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  • Historic day as fisheries ministers agree a date for discards ban

    Discards will become a thing of the past after the UK Government secured a historic victory in Brussels to set firm dates to introduce a ban.

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

  • Badger culls to go ahead this summer

    The pilot culls will last for 6 weeks and will be repeated annually for four years.

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

  • Owen Paterson speech at the National Farmers Union Annual Conference 2013

    Owen Paterson speech at the National Farmers Union Annual Conference 2013.

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

  • Housing Benefit reform: Removal of the spare room subsidy: fact sheet

    From 1 April 2013, working age tenants living in social housing and receiving housing benefit will be affected by changes to their benefits.

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

  • Top ten reasons for Indians to visit Britain

    Transcript of speech by the British High Commissioner, Sir James Bevan, KCMG at a Visit Britain event in New Delhi on Tuesday 26 February 2013.

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

  • Foreign Secretary reaffirms UK support for Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary welcomes growing capability of the Afghan National Security Forces during meeting with Afghan Defence Minister.

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

  • Royal Navy warship prepares for counter-narcotics assignment

    HMS Argyll has stopped at Lisbon to be briefed on the illegal drugs trade off west Africa in preparation for her Atlantic deployment.

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

  • Foreign Office statement on the hot air balloon crash in Egypt

    Foreign Office have issued a statement on the balloon crash in Egypt earlier today.

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

  • Government takes action to cut red tape for coastal projects and investments

    Port development companies, marina builders, and smaller companies will benefit from less burdensome enforcement of regulation.

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

  • Councils cut congestion through driving innovation

    A project to reduce congestion reached a milestone this week as the number of road works logged on the roadworks.org site passed 2 million.

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

  • New recognition for WWII veterans within weeks

    Veterans of the Arctic Convoys and Bomber Command will begin receiving new awards in recognition of their heroic service within weeks.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister attends inauguration of President of Republic of Korea

    Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire concluded his three-day visit to Korea today with a meeting with President Park Geun-Hye.

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

  • Better buses for Sheffield

    Sheffield is adopting a funding initiative which enables local authorities to tackle issues with bus infrastructure and traffic management.

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

  • Right to Buy sales double

    New figures today reveal a surge in the numbers of aspiring homeowners taking up the Right to Buy their council home.

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

  • Cutting of red tape to benefit research and development of new drugs

    Changes to the Patents Act will help the UK's world class life sciences industry remain at the forefront of innovation.

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

  • New international initiative to tackle travelling child sex offenders from the UK

    British initiative to keep children safe is being launched in Vietnam.

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

  • Better Bus Areas

    Launch of the bidding process for designation of Better Bus Areas and how Sheffield is to be a trail-blazer of the project.

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

  • Better public building

    Speech given by Peter Hansford, on behalf of Francis Maude, about what government is doing to improve construction in the public sector.

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

  • Hoban – committed to further improvements to the Work Capability Assessment

    Senior occupational physician Dr Paul Litchfield appointed to carry out the fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment.

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

  • Cold weather alert: lowered to level 1

    Following a Level 2 alert issued on 18 February 2013, temperatures have now risen across England and the Cold Weather Plan alert indicator has reverted to Level 1.

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