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  • DFID Research: Leaning about democracy from developing countries

    Workshop gives local government and civil society leaders the opportunity to share their experiences of participation and local democracy

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  • Grant Shapps launches crackdown on housing fraud

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today launched a new national crackdown on tenancy cheats who unlawfully sublet their council or housing association…

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

  • Non-Executive Directors appointed

    Today the Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed two Non-Executive Directors to the Department’s Board. Sara Weller,…

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

  • Foreign Secretary answers foreign policy questions on Twitter

    Foreign Secretary William Hague answered questions about his first six months at the Foreign Office on 16 December via Twitter.

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

  • UK and Africa: Delivering Prosperity Together

    Full text of a speech delivered by Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham at Lancaster House, London on December 16, 2010.

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

  • BIS website wins Sitecore ‘Website of the Year’ award

    The award was given for the Department’s hard work building an innovative and engaging shared website platform for BIS and its partner organisations…

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

  • New powers to tackle gang problems

    New civil injunctions to prevent gang-related violence will come into effect next month Home Office Minister James Brokenshire announced today.

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

  • Learning Disabilities and Health Reform grant: the NHS Campus Closure programme - letter from Anne Williams

    The letter from Anne Williams, National Director for Learning Disabilities, to NHS and local authority chief executives outlines the arrangements for monitoring the final months of the campus closure programme.

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  • Members appointed to the Council for Science and Technology

    The Prime Minister today re-appointed 5 members, appointed 4 ex-officio members, and began recruitment of up to 10 new members to CST.

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

  • Government "open for business" as new barrier busting service launched

    Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark today launched a new service designed to help volunteers, community groups and social enterprises overcome…

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

  • Bosnia & Herzegovina: 15th anniversary of signature of Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement

    Foreign Secretary marks the progress made in the last 15 years and urges Bosnia and Herzegovina's politicians to approach constitutional changes in a 'constructive spirit of compromise and pragmatism'

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

  • Tackling bureaucracy in local communities

    A new service has launched to help volunteers, community groups and social enterprises overcome bureaucracy.

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

  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, at the Accounting for Sustainability Annual Forum

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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

  • Social workers to be placed on a more professional footing

    The Social Work Reform Board sets out a national set of professional standards outlining what social workers are expected to do.

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

  • Willetts: new qualification is an extra rung on the ladder of opportunity

    “BTECs that are equivalent to GCSEs and A levels lead to higher earnings because employers respect them. But students cannot currently study…

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

  • Government and voluntary sector agree new Compact

    A renewed Compact - an agreement governing relations between government and civil society organisations in England has been published.

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

  • How to Note on Electoral Assistance

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

  • Greenwich Leisure Ltd wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Greenwich Leisure Limited is the latest winner of the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.

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

  • Two-tier code withdrawn

    Francis Maude has withdrawn the two-tier code, which regulated the employment benefits of certain staff, replacing it with the new Principles of Good Employment Practice.

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

  • Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances

    A letter from Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to Frank Field MP.

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