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  • Higher Croft Action Group wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Higher Croft Action Group, a passionate and dedicated group of volunteers who are making a real difference to the lives of young people in Blackburn, 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

  • Government to fund housing advice service for older people

    Making decisions to move home or change utility provider can be hard work and for some older people it can simply be too much.

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

  • £30 million lifeline for families trapped in abandoned streets

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced a £30 million lifeline to families trapped in abandoned streets due to stalled large scale housing…

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

  • People power in Liverpool beating neighbours from hell

    Housing and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps and Baroness Helen Newlove, on her first visit as an adviser for the Department, have today…

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

  • Employer's guidance for new agency laws

    Government publishes guidance to help employers prepare for the introduction of new rights for agency workers later this year.

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

  • The town that honours the fallen

    As the Queen bestowed Royal status on Wootton Bassett, the town's mayor Mary Champion explained why the caring locals turn out to honour fallen heroes.

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

  • MOD holds industry event for future UK military housing arrangements

    Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has held an industry event attended by around 90 businesses that have expressed an interest in managing, maintaining or supplying the UK's 49,000 military homes through the new N…

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

  • Agency Workers Regulations guidance published

    The guidance, which has been produced in partnership with a wide range of businesses, trade unions and recruitment agency representatives, will…

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

  • Home Secretary's response to 7/7 verdicts

    Theresa May will now consider the Coroner's report into the London bombings.

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

  • DFID Research: Check the fine print on land deals, conference participants urge

    A report from the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing hosted by the Future Agricultures Consortium at the University of Sussex 6-8 April 2011

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

  • Man jailed for smuggling heroin in baskets

    A 73-year-old man has been jailed for five years for attempting to smuggle heroin into the UK through Heathrow Airport.

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

  • "We will continue to fight against terrorism wherever it rears its head"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said we will use Britain's diplomatic weight in the world to support a new relationship with countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

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

  • Navy Search and Rescue man is finalist in Our Heroes awards

    A Royal Navy Search and Rescue crewman who has rescued over 600 people in over 800 emergency call-outs has been nominated as a finalist in a Scottish newspaper's prestigious Our Heroes awards.

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

  • Second meeting of Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum

    The forum is part of the Government’s agenda to engage with business people to hear their views on boosting enterprise and promoting growth …

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 4 May 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting, tube strike, Usama Bin Laden, Portugal, Libya, Coalition and Public Sector Reform.

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

  • Foreign Secretary pays tribute to journalists, bloggers and media organisations

    To mark World Press Freedom Day today, Foreign Secretary William Hague has given a statement.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister talks of using soft power in the interests of the UK

    Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell gave the Government's response to the House of Lords debate on soft power on 28 April.

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

  • Light aircraft drug smugglers jailed

    Three men who tried to smuggle drugs into the country have been jailed for a total of 42 years following a UK Border Agency investigation.

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

  • David Willetts commits to engaging public with science

    The Public Attitudes to Science 2011 survey finds that 82 per cent of people agree that “science is such a big part of our lives that we should…

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

  • Embassies celebrate Royal Wedding

    The UK’s missions around the world have run a wide range of activities to mark the big day and explain why modern Britain is such a creative, open, connected and dynamic country to live, work and visit.

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