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  • Major international study shows England’s 15-year-olds performing poorly in mathematics, science and reading

    Michael Gove comments on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study of schools systems from around the world.

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

  • Transparency and privacy review announced

    Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has today announced a review of the impact of transparency on privacy.

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

  • Business in the Community speech

    Prime Minister David Cameron's speech to the Business in the Community Leadership Summit in London on 2 December 2010.

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

  • Construction and the low carbon challenge

    According to a new report the UK construction industry must undergo huge change to meet the low carbon challenge.

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

  • Construction industry must undergo huge change to meet the low carbon challenge

    The Innovation and Growth Team (IGT), which is drawn from the construction industry, was tasked by the government to consider how the construction…

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

  • R&D spend of leading UK companies holds up during downturn

    The R&D Scoreboard is an annual investigation of the top 1,000 UK and top 1,000 global corporate investors in research and development. Spend…

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

  • Michael Gove to the National College Annual Conference, Birmingham

    The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, addresses the National College’s Annual Conference in Birmingham.

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

  • Michael Gove to Westminster Academy

    The Secretary of State sets out his vision for future education policy at a Teach First event at Westminster Academy.

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

  • Tim Loughton to the Annual Leaving Care Conference

    The Children's Minister talks about the government's plans to improve conditions for children in care.

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

  • Government explores the future challenges and opportunities of computer trading in financial markets

    A Foresight project will explore how computer generated trading in financial markets might evolve over the next decade or more.

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

  • Cloud computing offers real economic benefits, says Minister

    The Minister outlined the potential of the new technology at the third annual UK-China Internet Forum, which was held at the Department for …

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

  • Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, to PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • 100 councils open their spending to public scrutiny

    This week South Ribble Borough Council has become the one hundredth local authority to put its spending data over £500 online.

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

  • Guardsman Christopher Davies killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Guardsman Christopher Davies, from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, serving with Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North), was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 17…

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  • Get online week 18-24 October

    Encouraging millions more internet users in the UK by 2012.

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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

  • Education at the heart of growth

    I don’t think it will come as a major surprise to anyone here that the UK has been through a massive economic shock, and that it now faces a…

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

  • ISAF troops play top Afghan women footballers

    Women's football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and the top female players recently played a match with British and other ISAF female troops based in Kabul.

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