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  • Accessible shuttles set to carry 100,000 during Olympic and Paralympic Games

    Transport Minister calls service “a shining example of what can be achieved”

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

  • UK "disappointed" at verdicts in Bahrain activists' cases

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt spoke after a Bahraini court today upheld the sentences of 13 political activists who were orginally tried by a military court last year.

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

  • Lord Howell appointed as personal adviser to the Foreign Secretary on Energy and Resource Security

    The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford has today stepped down as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has been appointed as personal adviser to the Foreign Secretary on Energy and Resource Security.

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

  • Plans to recover bell of HMS Hood postponed

    A historic attempt to recover the bell of the Second World War battle-cruiser HMS Hood has been postponed due to bad weather.

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

  • Ex-RAF serviceman on his journey to the Paralympics

    Jon-Allan Butterworth was injured in the line of duty while serving in Iraq in 2007. He is now representing Great Britain again as a cyclist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Interview by Louise Gannon for the Mail on Sun…

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

  • Medic on life with British reconnaissance troops in Afghanistan

    A young medic from West Yorkshire is working with the 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force, an elite unit that operates in some of the most dangerous areas of Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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

  • Hundreds of Service leavers benefit from transition fair

    Around 500 soldiers from across the UK set to leave the Armed Forces have taken advantage of a groundbreaking fair to ease their transition to civilian life.

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

  • 31 Squadron Tornados head to Gulf for Ex Shaheen Star

    Royal Air Force personnel and aircraft from RAF Marham will shortly be departing for Exercise Shaheen Star, taking place in the United Arab Emirates later this month.

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

  • Lamb names employer for flouting the National Minimum Wage

    Leicester based hair and beauty salon owner, Mrs Rita Patel trading as Treena Professional Hair & Beauty, neglected to pay £3,361.22 in arrears…

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

  • UK should have fastest broadband network in Europe by 2015

    Jeremy Hunt’s speech on meeting the demand for higher broadband speeds.

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

  • Sir Peter Bazalgette appointed chair of Arts Council England

    Bazalgette to provide strategic leadership and act as an ambassador for the arts.

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

  • Sir Peter Bazalgette appointed chair of Arts Council England

    Sir Peter Bazalgette has today been appointed as Chair of Arts Council England.

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

  • New Environment Secretary, Minister of State, Parliamentary Under Secretary appointed

    The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP has been confirmed as the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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

  • Police pension scheme

    This written ministerial statement on reform to the police pension scheme was laid in the House of Commons on 4 September 2012 by Theresa…

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

  • Statement by Theresa Villiers MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

    New Secretary of State on her new appointment

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

  • IT agreement to save the taxpayer over £1 billion

    Savings of over £1 billion will be reinvested into the NHS following the Department of Health's legally binding agreement with CSC, suppliers of the Lorenzo healthcare IT system.

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

  • Views sought on how local authorities should consult on fluoridation schemes

    A consultation on what local authorities should do and who they should involve when considering water fluoridation schemes has been launched today by Public Health Minister Anne Milton.

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

  • New chair and non executives directors announced for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

    Professor Sir Gordon Duff has been appointed as the Chair of MHRA with effect from 1 January 2013.

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

  • David Jones appointed Secretary of State for Wales

    Clwyd West MP, David Jones has been appointed Secretary of State for Wales.  The Prime Minister has today announced that Mr Jones has been …

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

  • New Secretary of State announced

    Chris Grayling has today been announced as the Secretary of State for Justice following a Ministerial reshuffle.

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