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  • Invest in the UK business minister tells manufacturers at Paris Motor Show

    Mark Prisk will be asking an international line up of manufacturers and suppliers attending the Reception at the British Embassy to take a fresh…

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

  • The Feed-in Tariffs (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) Order 2010

    The Feed-in Tariffs (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) Order 2010 provides for the total cost of the FITs scheme to be shared among …

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  • Francis Maude sees Big Society in action

    Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has visited a groundbreaking social enterprise at Leatherhead Community Hospital.

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

  • DFID helps Uganda's most vulnerable people

    The UK government is supporting a new social protection programme in Uganda which will help to lift the country's most vulnerable people out of poverty.

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

  • Major flooding exercise to test emergency response in England and Wales

    Exercise Watermark will trial responses to a range of scenarios which could occur during a flood emergency.

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

  • Theresa May on making cities safer

    To mark World Habitat Day, the Home Secretary has told the Metro newspaper what changes in Britain’s towns and cities she would like to see.

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

  • Lord West reappointed as a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum

    The Prime Minister has reappointed Admiral the Lord West of Spithead as a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum. His second term of appointment will run from 1st July 2010 to 30thJune 2014.

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

  • M1 motorway improvements announced

    M1 capacity and safety improvements given go-ahead.

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

  • New rules for town hall papers

    Eric Pickles announces proposals to tighten up the publicity rules for councils so they guard against campaigning with public funds.

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

  • New rules rein in town hall freesheets and use of lobbyists

    New proposals to stop taxpayers’ money being squandered on town hall newspapers or hired lobbyists have been announced by Communities Secretary…

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

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Yemen

    Mr Jonathan Wilks has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen.

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

  • Tackling climate change is essential to our security and prosperity

    In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Foreign Secretary William Hague said that climate change underpins our security and prosperity.

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

  • UK Special Representative for Climate Change visits Colombia

    John Ashton, the UK’s special representative for climate change, will be visiting Colombia on 29 September to ratify both country’s commitment to deal with climate change

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

  • Record-breaking counter-IED operator awarded George Medal

    A soldier credited with dealing with more improvised explosive devices than any other British operator in history has been awarded the George Medal for his bravery.

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

  • Family affair - father and son's paths cross in Helmand

    The paths of a father and his son have crossed in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, as one tour ends and another begins.

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

  • RAF Search and Rescue team rescues fisherman off the Falklands

    A Falklands-based RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) team battled storm-force conditions recently to airlift a critically-ill man from a fishing trawler, after the ship's captain made an SOS call, more than 200 miles (320km) fr…

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

  • Akrotiri medical centre a 'step change' for healthcare

    Service families based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus will soon be accessing medical and dental services in a newly-constructed integrated treatment facility.

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

  • General Richards visits HMS Albion

    The visit was part of General Richards’ Royal Navy briefing day to familiarise him with the role of the Royal Navy before he takes up his next…

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

  • Gibraltar Air Cadets fly over UK

    This year, the Gibraltar Cadets spent their first week at RAF Shawbury in the north of Shropshire. Training at RAF Shawbury is conducted by …

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

  • Mark Prisk explores finance options for smaller firms

    The Government is committed to increasing the range of finance options available to businesses that are often reliant on bank lending for credit…

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