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  • Minister of State participates in volunteering day

    Minister of State for Northern Ireland Hugo Swire spent time on a volunteering day at Tor Bank School Belfast.

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

  • HRH The Earl of Wessex visits Lagan College Belfast

    Lagan College was founded in 1981 as a religious response to the challenge of community conflict and a religiously divided school system in Northern Ireland.

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

  • Statistical press notice: Dental Commissioning Statistics – quarterly update

    Dental Commissioning Statistics, England - March 2012 These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by Primary…

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

  • HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA)

    The current UK guidance on occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA)

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

  • NHS Patient Feedback Challenge uses online crowdsourcing to collect ideas and support projects

    The recently launched NHS Patient Feedback Challenge, run by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, is using new ways of working …

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

  • Employment Minister makes statement on A4e

    The DWP’s Work Programme providers are required to ensure that stringent controls are in place.

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

  • Welsh Secretary congratulates Owen Smith MP on his appointment to Shadow Cabinet

    Secretary of State for Wales, Cheryl Gillan has extended her congratulations to Owen Smith MP on his appointment to the Shadow Cabinet. Mrs…

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

  • Welsh Secretary: General Dynamics deal “vital” to the growth of the Welsh economy

    Secretary of State for Wales, Cheryl Gillan has today welcomed the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) £5.5bn commitment to funding an Armoured Fighting…

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

  • Welsh Secretary hails ‘impressive’ British and Thai educational links

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has visited the British Council in Bangkok to learn more about educational links between Britain…

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

  • Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

    Information on the government's employer ownership pilot for investment in skills and training.

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

  • Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

    New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.

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

  • Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

    Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.

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

  • Highway Code app launched to improve road safety

    The Highway Code is undergoing a digital revolution as Transport Secretary, Justine Greening, launches an interactive app for smartphones.

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

  • Revamped Right to Buy to deliver thousands of new homes

    Cash raised from Right to Buy sales to be used to build new affordable homes.

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

  • Six months until first PCCs elected

    In six months time the public will go to the polls to elect their first police and crime commissioners.

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

  • 3rd annual Electrical Infrastructure Security Summit

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence

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

  • Music is GREAT week

    This week, artists, bands and music fans pay tribute to British music through a number of exciting events and appearances. Find out how you can get involved.

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

  • Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process

    Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province, where British forces operate, has now entered the transition process whereby responsibility for security will be handed over to Afghan forces.

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

  • Defence Secretary balances MOD budget

    Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the…

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes extension of EU sanctions against Syrian regime

    Speaking after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions, the Foreign Secretary William Hague said as long as violence continued, the UK would continue to increase pressure on the regime.

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