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  • 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

  • Suffragan See of Richborough

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Norman Banks, MA, Vicar of Walsingham, Houghton and Barsham, in the diocese of Norwich, and Chaplain to The Queen, to the Suffragan See of Richborough, in the Diocese of …

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

  • Islanders discuss return of ancestral remains

    Ed Vaizey has met representatives from a group of islands who are arranging the return of human remains kept in the Natural History Museum.

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

  • The Royal Wedding

    Information to help you get the most out of watching the Royal Wedding

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

  • Honour presented to publisher

    Ghanaian-born Becky Ayebia Clarke has received an Honorary MBE for services to literature

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

  • Eric Pickles tells councils to come and join the party

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles urges councils to cut red tape and bust common street party myths.

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

  • Olympic venue opens to the public

    The centre which will host the London 2012 canoe slalom competition has welcomed its first visitors.

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

  • Huntingdonshire flag flies at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Huntingdonshire 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

  • Don't let health and safety myths get in the way of Royal Wedding celebrations

    With one week to go until the Royal Wedding, Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today reassured communities across the country that …

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