government removes barrier to public data use

    The government has relaxed current licensing provisions on public sector information, making it faster and easier to re-use it.

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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 EuroFi

    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

  • Public Affairs Cymru speech

    Speech to the National Assembly for Wales at Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay.

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

  • New era of politics will benefit Wales, says Cheryl Gillan

    The coalition Government’s ambitious five year plan will change Wales for the better, Secretary of State for Wales told members of Public Affairs…

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

  • Children in care and children in need statistics

    Children's Minister Tim Loughton responds to published figures regarding children in (local authority) LA care at the end of March 2010 and children subject to a child protection plan in 2009 to 2010.

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

  • DFID Research: Chronic Poverty Research Centre: ten years of war against poverty

    Chronic Poverty is a varied and complex phenomenon, but at its root is powerlessness. Poor people expend enormous energy in trying to do better for themselves and for their children

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  • New civil engineer rail summit

    Speech about the need to change how railways are run and the reforms being undertaken by government.

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

  • Key role for apprenticeships

    Thank you David and good morning everyone. Group Training Associations England’s role in ensuring that GTA’s collective potential is harnessed…

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

  • Climate and Energy Security Envoy engages Canadian audience

    Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti speaks on why climate security matters in podcast with Canada's Carleton University.

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

  • Skills Minister sets out Government commitment to apprenticeships

    He told an audience at the Group Training Association England annual conference that the Government was firmly committed to expanding apprenticeships…

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