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  • Greater equality for a stronger economy: speech by the Deputy Prime Minister

    The Deputy Prime Minister gave a speech on 13 November 2012 in which he announced new family-friendly policies to help working families.

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

  • 19th Regiment Royal Artillery receive Afghanistan medals

    Soldiers from 19th Regiment Royal Artillery received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals on Saturday 10 November after their deployment as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade in Helmand province.

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

  • Reform of flexible parental leave

    Parents will be able to share parental leave and revolutionise their lives at work and home.

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

  • Acas appoints new Chief Executive

    Vince Cable said: “Strengthening the relationship between the employer and the employee is a key element in this Government’s approach to…

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

  • Mums and dads will share parental leave

    Under the new system of flexible parental leave, parents will be able to choose how they share care of their child in the first year after birth…

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

  • Olympics delivered £7.3 billion win through construction of Park

    Sport, community and regeneration legacy plans from Olympic and Paralympic Games also on track.

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

  • London 2012 construction's £7.3 billion impact on UK economy

    Independent report shows sport, community and regeneration legacy plans are also on track.

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

  • Providers announced for online identity scheme

    Successful providers chosen to design and deliver a secure online identity registration service.

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

  • Flexible parental leave to revolutionise parents’ lives at work and home

    Radical reforms will allow both parents to share up to a year's leave to look after their new-born children, Nick Clegg announced today.

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

  • An integration nation: breaking down the barriers

    Baroness Warsi’s speech to Operation Black Vote at the Young Foundation.

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

  • 2012 Community Covenant Conference

    Swapping ideas and experiences and sharing best practice were all themes of the 2012 Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • New trade envoys and business investment to boost trade links

    In a speech to the Lord Mayor’s banquet at the Guildhall, he will also announce a new £8 million pilot project to strengthen the capacity of…

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

  • Global Entrepreneurship Week: Ministers recruit entrepreneur advisors during biggest ever celebration of enterprise

    The biggest ever celebration of entrepreneurs kicks off today with the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2012.

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

  • Learning mirrors pay rise boost to happiness

    That was one of the findings from research carried out by leading academics into the benefits of adult learning, commissioned by the Department…

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

  • Captain Walter Barrie killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Walter Reid Barrie from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 11 November 2012.

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  • More Government support pledged to help young people escape benefits

    A new programme for young people who have never had a job or little recent work experience to help them escape a life on benefit.

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

  • Eric Pickles acts to limit town hall chiefs' golden goodbyes

    The legal minefield that can pressure councils into giving large pay offs to chief executives they want to dismiss is to be ended.

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

  • Government frees councils to tackle homelessness

    Housing Minister Mark Prisk announces new rules to house homeless people and help cut waiting lists.

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

  • Closing patrol bases in a cost-effective way

    Sorting out the stuff that is returned from patrol bases in Afghanistan is a salvager's dream writes Ian Carr from Camp Bastion's 'Warlike Scrap' yard.

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

  • Government to invest £20 million in synthetic biology

    Synthetic biology aims to design, engineer or replicate biological systems, for example biosynthetic insulin, which first went on sale on 1982…

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