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  • High Commissioner’s speech at HMS Argyll reception

    HE Mrs Marianne Young spoke at the cocktail function on board the navy frigate HMS Argyll, which called on the Walvis Bay port in May.

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

  • Deputy Governor attends Commonwealth public sector conference

    The Hon Anya Williams heads to the Commonwealth Secretariat Caribbean heads of public sector event in St Lucia this week.…

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

  • Government adopts 'Cloud First' policy for public sector IT

    The launch of an expanded G-Cloud supplier framework will support growth in cloud computing.

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

  • New measures unveiled to protect people if care providers fail

    New measures were announced today to protect people who rely on care services in the event their care home or service provider goes into administration.

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

  • Fund rewards high street innovation

    Local Growth Minister Mark Prisk announces that 7 towns will receive a share of the £1 million High Street Renewal Award.

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

  • Early warning system to protect against care home failure

    New measures, including financial checks on care providers, will for the first time protect people receiving care if their provider fails.

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

  • Senior British Cabinet Minister to lead healthcare mission to Mumbai

    Kenneth Clarke, UK PM’s Trade envoy for healthcare, to bring over 20 companies to India. He will be In Mumbai 6 & 7 May 2013.

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

  • Speeding up mobile broadband roll-out

    Essential to creating jobs, growing our economy, and a key part of ensuring that Britain wins the global race.

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

  • New funding to create state of the art facilities at two colleges

    Two further education colleges will receive new government funding in a multi-million pound revamp of their campuses

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

  • Appointments to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

    David Piccaver and Will Lifford have been appointed to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

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

  • New members for Public Health Advisory Board

    Four new non-executive members will join Public Health England’s (PHE) Advisory Board Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.

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

  • The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh meet Headley Court heroes

    The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday, 2 May, visited patients at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court.

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

  • £30 million investment in health research centre to tackle major diseases

    A new cutting edge research centre at the University of Oxford receives £30 million of government and private investment.

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

  • Launch of UK aid funded agricultural programme

    The substantial programme will work with more than 100,000 maize, vegetable and poultry farmers throughout Tanzania to strengthen markets and to improve farming practices.

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

  • Minister welcomes social investment collaboration between banks and charitable foundations ahead of G8 forum

    …New 'co-mingling' funds mix charitable and private capital to help deliver financial returns as well as social responsibility programmes.…

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

  • World Press Freedom Day

    The World Press Freedom Index ranks Vietnam near the bottom of their index (172 out of 176 countries).

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

  • Lupton Trust wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    The Lupton Trust is the latest winner of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award.

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

  • New randomised controlled trials will drive forward evidence-based research

    Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) will raise the bar in education and children’s services by increasing the use of quantitative evidence.

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

  • Governance and Transparency project achievements

    Prisma improves access to public services in health and education in Peru as well as provision of national identity cards through DFID funded project.

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

  • UK welcomes new countries to the Open Government Partnership

    Tim Berners-Lee and Francis Maude welcome 8 new countries to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) at a meeting in London.

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