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  • London 2012 public transport on track

    Train test ride marked completion of the main gateway station at Stratford.

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

  • Publication of DWP research report 745: employment and support allowance: findings from a follow-up survey of customers

    Report of survey research into a sample of customers who made a claim for Employment and Support Allowance.

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

  • Suffolk flag flies at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Suffolk has been hoisted above the department's offices.

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

  • Royal wedding sparks street party fever for the Big Lunch

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has today revealed new figures showing that the Royal Wedding has sparked ‘street party fever’ with a 280…

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

  • Spending Review 2010

    Sporting and cultural core protected for the long term despite DCMS budget cut by 25%.

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

  • Arts fundraising seminars from the 'turnaround king'

    Michael Kaiser shares his expertise with arts organisations across England.

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

  • Lottery raises £600m for London 2012

    The National Lottery has achieved more than 80 per cent of its target for funding the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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

  • Government announces £2.1 million funding to Auschwitz-Birkenau foundation

    Today Foreign Secretary William Hague and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced a £2.1 million Government contribution to the preservation…

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

  • Lord Wei stands down

    Lord Wei has announced he will stand down as the government's adviser on Big Society.

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

  • Big increase in archaeological finds by the public

    British Museum announces figures as antiquities and treasure report is launched.

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

  • For fathers

    Speech by Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People.

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

  • John Penrose praises National Heritage List for England

    Heritage Minister speaks at launch of national listed buildings database and 4-year plan.

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

  • CBI: employee health and absence breakfast

    Speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • Organisations to give arts graduates a foot in the door

    Four more arts and cultural organisations have joined the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries scheme.

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

  • Giving White Paper – making it easier to take part in a bigger, stronger society

    The government has unveiled new Big Society plans to make it easier and more attractive to give time and money to good causes.

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

  • Nicolas Poussin's remarkable painting, Ordination, under export threat

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a highly significant painting by Poussin.

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

  • Speech on the Big Society

    Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a speech setting out his commitment to the Big Society.

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

  • East of England’s first Big Society Award winner

    Christine Gibson from Bedford is the latest winner of the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.

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

  • Lord-Lieutenant for Clackmannanshire

    The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rt Hon George Newlands Reid as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Clackmannanshire to succeed Mrs Sheena Carlin Cruickshank CVO, JP on her retirement.

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

  • Staffordshire flag flies above Whitehall

    The flag representing the historic county of Staffordshire has been hoisted above the department's offices.

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