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  • Care home residents to keep DLA/PIP mobility

    Disabled people living in residential care will continue to have their additional mobility needs met through DLA and PIP.

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

  • Fulfilling potential: disabled people asked to shape Government policy

    Disabled people and their organisations invited to help shape future policy and develop a new cohesive cross-government disability strategy.

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

  • First of £3 million Government funding given to disabled people’s user-led organisations

    The first awards to support grassroots disability organisations have been announced today.

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

  • Disability Rights UK launch

    Speech by the Rt Hon Maria Miller MP.

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

  • Sham brides and grooms jailed

    Bogus brides and grooms have been jailed this week for their part in a series of sham marriages across the country.

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

  • Keep warm this winter

    Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker is today calling on pensioners and those on low incomes to make sure they’ve claimed for the …

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

  • British Consulate: We're not directory enquiries

    Recent enquiries received by Foreign Office staff in Spain include a request for Phil Collins' telephone number, whilst a man asked staff to contact his dominatrix after she had left him stranded at the airport.

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

  • Co-production: working with disabled people from the outset

    A speech by Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People.

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

  • UK secures important breakthrough on management of fish stocks

    The European Commission today agreed that fishing quotas will not be subject to an automatic cut by the EU if data about individual stocks is insufficient.

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

  • Equality for disabled people

    Speech by Maria Miller MP.

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

  • Putting families at the heart of government

    The Government is inviting views on plans to bring the child maintenance system back into the heart of government.

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

  • The wider welfare agenda

    Speech by Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People

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

  • Recruitment Industry Initiative

    Speech by Maria Miller MP.

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

  • MOD civilians help keep RAF flying over Libya

    UK forces based in Italy working to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 are being supported by a small team of dedicated MOD civilians, working hard to make sure costs to the UK taxpayer are kept down.

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

  • Tackling hunger in Karamoja

    How UK aid is helping Uganda's poorest people to grow their own food and move away from emergency handouts

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  • Minister urges employers to help break the disability glass ceiling

    Over seven million disabled people in the UK are being prevented from getting jobs or reaching their full potential.

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

  • Three years for sham marriage 'fixer'

    Abiola Abdulkareem was arrested as the wedding of Idowu James Ojomu from Nigeria and French national Maria Deroff got underway.

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

  • New Director of Independent Living and the Office for Disability Issues appointed

    Jeremy Moore has been appointed as the new Director of Independent Living and the Office for Disability Issues.

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

  • Strengthening the UK-Colombia relationship

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin at Carlton Gardens on 13 July.

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

  • Government publishes consultation response on the future of child maintenance

    Today the Government is responding to the consultation on the future of child maintenance.

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