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  • Welsh Secretary welcomes £200m end year flexibility for Welsh Assembly Government

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan today welcomed the Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s (CST) confirmation that the Government will …

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

  • Four new appointments to ACMD

    Four new appointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have been announced.

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  • New Politics

    The Deputy Prime Minister has outlined Government plans to reform elections to the House of Commons.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 5 July 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: the Deputy Prime Minister's statement on electoral reform, Prime Minister's Questions, Civil Service compensation, education/Treasury statements and miscellaneous it…

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

  • Department for Education addresses £1 billion of unrealistic inherited spending commitments

    Access to Michael Gove's letter outlining how and why £1 billion in reductions will be made.

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

  • £15 million government funding for green buses

    Additional £15 million funding for operators and councils to use low carbon buses.

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

  • Andrew Stunell launches mentoring scheme to unlock political talent

    Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today (5 July 2010) spoke at the launch of Operation Black Vote’s MP shadowing scheme.

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

  • Eric Pickles meets councillor James Bond and champions double devolution

    Moving decision-making power from central government to councils and communities.

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

  • Grant Shapps welcomes cash for housebuilding

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed the confirmation of £390 million to build over 8,500 new much-needed homes.

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

  • Chancellor appoints Dr Martin Weale as external member of the Monetary Policy Committee

    Chancellor announced that Dr Martin Weale has been appointed to succeed Kate Barker as external member on the Monetary Policy Committee.

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

  • Action to tackle unfunded spending commitments

    Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that four departments have agreed to reductions in unfunded spending commitments totalling £1.5bn.

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

  • Overhaul to England’s school building programme

    Information on Michael Gove's plans to overhaul school capital investment in England, including details of Sebastian James's review.

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

  • Britain's place in the world: Foreign Secretary's interview with Sky

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague was interviewed by Adam Boulton for Sky on Sunday 4 July 2010

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

  • Gove: New grant to double the number of top teachers in challenging schools

    Information on Michael Gove's decision to allow the expansion of Teach First into primary schools across the country.

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

  • Oil tanker explosion in Democratic Republic of Congo

    The UK's Minister for Africa has offered condolences on behalf of the British Government.

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

  • Minister welcomes appointment to Guatemala commission

    Jeremy Browne, Foreign Office Minister for Latin America, has welcomed the appointment of Mr Francisco Dall’Anese Ruiz, as Head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala.

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement on Lahore attack

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken about the attack in Lahore.

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

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at stories coming from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its network of posts this week.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Quartet Representative Tony Blair

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has met today with Quartet Representative, Tony Blair, to discuss the situation in Gaza and the wider Middle East.

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

  • Europe Minister 'deeply saddened' by violence in Mitrovica, Kosovo

    Minister for Europe, David Lidington MP, spoke today on the violence in North Mitrovica.

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