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  • Government vows to get the young into work

    The Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister set out the Coalition Government's commitment to getting more vulnerable young people into work.

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

  • 100,000 ‘Digital Champions’ to get Britain online

    The Cabinet Office has today announced the recruitment of 100,000 Big Society ‘Digital Champions’ by Martha Lane Fox.

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

  • Export block placed on rare example of family group portrait by influential Dutch painter Frans Hals

    Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an “innovative and animated” painting by Frans Hals, Family Portrait in a Landscape.

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

  • Tim Loughton to the Local Government Association/National Youth Agency conference

    The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families talks about hard times, great expectations and transforming services for young people.

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

  • Wotton under Edge Swimming Pool Club wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Wotton under Edge Swimming Pool Club, a group of volunteers who mobilised the whole community in support of their local pool, are the latest winners 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

  • Trustees appointed to the Victoria & Albert Museum

    The Prime Minister has appointed 2 new trustees for London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

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

  • Opening statement with Prime Minister Gonzi

    Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to Number 10 on Tuesday 10 May, 2011.

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

  • Enjoy the Paralympics for as little as £10

    Ticket prices announced for Paralympic Games, with 50% costing £10 or under.

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

  • London 2012: an inclusive legacy

    Games will transform perception of disabled people, according to report published today

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

  • Sport: a force for good

    Hugh Robertson speaks at International Forum on Sport for Development and Peace.

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

  • Speech to the 2nd UN/IOC Forum on Sport for Development and Peace

    It is a great honour to address the Second Forum on Sport for Development and Peace; I don’t say that lightly. Even though I am here as the…

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

  • Farrer and Co seminar on art and heritage

    Thank you Stephen for your introduction and for inviting me to speak today at this important seminar. I am happy to take questions from the …

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

  • Big Society Bank gets green light

    Francis Maude has today endorsed outline proposals for the development of a Big Society Bank.

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

  • Public, political and diplomatic figures select works from the Government Art Collection for Whitechapel Gallery exhibition

    The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and others visit first ever public exhibition of the Government Art Collection at the Whitechapel.

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

  • Higher Croft Action Group wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Higher Croft Action Group, a passionate and dedicated group of volunteers who are making a real difference to the lives of young people in Blackburn, 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

  • People power in Liverpool beating neighbours from hell

    Housing and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps and Baroness Helen Newlove, on her first visit as an adviser for the Department, have today…

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

  • Red Tape Challenge – Government asks hospitality, food and drink industries: ‘name and shame the regulations that are holding back your businesses’

    Those with a stake in the hospitality, food and drink industries get the chance today to declare war on the rules and red tape

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

  • Red Tape Challenge

    Minister invites hospitality, food and drink industries to ‘declare war’ on rules and red tape.

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

  • Bomber Command Memorial foundation stone laid

    The memorial, which is due to be completed in 2012 ahead of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, has been designed by architect Liam O’Connor and…

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

  • Suffragan See of Ebbsfleet

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Jonathan Mark Richard Baker, MA, MPhil, Principal Pusey House and Honorary Curate of Oxford St Thomas, in the diocese of Oxford, to the Suffragan See of Ebbsfleet, in the…

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