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  • Welfare Reform Act 2012: implications and challenges for local authorities

    Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • Call for views: birth-parent contact and siblings in care

    Details of a proposed change in the law to help place children at the heart of the care and adoption system.

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

  • British Parking Association president's reception

    Discusses plans to end private sector wheel clamping, measures to tackle abuses of the Blue Badge scheme and the year ahead.

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

  • DR Congo: All sides must work together to end instability

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell visits eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urges all parties to work towards a regional solution

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

  • Speech: Paul Burstow, King’s Fund, 18 July 2012

    Paul Burstow talks at the King's Fund.

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

  • NICE to assess high cost low volume drugs

    NICE are to take forward work to assess very high cost drugs for people who suffer with rare conditions.

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

  • Government publishes strategy for reforming payments services

    The Government has today published a consultation on the future regulation and governance of the payments industry.

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

  • Expeditionary diplomacy in a turbulent world

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Annual Conference of Ambassadors in Vilnius.

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

  • Address to the Centre for a New American Security

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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

  • 11 million under-saving Brits

    Almost 11 million Brits are facing inadequate retirement incomes according to new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

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

  • Jobs continue to be created leading to rise in employment

    The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further increase in the number of people in work and a fall in unemployment.

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

  • Repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England

    Information about the repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England.

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

  • Red Tape Challenge

    Written statement by the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State for Transport.

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

  • New powers give councils more control over local finances

    New details of measures that help councils boost local growth and that give them more control over their finances have been published by Local…

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Romanian Prime Minister

    Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the strategic partnership between the UK and Romania when he met the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta in Bucharest on 17 July.

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

  • Foreign Secretary's visit to Jordan concludes

    Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Jordan today. He held talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and visited the Bashabsheh refugee camp near the border with Syria.

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

  • "Deep and longstanding friendship" with Malawi

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has praised the friendship between Britain and Malawi on a recent visit to the country.

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

  • Chair appointed to the new Competition and Markets Authority

    Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “I am delighted to appoint David Currie as Chair Designate to the Competition and Markets Authority.…

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

  • Closure of HMP Wellingborough

    HMP Wellingborough will close by the end of this year, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke, announced today.

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

  • Implementation of the Penfold Review

    Consultation regarding easing processes for stopping up or diversion of a highway for property development.

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