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  • 100,000 ‘Digital Champions’ to get Britain online

    The Cabinet Office has today announced the recruitment of 100,000 Big Society ‘Digital Champions’ by Martha Lane Fox.

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

  • Hundreds signed up to help older people ‘spring online’

    More than 1,500 organisations will give older people a free taste of using computers and the internet.

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

  • Tim Loughton to the Local Government Association/National Youth Agency conference

    The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families talks about hard times, great expectations and transforming services for young people.

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

  • New measure of pensioner poverty announced

    A new way of measuring older people’s quality of life will has been introduced by the Government today.

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

  • MOD scientists' work on life-saving armour honoured

    The nomination is for a ceramic protection system, which can be attached to vehicles to provide effective protection against hostile gunfire…

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

  • Second meeting of Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum

    The forum is part of the Government’s agenda to engage with business people to hear their views on boosting enterprise and promoting growth …

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

  • MOD scientists help shape Afghanistan operations

    A team from the MOD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has recently deployed to Afghanistan to help shape future NATO operations there.

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

  • Best of British Business receive Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

    A total of 156 Queen’s Awards have been announced this year. Overall, 102 companies have won awards for international trade, 44 for innovation…

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

  • Implementation of revised EU regulations announced

    The Government has today published its final plans for implementing changes to EU regulations on electronic communications.

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

  • Implementing revisions to EU regulations on electronic communications

    The Government today revealed how changes to the EU regulations covering electronic communications will be implemented.

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

  • Lord Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute

    Patrick Loudon McIain Stewart has been appointed as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute.

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

  • Top entrepreneurs help small businesses enter government “Dragons’ Den”

    Six of Britain’s top entrepreneurs have offered to help small businesses build their business proposals about better value services.

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

  • RAF Reaper reaches 20,000 hours over Afghanistan

    The RAF's Remotely Piloted Air System, the Predator MQ-9 Reaper, has notched up a landmark 20,000 operational flying hours over Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Office launches conflict minerals information for businesses

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham launched guidance for businesses dealing in the four minerals commonly known as conflict minerals - Cassiterite, Coltan, Wolframite and Gold.

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

  • International co-operation essential for e-privacy

    Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has called for international collaboration to produce a consistent set of rules covering e-privacy

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

  • CBI forum on e-privacy and the digital economy

    Today more than 40 million of us in the UK regularly use the internet, with 13 million of us able to get online anywhere, anytime through our…

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

  • £11 million testing facility to make air travel safer

    Chipir’ will be the first dedicated facility outside of the US to look at how silicon microchips respond to cosmic radiation. It will use an…

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

  • Tim Loughton to the Safe Network Conference

    The Children's Minister addresses the Safe Network Conference about the government's commitment to safeguarding children and reducing bureaucracy.

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

  • Body confidence campaign

    This speech was given by Lynne Feathersone at the Endangered Species International Summit at Royal Festival Hall in central London on 4 March 2011. This version is as written, not as spoken.

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

  • "The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Modern University"

    It is a great privilege to declare the enlarged British Academy formally open - and I am proud that BIS has supported this excellent refurbishment…

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