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  • Longest-serving female sailor retires from Royal Navy

    The longest-serving woman in the history of the Royal Navy has retired from active service following a 34-year career.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister concerned at ban on protests in Bahrain

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has commented on the ban on all rallies in Bahrain

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

  • Foreign Office Minister raises violence in Rakhine state with Burmese Embassy

    Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire calls in Burmese Charge d'Affaires to discuss concerns.

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

  • Action to boost employee ownership sector approved

    The Government wants to help boost the size of the sector, by ensuring employee ownership is more widely understood and easier to establish.…

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

  • Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were killed in Afghanistan on Tu…

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  • John Hayes comment piece, Guardian newspaper

    Accounting for around half of all infrastructure investment in the UK, the energy sector is crucial to all of our economy, supporting jobs and…

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

  • Ministers welcome Hitachi new nuclear investment programme

    Between 4 and 6 new nuclear plants to power up to 14 million homes over 60 years Up to 12,000 jobs during construction at Wylfa on Anglesey…

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

  • Short list for UK’s £1bn CCS competition announced

    Four bidders have been short listed for the next phase of the UK’s £1bn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition. The UK is providing funding…

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

  • Investment in new Nuclear: Comment piece by John Hayes in the Telegraph

    The entry of Hitachi into the UK’s nuclear market is great news for our energy security and even greater news for our economy as a whole. Between…

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

  • Justine Greening: Gender in the post-2015 agenda

    Speech by the International Development Secretary delivered to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade in London

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

  • Freud: Universal Credit switch will be simple for most –  but we must prepare early

    New research shows the majority of claimants are ready to manage their own money.

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

  • Welsh Secretary welcomes Hitachi new nuclear investment programme

      Between 4 and 6 new nuclear plants to power up to 14 million homes over 60 years Up to 12,000 jobs during construction at Wylfa on Anglesey…

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

  • More criminals to pay back legal aid

    New measures to help put a stop to convicted criminals who avoid paying back their legal aid bills have been put out to consultation today.

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

  • Government clamps down on legal aid dodgers

    Tough new measures to make sure convicted criminals pay back legal aid have been put out to consultation by Chris Grayling.

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

  • Privy Council appointments

    Appointments for The Right Honourable Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and The Right Honourable Lord Justice Treacy.

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

  • Extensive work begins on historic Earnscliffe residence

    The British High Commissioner confirms restoration of the Canadian historical site will continue until spring 2013.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister speech: delivering the regional renaissance

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech at an event jointly hosted with the Centre for Cities on 29 October 2012.

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

  • Guild of Travel Management Companies conference

    Discusses the need to improve the UK's transport infrastructure.

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

  • Statement on West Coast Main Line and franchising

    West Coast Main Line and rail franchising statement updating the House on progress.

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

  • Helicopter masterclass for airborne medics

    Airborne medics have trained with an RAF Chinook helicopter to refresh the specialist air skills that make them unique.

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