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  • UK to help drive low carbon revolution

    Two new public-private partnership projects to generate renewable energy in developing countries, removing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and powering up to four million rural homes in Africa, will …

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

  • Climate change

    Speech by Andrew Mitchell, International Development Secretary, at a Climate and Development Knowledge Network event at British Council on 18 November 2010.

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

  • Featherstone: socio-economic duty 'weak'

    Lynne Featherstone tells parliament why the government is scrapping controversial rules that would have forced public bodies to look at ways of tackling inequality caused by class.

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

  • National Taxi Association

    Discusses how we can support passengers, taxis and private hire vehicles through appropriate local regulation and the Equalities Act.

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

  • ICSA Transparency in Governance Awards

    Introduction I am delighted to join you for the Transparency in Governance Awards this evening. The UK has been a pioneer in developing…

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

  • Association of Colleges annual conference

    Thank you Kirsty [Wark] and good afternoon everyone. WB Yeats said that education was “not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a …

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

  • International Security in a networked world

    The Foreign Secretary's 4th and final speech on Britain's foreign policy delivered at Georgetown University on 17 November 2010.

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

  • HMS Portland returns home from Atlantic and Pacific patrols

    Friends and family welcome home HMS Portland as she returns from a successful seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea.

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

  • Big Society plans for better public services

    Employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front-line staff who want to take over and run services as mutual organisations.

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

  • New rights and support for staff mutuals

    Employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front line staff who want to take over and run services as mutual organisations.

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

  • Theresa May's equality strategy speech

    This speech was delivered on 17 November 2010. Political content has been removed and the text here is as written, not as delivered.

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

  • Socio-economic duty to be scrapped

    Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.

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

  • Socio-economic duty to be scrapped

    Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.

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

  • Francis Maude speech unveiling new support for mutuals

    Speech by the Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, unveiling new support for public service 'spin-outs'.

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

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech at The Economics of Nature: Taking stock, sharing action event

    Caroline Spelman’s speech at The Economics of Nature: Taking stock, sharing action event.

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

  • Unemployment rate in Wales falls for third consecutive month

    Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has welcomed latest employment statistics showing a fall in the unemployment rate in Wales for the third consecutive…

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

  • Presidential statement from Security Council debate on Sudan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered the Presidential Statement at the United Nations Security Council debate on Sudan on 16 November.

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

  • 90th anniversary of the Association of Wrens celebrated

    A service of commemoration and rededication for the Association of Wrens was held in this, their 90th anniversary year, at the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, at the weekend.

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

  • Royal Navy explodes World War Two bomb in Plymouth

    A Second World War bomb that caused disruption when it was discovered during excavation work in Plymouth city centre last week was dealt with by the Royal Navy's Devonport-based bomb disposal unit.

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

  • Trial begins for suspects in the death of human rights defender in Democratic Republic of Congo

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that he hopes justice is delivered quickly as the trial for suspects in the death of human rights defender Floribert Chebeya starts.

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