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  • 14 November 2012, Jeremy Hunt, Age UK

    Thank you Michelle [Mitchell, Charity Director General]. I want to talk today about a great challenge facing our society. A challenge even…

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

  • Campaign to Protect Rural England annual lecture on transport and the countryside

    Speech by the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • Reform of flexible parental leave

    Parents will be able to share parental leave and revolutionise their lives at work and home.

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

  • Mums and dads will share parental leave

    Under the new system of flexible parental leave, parents will be able to choose how they share care of their child in the first year after birth…

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

  • Open Up! Technology, innovation and open government

    Bringing technology, innovation and open government together.

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

  • Open Up! Technology, innovation and open government

    On 13 November the Department for International Development and Omidyar Network hosted Open Up! - a conference on technology, transparency and…

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

  • Flexible parental leave to revolutionise parents’ lives at work and home

    Radical reforms will allow both parents to share up to a year's leave to look after their new-born children, Nick Clegg announced today.

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

  • Soldier from 1 SCOTS killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) was killed in Aghanistan on Sunday 11 November 2012.

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement on the death of Sir Rex Hunt

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "I was very sorry to hear of the death of Sir Rex Hunt. As Governor of the Falkland Islands he served his country and the Falkland Islanders with great distinction."

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

  • Global Entrepreneurship Week: Ministers recruit entrepreneur advisors during biggest ever celebration of enterprise

    The biggest ever celebration of entrepreneurs kicks off today with the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2012.

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

  • Parliamentary statement on the BBC Trust and George Entwistle

    Monday 12 November 2012 The BBC is a global British institution, of huge importance and value to millions of licence fee payers and people …

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

  • Free-flow charging technology at Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing

    Response to the Daily Telegraph on a news story about free-flow charging technology at the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing.

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  • Government to invest £20 million in synthetic biology

    Synthetic biology aims to design, engineer or replicate biological systems, for example biosynthetic insulin, which first went on sale on 1982…

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

  • Edward Davey comment on Australia joining Kyoto second committment period

    UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey statement on the news that Australia is ready to join the Kyoto second commitment period

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

  • New £1m initiative to boost disability sport

    Sport England invests in community sports clubs to make them more inclusive as part of Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All scheme.

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

  • Action on Ash Tree Disease Chalara

    The effort to address the ash tree disease Chalara will mobilise the general public and focus attention on trees that show resistance to the…

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

  • Dept for International Development ends lease on Palace Street HQ

    A deal enabling the Department for International Development (DFID) to move from Palace Street to Whitehall will save taxpayers £62.5 million.

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

  • £5.4 million volunteering fund to benefit charities

    Health and Social Care charities are to benefit from an injection of £5.4 million to support local health and care programmes, Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announced today.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss calls for a renaissance in maths

    The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key stage 2 tests.

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

  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, to the Royal Society

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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