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  • £1.3 billion funding deal for the post office

    The Government has today announced funding over the next four years to maintain and modernise the Post Office network.

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

  • Postal Services Bill Second Reading – Vince Cable Opening Speech – 27 October 2010

    Mr. Speaker, I beg to move that this Bill be read a second time. INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, let me begin by making it clear why we are here…

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

  • £1.3 billion funding deal for the Post Office

    Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “The Post Office network is a cornerstone of British life. Our £1.3 billion funding package will reverse…

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

  • John Hayes calls for a new arts and crafts movement

    John Hayes believes that it is time to debate the way practical skills are taught, learnt and valued, and wants to hear your opinions.

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

  • Government invests £200M in technology centres

    More than £200m will be invested by the Government in a network of elite Technology and Innovation Centres to drive growth in the UK's most high-tech industries

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

  • "The craft so long to lerne": Skills and their Place in Modern Britain

    Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for coming. The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, is probably the…

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

  • Skills Minister calls for a new Arts and Craft Movement

    The minister was at the RSA where to deliver a speech on how practical and skills have evolved through history and the role they must now play…

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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

  • 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

  • Review on Corporate Governance & Short-Termism opens

    The call for evidence launched today, ‘A Long Term Focus for Corporate Britain’, aims to investigate issues including; the problems of short…

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

  • Vince Cable Speech: CBI - 25 October 2010 - Check against delivery

    It will also be different because it would be wrong for me to deliver a “business as usual” speech. We have been through a massive economic …

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

  • HEFCE Annual Conference

    Good afternoon. It has been a crucial ten days for the development of higher education in our country. I am very grateful to HEFCE for this…

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

  • Improving Britain’s Competitiveness

    Introduction Good morning. I am delighted to be here. Today, we are meeting to discuss how to make the UK more competitive. This is a key…

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

  • Leadership appointments in key higher education bodies

    Tim Melville-Ross is reappointed as Chair of the Board of HEFCE for a further three years from 1 January 2011. The new SLC non-executive chair…

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

  • David Willetts comments on UCAS statistics

    “In a year of unprecedented demand for higher education funding we kept our commitment to fund an additional 10,000 student places. There were…

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

  • Industry-led group to help redeploy high skilled defence workers

    The Skills and Jobs Retention Group will be chaired by Allan Cook, the current chairman of SEMTA (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering…

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