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  • Mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs

    Response to the consultation into possible reforms of the use on the highway of mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs.

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

  • Fire Minister announces funding for successful control centre projects

    Fire Minister Bob Neill has today announced funding of £74 million to support a range of locally-led projects to improve the resilience and …

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

  • Fire and rescue control services

    Today the Government is publishing the outcome of its invitation to fire and rescue authorities in England to submit their plans to improve…

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

  • Strikes: check before you travel

    Strikes in Germany and Cyprus could affect your travel. Check our advice before you set off.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister meets Lord Bates following his Walk for Truce

    Minister for Conflict Issues Henry Bellingham met with Lord Bates on 29 February to discuss his Walk for Truce across Europe. Watch our video to find out more about the Walk for Truce.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets representatives of Guantanamo detainee

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the UK will continue to raise Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer's case with the US when he met his representatives in London today.

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

  • Discover EU Careers - A message from the Foreign Secretary, William Hague

    Foreign Secretary William Hague is encouraging British nationals to consider a career working in the European Union institutions.

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

  • British diplomatic staff in Syria withdrawn

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that all diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Damascus, and Embassy services suspended.

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

  • Welsh soldiers celebrate St David's Day in Helmand

    Welsh soldiers deployed to Afghanistan have celebrated St David's Day in the traditional way by munching their way through whole, raw leeks.

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

  • Prince Charles presents leeks to Welsh Guards

    The Prince of Wales presented soldiers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards with ceremonial leeks today to mark St David's Day.

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

  • Daring joins allied navies for her first major operation

    Britain's most advanced warship has joined allied navies in a sweep of troubled waters for her first major operation east of Suez.

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

  • Commercial partner announced to help improve MOD business services

    The award of a contract to a commercial partner to help improve the MOD's business services has been announced today.

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

  • Royal Welsh soldiers visit mosque ahead of Helmand deployment

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh recently visited a mosque in Bolton as part of preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan.

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

  • Patent Prosecution Highway with Germany opens today

    The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) allows applicants who have been successful in obtaining a patent from either the UK Intellectual Property…

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

  • Reappointment of Industrial Development Advisory Board Members

    The IDAB provides independent advice to the Government on large investment decisions and public investment in major projects in England. The…

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

  • Offshore wind co-ordination could save up to £3.5 BN

    1 March 2012 Coordination in the way links to offshore wind farms are developed could reduce the cost of offshore connections by between…

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

  • Reappointment of the members of the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board

    Members of the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board (NLFAB) today took up their three-year re-appointments. The role of the NLFAB …

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

  • UK issues its first free EU ETS allowances to aircraft operators

    01 March 2012 The UK was the first country out of all the Member States to start issuing its aviation allowances. The first free allowances…

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

  • Cabinet Office and DWP procure digital services for Universal Credit

    The Cabinet Office and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have joined forces to formally seek the services of specialist providers.

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

  • Shake-up of civil service training

    Reforms are now underway to make civil service training more modern, efficient and cost-effective.

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