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  • Town halls could save £660 million a year with better pension management

    Proposals aim to reduce investment management overheads and improve accountability.

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

  • Schools best at helping disadvantaged pupils to share £4 million prize fund

    The government announces the 2015 Pupil Premium Awards for schools that do the most to help disadvantaged pupils.

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

  • Cycle City Leeds: simpler, safer cycling for everyone

    Making cycling simpler and safer whilst cutting congestion for everyone.

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

  • 'Lost' Welsh village unearthed by injured military personnel

    Injured military personnel have helped unearth an abandoned village as part of an archaeology project which aims to help their recovery.

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

  • HRC: 19th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Geneva, 28 April to 9 May 2014

    Statement by the UK Mission Geneva on the Universal Periodic Review of Portugal, 30 April 2014.

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

  • UK-Japan Joint Statement

    As part of a two day visit to the UK by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, the UK and Japan released the following joint statement.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets with Pakistan Prime Minister

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and announced the opening of a new Deputy High Commission in Lahore.

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

  • New agreement to help UK companies win work at Tokyo Olympics

    Memorandum of Cooperation between the UK and Japan on the planning of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2019 Rugby World Cup to be signed.

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

  • World Dementia Council meets for the first time

    Council to champion dementia research and development and unlock investment around the world.

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

  • UK and Japan collaborate to tackle climate change & promote energy security

    The UK and Japan will increase their cooperation to tackle international climate change and energy security issues, including energy efficiency, nuclear energy and renewable energy policies.

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

  • Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery, closing remarks

    On 29 and 30 April the UK and US hosted the Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery to help the people of Ukraine recover their stolen assets.

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

  • Lord Nash speaks about unlocking the power of academies

    Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools speaks at the Academies Show about unlocking the power of academies.

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

  • UK hosts international conference on clean cooking

    International conference examines impact of cooking with solid fuels on traditional cookstoves and open fires.

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

  • New hospital to be built in Cambridge

    Papworth hospital, a leading specialist heart and lung hospital, will move from its current location outside Cambridge onto the Addenbrooke’s hospital site in the city.

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

  • New fund to help vulnerable young people

    Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd has announced more than £2.5 million funding to change the lives of vulnerable young people.

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

  • £7600 to make your home more energy efficient

    Households carrying out energy efficiency improvements on their home can now get more money back to offset the cost of having the work done.

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

  • First school opens under Priority School Building Programme

    The first school to be rebuilt as part of the government’s building programme has opened to its pupils.

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

  • Education spending

    A statement by the Minister for Schools announcing plans for a second phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).

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

  • Communications contract secures 140 jobs in Wales

    More than a hundred jobs in south Wales are being sustained by a £364 million investment in military communications.

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

  • Transcript: Magna Carta Lecture 2014

    Foreign Minister Julie Bishop delivered the 2014 Magna Carta Lecture: A new paradigm in development assistance – harnessing the private sector

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