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  • Government meets businesses supporting LGBT people at work

    The Government’s LGBT Business Champion, Iain Anderson, is today [Thursday 18th November] hosting businesses and charities at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum to discuss LGBT inclusion in the workplace.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government funds new tech in the fight against online child abuse

    New innovative technology to help stop the spread of child sexual abuse material on end-to-end encrypted social media and online messaging platforms will be developed thanks to UK government funding.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Welsh women's charity receives UK Government funding

    Welsh Women’s Aid receives a grant from Tampon Tax funding and a young campaigner is honoured with a Points of Light Award for her work on period poverty.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Two-minute silence as the nation remembers

    A national two-minute silence will take place today to remember all those who have died in conflict.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 14 charities to receive Tampon Tax funding

    Final round of the £11.25 million Tampon Tax Fund announced

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Rugby figures urge fans to get vaccinated and ventilate indoor spaces

    Rugby Football Union and referee Wayne Barnes back COVID-19 vaccination and actions to reduce risk of spreading virus.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • How can creativity and technology be harnessed for good?

    Nigel Huddleston, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, delivered this speech to the World Expo Dubai 2020 CREATE Breakthrough Moment Summit.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 18th-Century Tipu Sultan Throne Finial worth £1.5 million at risk of leaving UK

    A temporary export bar has been placed on a tiger’s head finial from the gold-covered throne of Tipu Sultan

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Natalie Ceeney CBE and Dr Rashmi Becker MBE have been reappointed to the board of Sport England

    The Secretary of State has reappointed Natalie Ceeney CBE as a Board Member (Deputy Chair) until 31 May 2022. Dr Rashmi Becker MBE has been reappointed as a Board Member until 22 July 2024.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Suffragan Bishop of Loughborough: 12 November 2021

    The Queen has approved the nomination of The Reverend Malayil Lukose Varghese Muthalaly to the Suffragan See of Loughborough.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Warrington Youth Zone development

    Warrington’s young people and supporters were given a first look inside the state-of-the-art Warrington Youth Zone as construction edges closer to completion.

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  • Nigel Huddleston's speech at the International Forum for Sports Integrity

    Speech by the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society Nigel Huddleston, at the International Forum for Sports Integrity, Lausanne on the importance of the fight against corruption in sport from the government…

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Councils to pilot innovative ways of working with £5 million funding boost

    Councils in England are being empowered to better tackle issues affecting their communities, including youth unemployment, health disparities and crime.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New Trustees appointed to the Board of the Museum of the Home

    The Secretary of State has appointed Alain Clapham, Viscount Charles Colville and Professor Caroline Malone as Trustees of the Museum of the Home for a term of three years, commencing on 04 November 2021 until 03 November …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Exceptional Sargent painting worth over £7.5 million at risk of leaving UK

    A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting The Earl of Dalhousie by John Singer Sargent, a leading portrait painter of his generation

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Nigel Huddleston speech to Sport for Development Conference

    Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, Nigel Huddleston speaks to the CEO Forum at the Sport for Development Conference

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • £200 million boost to help level up communities across the UK

    The government is backing 477 locally-led, innovative projects that will help breathe new life into towns, villages and coastal communities across the UK.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Nigel Huddleston speech to Youth Work Summit

    Nigel Huddleston, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth's key-note speech to Youth Work Summit

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Michael Lynton has been reappointed as a Trustee of the Tate

    The Prime Minister has reappointed Michael Lynton as a Trustee of the Tate for a term of four years, from 22 June 2021 to 21 June 2025.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government progresses ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy

    Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (29 October) vowed to protect LGBT people, and especially under 18s, from harmful conversion therapies as she set out proposals to ban the practice.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government