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  • £10m LIBOR boost to support emergency services

    LIBOR fines allocated to help support 200,000 emergency services personnel and volunteers.

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

  • Huge interest in first ever energy capacity market auction

    Over 500 separate applications received, ensuring a competitive auction and securing future electricity supplies at the lowest possible cost to billpayers.

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

  • New lane to cut congestion on A38 near Exeter

    Work on a £9.3 million scheme to provide an extra lane to ease congestion at one of Devon’s busiest junctions will start in October.

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  • Work to start on £2.7 million A38 Manadon junction improvements

    Work to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety at the A38 Manadon junction in Plymouth will begin on 6 October.

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  • Black History Month 2014: message from Nick Clegg

    The Deputy Prime Minister recognises the achievements of African and Caribbean men and women in Black History Month.

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

  • Winners announced for the Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund

    14 uniformed youth groups will benefit from round 1 of the £10 million Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund. Round two of funding is now open.

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

  • Tackling Ebola in the DRC

    The UK supports the Congolese government to tackle Ebola

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

  • South London mental health trust rolling out package of improvements

    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust will now be providing consistently high quality care to people using its services following a Monitor investigation.

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  • Trade Minister urges oil and gas firms to export

    Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Livingston, saw how the North East is leading the way in the oil and gas industry on a visit to Tyneside.

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  • David Gauke's speech to the Securities Industry Conference

    …'The government has taken the right decisions to create a competitive tax system that encourages growth and investment', he explains.…

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

  • More support for armed forces unsung heroes

    Hundreds of armed forces families are launching small businesses thanks to a programme aimed at supporting our service personnel.

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

  • Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

    Foreign Secretary announces Alex Younger as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.

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

  • Brandon Lewis welcomes law to give greater protections to tenants

    New rules require letting agents to join a redress scheme, to ensure tenants have a straightforward option to hold them to account.

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

  • Major milestones for Beacon Barracks project

    A £150 million project to turn Beacon Barracks into a major hub for the UK's armed forces has marked 2 significant construction milestones.

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  • Whitehall palaces: a thing of the past

    The Government Estate Strategy sets out plans to reduce the number of government buildings in central London by more than 80%.

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

  • Opportunities for London’s financial services sector

    Speech given at the Insurance Institute of London Lecture to representatives from the Financial Services industry.

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  • New dawn for town hall transparency ensures taxpayers get the data they deserve

    Councils will have to be open about how they spend parking profits, clamp down on fraud, and collect rubbish as part of new wave of transparency.

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

  • £9.4 million to boost low carbon heating

    More homes and businesses could soon be heated by a range of low carbon technologies, such as heat pumps, energy from waste, recovered industrial heat or heat taken from landfill.

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

  • High streets to battle it out to be named top of the shops

    Towns and villages around Britain are set to battle it out after making it onto the shortlist for the Great British High Street Awards.

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

  • African nations unite for lifesaving training to tackle drowning epidemic

    Lifesavers and swimming experts from 14 African countries, united with the shared goal of saving lives from drowning, have travelled to Zanzibar where they will today (22 September) begin two weeks of intensive training …

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