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  • Transport Secretary gives go-ahead to new schemes and over £600 million more funding

    Major upgrades which will relieve congestion at a variety of places across the country.

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

  • Bob Neill responds to the Fire Brigades' Union decision to call a strike in London on bonfire night

    Fire Minister Bob Neill said: “The timing of this action appears to be deliberate to cause maximum risk to Londoners. This walkout is reckless…

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

  • Financial Secretary to the Treasury announces new tax-free savings account for children

    Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban, today announced that the Government will create a new tax-free children’s savings account.

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

  • Peter Connelly Serious Case Review reports published

    Children's minister Tim Loughton comments on the publication of the two serious case review (SCR) reports into the death of Peter Connelly.

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

  • Speech to Airport Operators' Association

    Speech by the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • Building long-term growth

    Government sets out plans to back British business and create "a new economic dynamismâ"

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

  • Education at the heart of growth

    I hope you will find this different from the sort of speech you have heard from Business Secretaries over the years. Partly because a year ago…

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

  • 2010/10/25 - SSAFA Industry Dinner

    Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) industry dinner on Monday 25 October 2010.

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

  • Two in five travellers risk being left with no cash on holiday

    Foreign Office issues advice as survey reveals that nearly half (42%) of British travellers carry all of their spending money with them at all times rather than leaving some in a hotel safe while abroad.

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

  • British Home Secretary arrives in Pakistan

    British Home Secretary, Theresa May, arrived in Lahore yesterday, Sunday 24 October, on her first visit to Pakistan in her role as Home Secretary.

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

  • MOD Police get on their bikes to save energy

    As Energy Saving Week begins, staff at the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency headquarters have been leaving their cars at home and getting on their bikes to help save energy.

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

  • HMS Astute returning to HM Naval Base Clyde

    HMS Astute was unable to free herself at first but refloated on the first high tide on Friday night. This was a non-nuclear incident and there…

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

  • Royal Irish soldiers build relationships in Helmand

    The 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Battle Group recently deployed to Helmand as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade and is forward mounted…

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

  • UK soldiers save Afghan girl shot by insurgents

    A young Afghan girl who was shot by Taliban insurgents as they attacked a British patrol in Helmand has been given lifesaving treatment by soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment.

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

  • Cadets mark national Trafalgar Day in London

    Sea Cadets led 550 young people from across the Cadet Forces as they celebrated the historic 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with a spectacular show in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 24 October 2010

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes EU Regulation on Iran

    The Foreign Secretary, William Hague welcomed the adoption today of an EU Regulation that implements tough, new sanctions against Iran.

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

  • Government launches new programme to make UK global partner of choice for R&D collaboration

    The Therapeutic Capability Clusters programme will develop three-way partnerships between the life sciences industry, clinicians and academics…

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

  • Rail agency boss stopped in her tracks

    The hearing at Norwich Employment Tribunal follows an investigation by the EAS, which is part of the Department for Business, Innovation and…

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

  • Government invests £200m in technology centres

    The centres, which were announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in a speech to the CBI today, will bridge the gap between universities and…

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

  • Willetts comments on sentencing of six animal rights extremists

    “It is unacceptable that campaigning for animal rights should involve criminal behaviour. The successful prosecution and sentencing of these…

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