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  • Latest ESA assessment figures show majority fit to work

    The latest figures show that 54 per cent of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

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

  • EU Foreign Ministers discuss suspension of sanctions on Burma

    EU Foreign Ministers met in Luxembourg today. Top of the agenda was the suspension of sanctions against Burma.

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

  • Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP; Improving spending control

    Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on improving spending control.

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

  • Bringing child maintenance under direct Ministerial control

    An order has been laid in Parliament today to bring the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission back under direct Ministerial control.

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

  • Prime Minister's message on Burma

    "I welcome today's decision by our EU partners to support the UK's call to suspend sanctions against Burma."

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

  • Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, on the IMF spring meetings

    Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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

  • Foreign Secretary expresses concern at violence in Bahrain

    Foreign Secretary William Hague called for restraint in dealing with protests when he spoke to the country's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Muhammad al Khalifa earlier today.

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

  • Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights

    The UK is hosting a high-level conference on the European Court of Human Rights

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

  • Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP; SCDI London: “Influencers Dinner"

    Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Brighton Declaration on ECHR reform adopted

    Kenneth Clarke has announced that the UK has negotiated a landmark agreement on reform of the European Court of Human Rights.

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

  • UK delivers European court reform

    The UK’s pledge to reform the European Court of Human Rights has been successfully fulfilled, Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke announced today

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

  • Press briefing - morning 20 April 2012

    The Bahrain Grand Prix, Abu Qatada, IMF Funding and Lords Reform were among topics discussed at the 10 Downing Street press briefing.

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

  • Speech by the Minister of State for Northern Ireland The Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP at the Presbyterian Conference

    British Society and Citizenship Challenges Today

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

  • Pensions in the spotlight for Red Tape Challenge

    Current private pensions regulations are being put in the spotlight this week, as part of the Government’s ‘Red Tape Challenge’.

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

  • UK Government leads reform talks

    Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke today opened key international talks on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights.

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

  • Downing Street hosting the self-build boom

    New help for self home builders launched at most famous address in the country A package of new support to give as many people as possible …

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

  • Transport Times aviation conference

    Discussing the government’s policy framework to allow the aviation industry to flourish, by tackling the debt crisis and supporting growth.

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

  • HEFCE annual conference 2012

    I’m delighted that HEFCE has chosen this wonderful venue for its annual conference. This great college has trained, amongst others, Gustav Holst…

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

  • Foreign and Defence Secretaries attend NATO meeting in Brussels

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced £70 million a year funding for the Afghan National Security Forces after British combat operations end in Afghanistan in 2014.

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

  • UK sets out objectives as joint chair of global partnership on global government

    The UK will use its 18-month co-chairmanship of the international Open Government Partnership (OGP) to make the partnership a force for global change.

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