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  • Queens Counsel in England and Wales 2013

    Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of 84 new Queen’s Counsel. The full list in seniority order is available below.

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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

  • Top ten reasons for Indians to visit Britain

    Transcript of speech by the British High Commissioner, Sir James Bevan, KCMG at a Visit Britain event in New Delhi on Tuesday 26 February 2013.

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

  • Foreign Secretary reaffirms UK support for Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary welcomes growing capability of the Afghan National Security Forces during meeting with Afghan Defence Minister.

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

  • Right to Buy sales double

    New figures today reveal a surge in the numbers of aspiring homeowners taking up the Right to Buy their council home.

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

  • Cutting of red tape to benefit research and development of new drugs

    Changes to the Patents Act will help the UK's world class life sciences industry remain at the forefront of innovation.

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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

  • Edward Timpson speaks at the Young Carers' conference

    Edward Timpson speaks about the importance of support for young carers.

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

  • Press briefing - afternoon 26 February 2013

    The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on enterprise zones, the economy, pensioner benefits and Sir David Nicholson.

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

  • Senior judicial appointments

    Appointment of The Rt Hon Lord Justice Toulson, The Rt Hon Lord Justice Hughes and Lord Hodge as Justices of the Supreme Court of the UK.

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

  • Ofsted to carry out focused school inspections in Portsmouth

    Teams of Ofsted inspectors have today begun a week of co-ordinated inspections in Portsmouth.

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  • Banking fines to fund Armed Forces charity projects

    Chancellor George Osborne has announced that a further £1.3 million will be given to causes and charities supporting the Armed Forces community.

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

  • Foreign Secretary and US Secretary of State press conference

    Foreign Secretary William Hague & US Secretary of State John Kerry held bilateral talks & co-hosted a press conference dominated by Syria.

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

  • Ministers visit Cumbria ahead of country’s first neighbourhood planning referendum

    Eden in Cumbria is to hold the country's first neighbourhood planning referendum next week.

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

  • British and French forces work together on artillery exercise

    A live firing artillery exercise is preparing soldiers from regular, reserve and French units for contingency operations.

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

  • £59 million fund to accelerate Enterprise Zone growth

    A new fund will deliver the infrastructure that Enterprise Zones need to become economic engine rooms and drive growth across the country.

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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