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  • Nicky Morgan announces children’s social work reforms

    The Education Secretary addresses the National Children and Adult Services conference.

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

  • Edward Davey opens West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm

    Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey opened West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm today, an important contribution to our energy infrastructure.

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

  • Government ministers shadow young people at work

    Ministers across Whitehall experience a day in the life of young people leaving care as part of National Care Leavers’ Week.

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

  • Press briefing: morning 30 October 2014

    …The Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson answered questions on a drugs study, Employment Support Allowance and a Jerusalem holy site.…

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

  • MAXIMUS appointed to carry out health assessments for the Department for Work and Pensions

    MAXIMUS Health and Human Services Ltd has been awarded the contract to undertake health-related assessments, DWP announced today (30 October 2014).

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

  • National Citizen Service launches in Wales

    Hundreds of young people from Rhondda, Cardiff, Swansea and Carmarthen are getting involved in a life-changing youth movement this autumn.

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

  • British Defence Secretary visits India

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will visit New Delhi on 30 October.

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

  • New Chief Executive for Skills Funding Agency

    Skills Minister Nick Boles today announced the permanent appointment of Peter Lauener as the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency.

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

  • Number of Scottish workless households falls

    ONS figures released today have shown that the number of workless households in Scotland has fallen by 38,000 over the last year.

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

  • Number of children in workless households hits record low

    The number of households where no one has a job has plummeted, new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

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

  • New What Works Centre for Wellbeing

    An independent centre is being set up dedicated to making policy and services work for wellbeing.

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

  • £2 million fund to tackle homophobic bullying in schools

    Organisations urged to come forward with ideas to stamp out homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.

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

  • 35 new free schools providing more than 22,000 places announced

    New schools announced alongside a survey of free school headteachers.

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

  • World War 1 centenary commemoration

    The UK plans to mark the centenary of the First World War (WW1) both in the UK and abroad.

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

  • Business leaders headlining at UK Investment Summit announced

    Businesses are backing this autumn’s UK Investment Summit Wales 2014, which will explore how new technologies are fuelling business growth.

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

  • Troubled Families programme turning 117,000 lives around

    Eric Pickles welcomes latest success of the Troubled Families programme.

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

  • Reforms to the firefighters' pension scheme

    Regulations setting out the terms of the reformed firefighters’ pension scheme, and consultation on fitness standards and assessment.

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

  • Government and industry join together to tackle late payment

    Leading businesses and the public sector have come together to make sure suppliers are paid on time and treated fairly.

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

  • Macedonia: Supporting British business

    The UK is among the top 5 trading partners of Macedonia. Here are 3 case studies showcasing how our Embassy in Skopje supports British business.

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  • Tesco pledges support for UK Armed Forces

    Tesco becomes the first supermarket to sign up to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.

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