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How we are offering free school meals to all pupils in reception year, year 1 and year 2 in state-funded schools in England.
How the government is making sure the State Pension is affordable in the long term and fair between generations.
We're simplifying the planning process to make it quicker and easier to build new homes, to develop new places and redevelop neglected land.
Helping communities plan for, respond to, and recover from local emergencies such as floods or civil disorder.
How the government is updating some of the older laws covering estate agents and street traders.
How the UK government is working with the authorities in Northern Ireland to keep people in Northern Ireland safe.
Measures taken by government to create growth - from training to supporting technology, from procurement to improving access to finance.
How the government is working to improve social mobility and outcomes for people in the early years of life, during school and into adult life.
What we're doing to make sure we continue to have access to our historic places.
Reducing the deficit - the gap between what we spend and raise in taxes – is central to the government’s economic plans. We also want to correct the imbalance between the public and private sectors that built up in the deca…
The government is making changes to the health and social care system to put respect for patients and service users first.
What we're doing to make sure our free and innovative communications industry can contribute to the economy.
How government is giving cities control over their economic growth.
The government is helping people make a full recovery from drug addiction and is discouraging people from misusing illegal drugs in the first place.
How the government is helping children in developing countries access good education to benefit them, their communities and the global economy.
Helping people in developing countries feed themselves and their families sustainably and securely.
What the government is doing to make sure we get value for money from every pound of UK aid.
We're reforming the civil service to make sure it is capable of meeting any challenge.
How the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides criminal records checking and barring functions to help employers make safer recruitment decisions.
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