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News story: Chinook crew hit by bullets are commended
The extraordinary courage shown by pilot Flight Lieutenant Charlie Lockyear and Master Aircrew Bob Sunderland was revealed during a military awards ceremony in London on Thursday 20 March 2014.Flight...
View ArticlePress release: London College of Fashion wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award
London College of Fashion is the world’s oldest fashion educational institution. The College has been recognised for its innovative ‘Fashion Education in Prisons’ project which sees fashion students...
View ArticleNews story: Nuclear Security Summit 2014
The Prime Minister is attending the summit to demonstrate the UK’s commitment to preventing nuclear terrorism by working closely with allies. This is the third international nuclear security summit...
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Speech: PM Direct in Peacehaven on pensions and savings plans
Listen to the Prime Minister’s speech.SpeakerIt was at a Saga event before the last election, in 2010, that the Prime – the now Prime Minister first announced his promise to keep pensioner benefits. So...
View ArticlePress release: Foreign Secretary concerned at Egypt court sentencing 528...
Speaking today about an Egyptian court sentencing more than five hundred people to death, Foreign Secretary William Hague said:I am deeply concerned by the reports that 528 individuals were today...
View ArticleSpeech: “The future of Haiti is in the hands of the national authorities”
Thank you, Madam President.I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sandra Honoré, for her briefing today. We recognise MINUSTAH’s continued contribution to stability...
View ArticleNews story: Joint G7 statement from The Hague
The Hague Declaration The Hague, The Netherlands March 24, 2014 We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council...
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News story: Budget helps secure manufacturing in Britain
The Prime Minister is welcoming the decision by Siemens and Associated British Ports today to invest £310 million in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Yorkshire. Providing a huge...
View ArticlePress release: Wales Office to host launch of Royal Mail's Dylan Thomas stamp
Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones will today (25 March) host the official launch of the Dylan Thomas stamp at the Wales Office in London.Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas is one of the...
View ArticleNews story: Fast track opposition
On 1 October 2013 the “fast track” opposition procedure came into force.The introduction of this new procedure means that the cost of filing an opposition based purely on similarity of the trade marks...
View ArticlePress release: How can councils build more homes?
Natalie Elphicke and Keith House, who are leading the review, asked for ideas and case studies about councils and housing supply. The review is investigating whether councils are building enough homes,...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Triennial review of Passenger Focus
My noble friend, the Minister of State for Transport, (Baroness Kramer), has made the following written ministerial statement:We will shortly be commencing a triennial review of Passenger Focus (PF)....
View ArticlePress release: Fluoride monitoring report finds lower levels of tooth decay...
Children in local authorities with water fluoridation schemes (where the level of fluoride is adjusted to 1 part per million) have less tooth decay than those in local authorities without such schemes,...
View ArticlePress release: 130,000 fewer pupils regularly missing school
New figures published today show that persistent absence is down by almost a third, thanks to the government’s reforms to boost attendance and improve classroom discipline.The figures for the 2012 to...
View ArticlePress release: Morecambe Bay Investigation timeline
When the Secretary of State for Health announced the terms of reference for the Morecambe Bay Investigation in September 2013, its Chairman, Dr Bill Kirkup, was asked to produce his report in July...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: On-the-runs: Update
In my written ministerial statement on 25 February, following the judgment in the case of John Downey, I indicated that around 200 people were subject to the scheme established by the previous...
View ArticlePress release: Inquest request into the 1995 death of Private Cheryl James at...
The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, has given his consent to the family of Private Cheryl James to apply to the High Court for a new inquest into her death.The application was made to the...
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News story: Siemens to build major offshore wind manufacturing site in the UK
Siemens has announced its decision to invest £160 million in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Yorkshire creating more than 1,000 new jobs in the Hull area. The revised plan will...
View ArticleNews story: Domestic RHI roadshows
The domestic RHI scheme is for home-owners and private and social landlords who want to install renewable heating systems in their homes in England, Wales and Scotland.It will provide long term...
View ArticleSpeech: Francis Maude Oakeshott Memorial Lecture 2014
IntroductionIt’s a great privilege and a pleasure to be invited to deliver this lecture today and to be a guest of the Employee Ownership Association and really a genuine honour to deliver the 2014...
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