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  • Power for councils to manage shared homes in their area

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced that councils will have greater flexibility to manage concentrations of shared housing in their…

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

  • Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria

    Mr Martyn Roper has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

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

  • Action to tackle poor value for money and unfunded spending commitments

    Chief Secretary announced which projects will be suspended and cancelled as part of a review of spending decisions taken since 1 January.

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

  • North review of drink and drug driving

    Drink and drug driving regulation review released.

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

  • Whither welfare

    Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.

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

  • Transport strikes in Greece

    Planned strikes will affect public transport in Greece today and tomorrow, 16 and 17 June 2010.

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

  • Working towards a world without nuclear weapons

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has spoken at the inaugural meeting of the European Leadership Network for multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

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

  • RAF Tornado pilots go straight into action in Afghanistan

    Newly arrived RAF Tornado pilots to Afghanistan have already flown over Helmand Province several times providing crucial support to coalition ground operations.

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

  • Armed Forces Minister visits troops in Afghanistan

    Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Nick Harvey MP, has undertaken his first visit to Afghanistan since he took up post in the Ministry of Defence last month.

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

  • Royal Marines open new Afghan Police Training Centre

    Royal Marines based in Sangin have opened a new police training centre for the Afghan National Police that they are training and mentoring.

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

  • Charles Hendry's speech to the Nuclear Industry Forum

    Introduction Thank you for inviting me here today. The Prime Minister, in his second day of office, came to my department. He tasked us with…

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

  • June Labour Market Statistics for Scotland

    The latest Labour Market Figures from the Office for National Statistics are released today.

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

  • Bid to keep unique Pierino da Vinci sculpture in the country

    The export of a unique bronze sculpture depicting a tragic scene from Dante’s Inferno has been put on hold.

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

  • Export ban on gem-set gold finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an extremely rare gold gem-set tiger’s head finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan.

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

  • Culture Minister defers export of historic silver-gilt mounted stoneware tankard

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a silver-gilt mounted Rhenish salt-glazed stoneware drinking tankard

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

  • Aid budget to be refocused to deliver better results

    The UK will focus its aid on fewer countries in a move designed to increase the impact of funding on the world’s poorest people

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

  • Delivering as One: UK speech from Minister of State

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

  • Go wild for wildlife!

    Volunteers from Defra’s helpline (outsourced to Vertex Data Science Ltd, based in Merseyside), as well as the Environment Agency and RPA / BCMS…

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

  • An inspiration to others

    At a London awards ceremony, Nick Herbert praises volunteer police officers and special constables for giving up their time to help others.

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

  • Tearing down the barriers to equal rights

    Theresa May today announced the start of an ambitious cross-government programme to tackle prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people.

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