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  • St George’s Park opens

    New National Football Centre gets Royal approval.

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

  • Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012

    Voluntary organisations are being encouraged to submit nominations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.

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

  • Troubled families programme on track

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has today announced that the Government’s Troubled Families initiative is on track, with councils committed…

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backs innovative NEET programme

    Nick Clegg: "By funding schemes like this, we can see what works and help even more young people in future."

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

  • Youth United in action in Birmingham

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today saw first-hand how Government funding is creating new youth groups to teach young people valuable skills…

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

  • Video taster of Government Art Collection regional displays

    From L.S.Lowry to Elizabeth I, an eclectic selection hits the road.

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

  • Don Foster sees community spirit in action in Bristol

    Communities Minister Don Foster is in Bristol today seeing how the local community are stepping up and stepping in to take charge of treasured…

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

  • Culture Minister defers export of an atlas of maps and reference tables of Hampton Court in Herefordshire

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a rare leather bound volume filled with estate maps of Hampton Court

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

  • Ed Vaizey defers export of Hampton Court maps and a rare mid-eighteenth century army officer's cap

    Temporary export bars provide last chance to keep historic artefacts in the UK

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

  • Culture Minister defers export of a rare mid-eighteenth century army officer's cap

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a rare mid-eighteenth century officer’s embroidered grenadier cap.

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

  • Preferred candidate selected for Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

    After a recruitment process, Cambridge academic, Baroness Onora O’Neill of Bengarve, has been selected as Government’s preferred candidate

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

  • Sports and Tourism Minister visits South West

    Hugh Robertson heads to the South West for his first visit as Tourism Minister

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

  • Hope UK receives the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Hope UK, has been awarded the Big Society Award for the work it has done training volunteers to become drug educators in communities across the UK. External site: [Big Society Awards](http://www.bigsocietyawards.org) E…

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

  • Handing power back to the people of Milton Keynes

    Milton Keynes residents will be given a much greater say over the future development of their town under new proposals published today by Housing…

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

  • Foreign Office minister welcomes UN Human Rights Council session

    Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi: "This session of the Council ensured continued effective monitoring of critical human rights situations around the world and moved ahead important agendas."

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

  • Suffragan See of Crediton

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Prebendary Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel to the Suffragan See of Crediton.

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

  • Ageism no longer acceptable under new legislation

    People who believe they have been treated unfairly because of their age will be protected and will have the right to bring a legal challenge.

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

  • London 2012 spurs British firms to go for gold in Rio

    London’s successful summer of sport has put UK firms in the box seat to win 2014 FIFA World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games** …

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

  • £6m libraries fund opens for applications

    Aims to inspire ambitious and innovative cultural partnerships.

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

  • Eric Pickles congratulates India's culinary stars of the future

    India Schools Young Chefs Awards 2012

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