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  • Benefit fraudsters warned they face tougher penalties

    Ministers will be able to fine benefit cheats up to £2,000, with a minimum penalty of £350 without having to take them to court.

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

  • TA medics return from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospitals.

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

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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

  • Smuggler caught with heroin hidden in underwear

    A Portuguese man who tried to smuggle more than £800,000 of heroin into the UK hidden in his underwear has been jailed for five years.

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

  • Attributing the costs of health & social care Research & Development (AcoRD)

    The Department and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) announce the publication of new guidelines for attributing the costs…

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

  • Save lives: Clean your hands

    New cases of MRSA bloodstream infection have dropped by 41 % and C. difficile by 30% across the NHS in England since 2009/10. The decrease …

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

  • Hammond - UK would welcome enhanced defence relationship with Germany

    Mr Hammond was hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations) in Berlin, and his speech was…

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

  • Scotland Act 2012 available online

    The new Scotland Act brings about the largest ever transfer of financial powers to Scotland since the creation of the UK.

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

  • Francis Maude speech at the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) in Estonia

    Francis Maude made a speech at the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) in Estonia on 3 May 2012.

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

  • Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

    Shared Lives schemes (formerly known as adult placement schemes) offer people aged 18 and older the opportunity to live an ordinary domestic…

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

  • Charging for non-residential care

    Non-residential care is care, other than in a care home, usually in peoples’, own homes.

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

  • Charging for residential care

    Local authorities are required to arrange residential care in a care home for people who are in need of such care and are unable to arrange …

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

  • Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

    Shared Lives schemes (formerly known as adult placement schemes) offer people aged 18 and older the opportunity to live an ordinary domestic…

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

  • Local authorities’ responsibilities for charging

    Each local authority has powers, under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948, to arrange social care services for people living in its …

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

  • Public access to publicly-funded research

    I am very grateful for this opportunity to set out the Government’s approach to accessing and publishing research findings. We are very fortunate…

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

  • Smarter and greener defence

    Speech by Gerald Howath, Minister for International Security Strategy.

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

  • 2012/05/02 - Shared Security: Transforming Defence to Face the Future

    Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the British Embassy, Berlin (hosted by German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)), on Wednesday 2 May 2012.

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

  • MOD begins Warcop consultation

    The original undertakings were given at a public inquiry held in 2001, and were intended to safeguard the future status of the land in the event…

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

  • Public access to publicly-funded research

    David Willetts sets out the benefits of making publicly-funded research free to access.

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

  • 37 years for £4.9m drug smugglers

    Two men have been jailed for a total of 37 years after being found guilty of smuggling drugs with an estimated street value of £4.9 million.

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