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  • Royal Marines ready for Afghanistan deployment

    650 men of 40 Commando Royal Marines (40 Cdo) have honed their skills with a final exercise on Salisbury Plain ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan with 4th Mechanized Brigade in October.

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

  • Funding boost for Hounslow's roads

    Hounslow's roads are set for a major upgrade as council benefits from funding.

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

  • Cash boost for communties supporting neighbourhood planning

    New funding to help communities bring jobs and homes to their neighbourhood using improved planning powers was announced today by Planning Minister…

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

  • UK Intervention at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague: "I call on all nations to make the contributions needed to save innocent lives in Syria and to support the neighbours of Syria."

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

  • Military torchbearers carry the Paralympic Flame

    A small team of military personnel will tonight carry the Flame in the final leg of the London 2012 Paralympic Games Torch Relay. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • New measures announced to help small employers take on apprentices

    The Education and Business Secretaries commissioned Mr Holt’s report in February to advise them on what more could be done to help SMEs take…

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

  • Last chance to submit bureaucracy-busting ideas to Civil Society Red Tape Challenge

    Charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations are being encouraged to tell government about unnecessary/ineffective regulation.

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

  • Olympic crimes brought to swift justice

    During London’s Olympics Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service acted efficiently and effectively to bring Olympic crimes to justice.

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

  • Appointment of Master of the Rolls

    The Queen has approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Lord Dyson as Master of the Rolls with effect from 1 October

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

  • Suffragan See of Beverley

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Glyn Hamilton Webster, SRN, to the Suffragan See of Beverley, in the Diocese of York

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

  • Preferred candidate selected for Chair of the Charity Commission

    William Shawcross CVO, has been selected as the government's preferred candidate for appointment as the new chair of the Charity Commission.

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

  • Clamp down on illegal encampments

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has called on councils to clamp down on illegal encampments and to stop unauthorised traveller sites being…

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

  • Recruitment of a Chairman for the Audit Commission Board

    The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, has announced Jeremy Newman as his preferred candidate for the position…

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

  • The UK set to unite in nationwide musical celebration to mark the end of the London 2012 Festival and the Games

    Coldplay anthem Viva La Vida will play out the last day of the Games at hundreds of bandstands across the UK as part of Bandstand Marathon.

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

  • £1.3 million to hand power back to tenants

    New programme will give social tenants voice to challenge local decisions The Housing Minister has unveiled a new fund of £1.3m to help give…

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

  • £2.9m to create 1,100 new jobs in the South West announced on rural roadshow

    Devon and Somerset is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • People too embarassed to consult GP about bowel cancer

    One in three people are embarrassed to talk to their doctor about poo even though having blood in poo is a key symptom of bowel cancer which can kill.

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

  • Consumers set to benefit from claims management crackdown

    Plans unveiled today will mean that Claims Management Companies that provide a poor service could be forced to pay compensation.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister appalled by massacre of civilians in Afghanistan

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has condemned the massacre of 17 civilians at a party in Helmand Province.

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

  • Minister condemns “brutal” massacre in Syria

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: "I am deeply concerned by emerging reports of a brutal massacre of civilians in Darayya"

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