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  • Developing options for the most effective transfer of the audit commission

    Local councils were today updated on Government plans to secure a value for money transfer of the Audit Commission’s in-house practice into …

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

  • Grant Shapps calls on communities to start building their vision for their local area

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today called on communities to start laying the foundations for the future developments they would like to…

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

  • Positive reaction to new powers brings more communities eager to bring growth, jobs and homes to their neighbourhood

    Dozens more communities eager to test radical new rights that will give local people much greater ability to bring growth and shape development…

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

  • Land Warfare Conference

    Speech delivered by Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy.

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

  • Teabags or travel insurance?

    The Foreign Office urges travellers to reassess their priorities when visiting friends and family overseas as packing items such as teabags are considered before taking out travel insurance.

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

  • UK welcomes announcement of a National Dialogue and the lifting of the State of National Safety in Bahrain

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said it is now critical that there is concrete change and genuine political reform, to ensure long term stability in Bahrain.

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

  • British welcome new Estonian Company to Helmand

    Colonel Andrew Jackson, the Deputy Commander of Task Force Helmand, welcomed a new Estonian Company to Camp Bastion this week.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes Ratko Mladic’s transfer to the Hague

    Minister for Europe David Lidington said this is an "important day for all those who suffered and lost loved ones during the terrible conflicts of the 1990s".

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

  • Baroness Wilcox launches Peer to Patent in the UK

    During the six month pilot up to 200 applications in the computing field will be gradually uploaded for review on the website. These will include…

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

  • Making travel safer in cyberspace

    Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office and cyber security, made a keynote speech at a conference in London.

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

  • New immigration removal centre

    An immigration removal centre for detaining people while their removal from the UK is being organised has been officially opened today.

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

  • New immigration removal centre opened in Lincolnshire

    A new immigration removal centre, Morton Hall, has been officially opened by the immigration minister Damian Green today.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 1 June 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Care home abuse, Southern Cross, FIFA, Prisons, Libya, Economy, Olympic tickets, Health.

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

  • Change of British High Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

    Mr Andrew Ayre has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns violence in Yemen

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned the violence in Yemen on 29 May.

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

  • Op OMID HAFT clears insurgents from Loy Mandeh area of Afghanistan

    British forces from all three Services have supported hundreds of Afghan soldiers in carrying out a major operation to clear insurgents from one of their last remaining strongholds in central Helmand.

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

  • UK troops help Afghan Army seize insurgents and weapons

    The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) has helped Afghan partners undertake an operation in an insurgent stronghold of Helmand that has resulted in a substantial weapons find and a number of insurgents being detained.

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

  • Residents pool together to save community baths

    Derbyshire has got its first new swimming pool for 25 years thanks to the actions of some community minded locals.

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

  • British Ministers focus on energy security and trade

    Lord Howell addresses the International Energy Forum in Riyadh

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

  • Global Energy Challenges: now and in the future

    Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell discussed aims to enhance oil price stability and the economic problems of sustained high oil prices in a speech to the International Energy Forum.

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