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Updated Between 1 January 2012
and 31 December 2012
  • Red Tape Challenge turns spotlight on recreation sector

    Government asks sport, heritage, gambling and lottery industries to name and shame regulations they want to scrap.

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

  • Energy: Britain backs renewable sources for 2m poor people

    The UK is helping 2 million people in some of the world’s poorest countries to access clean and reliable energy

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

  • New Chief Scientist appointed

    Professor Ian Boyd has been appointed by Defra to be its new Chief Scientific Adviser.

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

  • Myth bust: Daily Telegraph makes claims about dangerous dogs rules

    Law abiding home owners will not be penalised and burglars will not be protected.

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

  • Statistical Press Notice: Update of Overall Patient Experience scores

    Overall Patient Experience scores updated to include results from a 2011 survey of adult inpatients. The following statistics were released…

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

  • Death certification reforms update

    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has written to the Death Certification National Steering Group members to advise that the full implementation…

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

  • Latest ESA assessment figures show majority fit to work

    The latest figures show that 54 per cent of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

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

  • Public Achievement - latest Big Society Award winner

    Public Achievement, which works with young people to get them involved with their local communities, has won a Big Society Award.

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

  • Truck trials to drive down carbon from freight

    Trials of carbon-cutting trucks are set for support from government.

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

  • Travelwise conference

    Travelwise conference video speech by Norman Baker MP.

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

  • Changes to the Audit Commission board: April 2012

    The search for a new Commissioner to sit on the Audit Commission’s Board is being launched today. The appointment of a new Commissioner is …

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

  • Help to get boxed-in generation up the property ladder

    Minister pledges to help those growing out of their properties The boxed-in generation - people unable to upsize their home but who have also…

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

  • Integration in action

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. I’m delighted to be here today. I’ve been involved in anti-racist work for as long as I’ve been a…

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

  • Wirral's volunteer soldiers honoured

    Soldiers from two Merseyside-based Territorial Army squadrons were honoured with the Freedom of Wirral on Saturday.

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

  • Taliban bomb-making equipment seized

    Afghan National Army and UK soldiers have seized a substantial amount of explosives and other bomb-making equipment in Afghanistan.

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

  • HMS Dragon joins the fleet

    HMS Dragon, the fourth of the Royal Navy's new powerful Type 45 destroyers, was formally commissioned into the fleet on Friday.

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

  • Grenadier Guards send birthday wishes to the Queen

    Grenadier Guards deployed to Afghanistan passed on their personal birthday congratulations to their Colonel-in-Chief, Her Majesty The Queen, this weekend.

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

  • Soldier saved by body armour

    Trooper Tom Thorne, aged 20, from the Queen’s Royal Hussars, was shot in the side by an enemy fighter while on operations in Helmand province…

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

  • EU Foreign Ministers discuss suspension of sanctions on Burma

    EU Foreign Ministers met in Luxembourg today. Top of the agenda was the suspension of sanctions against Burma.

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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

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions against the Syrian regime.

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