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Updated Between 1 January 2012
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  • Food: Innovative technology to boost African farming

    Britain backs new scheme to boost food security and nutrition in Africa through technology

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

  • Level playing field for UK pig farmers

    Sow stalls have been illegal in Britain since 1999 but they will not be outlawed in the rest of the EU until the beginning of next year.

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

  • Review needed of livestock transport

    Rules surrounding transportation must be based on existing and emerging scientific evidence so as to reduce the stress that long journeys may cause animals.

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

  • The UK takes another step to protect endangered sharks

    Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon announced today.

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

  • New director appointments to the NHS Commissioning Board

    Lord Adebowale, Margaret Casely-Hayford, Dame Moira Gibb and Naguib Kheraj have today been confirmed as four new Non-Executive Directors of the NHS Commissioning Board.

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

  • Final expert report on PIP breast implants published

    The NHS Medical Director’s expert group, which has been looking at PiP breast implants has today published its final report.

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

  • Future of free nursery milk secured

    Plans to secure the future of a fair and cost effective way to offer free milk to all nurserychildren was set out today by Public Health Minister Anne Milton as she launched a consultation on how the scheme operates.

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

  • Alzheimer’s Society training programme in care homes aims to reduce antipsychotic prescriptions

    An Alzheimer’s Society training programme is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK.

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

  • Guidance on the health visiting career published

    Guidance on the health visiting career has been published today for commissioners, practice educators, line managers, service leads and newly qualified health visitors, including all those who have responsibility for the ski…

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

  • Sir Bruce Keogh updates GPs and medical directors on PiP breast implants

    Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, has updated GPs and medical directors on PIP silicone breast implants, in light of the final report of…

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

  • Community payback offenders make a difference

    Nick Herbert saw first-hand today how offenders are spending their community sentences building a river path and improving local habitat.

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

  • Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) breast implants: final report of the Expert Group - letters from Bruce Keogh

    Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) breast implants: final report of the Expert Group - letters from Bruce Keogh.

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  • All Party Parliamentary inquiry report into children missing from care: government response

    The Department's statement responding to the All Party Parliamentary report on runaway children in care.

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

  • Prime Minister's Speech at Mexico G20

    "Europe and the advanced economies can reform and avoid the sclerosis of low growth and low competitiveness."

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

  • Press briefing - morning 18 June 2012

    Free nursery milk, the Eurozone and the G20, the Leveson Inquiry, and Boris Johnson's comments on a third runway at Heathrow were among topics discussed at this press briefing.

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

  • Prime Minister in Mexico

    Prime Minister David Cameron has attended the G20 Summit in Mexico. Read the wrap up below.

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

  • UK to get world-class creative tax breaks

    UK’s creative industries will benefit from tax reliefs that are among the most generous in the world under government plans announced today.

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

  • Joint Exchequer Committee

    The Joint Exchequer Committee met today in London.

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

  • 079/2012 - Celebrating Fathers’ Day in Afghanistan

    Deployed dads across Afghanistan’s Helmand province have received a welcome morale boost as Fathers’ Day cards have been delivered to the operational theatre, thanks to the British Forces Post Office.

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

  • Foxhound arrives in Afghanistan

    The first of the British Army's new Foxhound vehicles have arrived in Afghanistan.

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