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  • Greg Barker’s opening speech RUK Wave and Tidal conference 2013

    Greg Barker reflects on the progress made in the marine sector in the last 10 years.

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

  • Historic day as fisheries ministers agree a date for discards ban

    Discards will become a thing of the past after the UK Government secured a historic victory in Brussels to set firm dates to introduce a ban.

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

  • Owen Paterson speech at the National Farmers Union Annual Conference 2013

    Owen Paterson speech at the National Farmers Union Annual Conference 2013.

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

  • Housing Benefit reform: Removal of the spare room subsidy: fact sheet

    From 1 April 2013, working age tenants living in social housing and receiving housing benefit will be affected by changes to their benefits.

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

  • Government takes action to cut red tape for coastal projects and investments

    Port development companies, marina builders, and smaller companies will benefit from less burdensome enforcement of regulation.

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

  • Better buses for Sheffield

    Sheffield is adopting a funding initiative which enables local authorities to tackle issues with bus infrastructure and traffic management.

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

  • Better Bus Areas

    Launch of the bidding process for designation of Better Bus Areas and how Sheffield is to be a trail-blazer of the project.

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

  • Better public building

    Speech given by Peter Hansford, on behalf of Francis Maude, about what government is doing to improve construction in the public sector.

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

  • Hoban – committed to further improvements to the Work Capability Assessment

    Senior occupational physician Dr Paul Litchfield appointed to carry out the fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment.

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

  • Fallon: No more ‘gold plating’ of EU laws

    Redoubling of action to set business free by cutting red tape

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

  • Businesses and families invited to shape process for shared parental leave

    Businesses and working families are invited to submit their views on how the system for shared parental leave and pay will work

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

  • Statistical update: Disability Living Allowance Claims

    Updated statistics on the number of claimants receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA) between February and May 2012 have been released.

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

  • Edward Timpson speaks about vulnerable children and the Children and Families Bill

    Children's Minister talks about how the Children and Families Bill will support vulnerable children and their families.

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

  • UK welcomes new peace agreement for eastern DRC

    Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds has welcomed the Peace and Security Co-operation Framework signed by regional African leaders today.

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

  • Cabinet Office responds to Independent article about the Civil Service

    Response to a comment piece in the Independent about expert advisers and morale among Senior Civil Servants.

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

  • Armenian Presidential elections: a step forward in democratic development

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington said the Armenian Presidential election marks another step forward in democratic development.

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

  • New appointments announced to DECC

    Ministers today approved the appointment of Robert Spedding to the Coal Authority, and announced the selection of the first Electricity Market Reform Panel of Technical Experts.

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

  • Death certification reforms update: newsletter issue 2

    Death certification reform (DCR): a case study on the potential impact on mortality statistics, England and Wales.

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  • More protection for whistleblowers announced

    The government today announced that the protections available to whistleblowers are to be strengthened further.

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

  • Letter from Energy Minister, John Hayes to the Telegraph

    Letter by John Hayes in response to an article by Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive of Ofgem

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