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  • New insights added to ground-breaking London 2012 website

    Valuable lessons on how to stage a global event have been added to an innovative and growing service for industry and the public sector.

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  • Tributes paid to London 2012 parklands landscape architect

    Sir John Armitt says the green spaces on the Olympic Park will be an enduring legacy of the work of John Hopkins, who died in January.

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  • Trade: UK to work with businesses to improve livelihoods

    The UK Government will work with businesses to improve working conditions for farmers and workers in developing countries

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

  • Burma: Joint support for new education initiative

    The UK will work with Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education

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

  • Nearly one in three people on incapacity benefits capable of work

    Nearly a third of people on the old incapacity benefits have been found to be capable of some form of work since reassessment began.

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

  • Healthcare UK launches in Dubai

    Health Minister Lord Howe is today launching Healthcare UK at the Arab Health Congress in Dubai.

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

  • Improving hospital food event

    This event will address the crucial link between clinical and catering staff in the dignity and respect of patients specifically in relation…

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

  • Mr Moon Ik Kim begins work as the new British Honorary Consul in Busan

    Mr Kim’s duties commence following formal investiture by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on January 28, 2013.

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

  • Opening of first Sudanese Film Festival

    Khartoum holds first ever film festival for Sudanese-made films.

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

  • Sale of invasive water plants banned to protect wildlife

    The sale of five invasive non-native aquatic plant species is to be banned in order to protect wildlife Environment Minister Richard Benyon.

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

  • Parents to have more choice of high-quality childcare

    Information on the government initiatives to improve state-funded childcare set out in the report ‘More great childcare’.

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

  • Press briefing - afternoon 29 January 2013

    The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Mali and childcare

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

  • Press briefing - morning 29 January 2013

    The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Mali, boundary changes and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

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

  • Foreign Office welcomes announcement of National Dialogue in Yemen

    Foreign Office Minister welcomes the announcement of the National Dialogue in Yemen, a crucial stage in Yemen’s political transition.

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

  • Navy's new carrier receives first massive gas turbine

    The first of the world's most powerful marine gas turbines has been installed in the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at Babcock's Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.

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

  • Innovative ways sought to improve the security of maritime operations

    The Ministry of Defence is looking for ways to strengthen the security of maritime operations so that it can be more effective at combating illegal activities such as gun-running, people-smuggling and piracy.

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

  • $20 billion of Sao Paulo infrastructure contracts open to UK firms

    Lord Green welcomes trade delegation from Sao Paulo, who are in the UK to present infrastructure projects worth $20 billion.

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

  • Carbon Capture project case studies

    The Ferrybridge Carbon Capture Pilot, Renfrew Oxyfuel (Oxycoal 2) Project and China Advanced Power Plant Carbon Capture Options (CAPPCCO).

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  • It’s official: Learning improves career prospects

    New report finds that a third of men and nearly a third of women who participated in further education got a better job as a result.

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

  • First Navy Wildcat makes maiden flight

    The first Wildcat attack helicopter to be delivered to the Royal Navy has successfully taken its first flight at Yeovil in Somerset.

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