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  • "No stone unturned" - Francis Maude unveils millions in efficiency savings

    Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has today promised to leave “no stone unturned” in the hunt for more efficiency savings.

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

  • UK no longer an easy target for benefit and tax fraud

    The UK will not be a soft touch for professional benefit and tax fraudsters.

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

  • NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting

    The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and the Armed Forces Minister, Nick Harvey, met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels yesterday for meetings with Foreign and Defence Ministers from the 27 other NATO nations.

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

  • Pakistan and its international partners meet to discuss floods assistance and economic recovery

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Stephen O'Brien attended the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) meeting in Brussels today.

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

  • Deputy PM's speech: Putting a premium on fairness

    The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg made a speech at Spires Junior School, Chesterfield about social mobility and access to opportunities.

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

  • Improving efficiency and transparency: DCMS cuts quangos

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced today that 19 of its 55 public bodies are being abolished or reformed

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

  • Improving efficiency and transparency: DCMS cuts quangos

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced today that 19 of its 55 public bodies are being abolished or reformed.…

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

  • Police minister on cutting crime

    Nick Herbert has told Police Review magazine that like the public, he expects the police to focus crime fighting, not form writing.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister's speech on Putting a Premium on Fairness

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s speech “Putting a Premium on Fairness” delivered at Spires Junior School, Chesterfield.

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

  • BIS partner bodies streamlined

    Changes announced to create greater efficiency and clarity in the way government works.

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

  • Review of public bodies by the Cabinet Office

    As part of the Government’s commitment to increase the transparency and accountability of all public services, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, today summarised plans to substantially reform a large number of its Public Bodies.

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

  • Reform of competition and consumer bodies

    These proposals are part of the Government-wide work to increase the transparency and accountability of Public Bodies, announced by the Minister…

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

  • Business partner bodies streamlined

    After a thorough and detailed analysis of its partner organisations the Department has identified which bodies to retain and those that will…

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

  • Big Society strategy for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises

    Building a Stronger Civil Society, a strategy to support charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises, was unveiled by Nick Hurd.

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

  • Public Body Review published

    Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has today summarised plans to reform a large number of public bodies, or quangos.

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

  • James Brokenshire's speech on crime and retail crime

    The minister delivered this speech on 13 October 2010 to the British Retail Consortium Annual Retail Crime and Loss Prevention Conference.

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

  • Public bodies announcement

    Defra has been examining its network of arm's-length bodies (ALBs) to increase accountability, improve efficiency and reduce their number and cost.

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

  • Health, work and well-being specialists

    A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • DfE to close arm's length bodies to improve accountability

    A breakdown of the Department for Education's (DfE) plan for its arm's length public bodies, including details of those that are to close in an effort to increase accountability, transparency and efficiency.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 14 October 2010

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Chile, Zimbabwe, Linda Norgrove, quangos and pensions.

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