News story: Public health matters: new blog launched
The blog will feature regular updates from Public Health England’s directors and other experts about all matters related to public health and the public’s health, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at...
View ArticlePress release: Business advisory firm Deloitte wins PM’s Big Society Award
Updated: Photograph of Deloitte representatives accepting a Big Society Award added to article.The Social Innovation Pioneers (SIP) programme helps businesses set up to solve social problems become...
View ArticleNews story: Join us at our next plenary
CoRWM will be meeting on Friday 8 November 2013 from 11:00 to 14:30 at the MWB Business Exchange, 10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB. We will be discussing our response to DECC’s Geological Disposal...
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News story: Final flight of the VC10
Updated: Video addedThe VC10 aircraft accomplished its final aviation milestone on Friday, 20 September, and will retire from service on 25 September 2013.Group Captain Steve Lushington, Station...
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News story: DFID Research: Measuring the impact of sovereign disaster risk...
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program, a joint programme of the World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery...
View ArticlePress release: Wales Office backs ‘Feeding Britain’s Future’
Wales Office ministers are lending their support to a campaign from the food and grocery industry designed to help young unemployed people get a foot on the career ladder. As part of ‘Feeding Britain’s...
View ArticlePress release: Defence Secretary confirms fourth British victim in Nairobi
Speaking this morning Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence, said:“COBR met this morning and had an updated assessment of the situation. I can confirm that there is a fourth British national...
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News story: Cigarettes and alcohol seized by Border Force
Border Force officers in Hull and Immingham have discovered nearly 17,000 litres of wine and over 87,000 cigarettes in two separate seizures at the ports. The wine – which equates to nearly 18,500...
View ArticleSpeech: Damian Green speech on excellence in policing
I am glad you invited me here to discuss target-setting – it is a subject close to the heart of this government.Not because we want to do it – precisely the opposite. I want you and your forces to cut...
View ArticleNews story: BIS backs search for Britain's best employee owned business
The Department is lending its endorsement to the Philip Baxendale Awards’ new ‘Employee Owned Business of the Year’ prize, which will recognise the best all-round performance of an employee owned...
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News story: Army chefs' recipe for success in Afghanistan
Military chefs deployed to Helmand province on Operation Herrick 18 have achieved an impressive 55 National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), equivalent to UK AS levels, in either customer services or...
View ArticlePress release: Greening: Syrian children must not become a lost generation
Millions of Syrian children are at risk of becoming a lost generation, International Development Secretary Justine Greening warned today as she launched a £30 million UK initiative to provide...
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News story: Syria crisis: Latest updates on UK aid
Updated: Updated with £30 million allocation for Syrian childrenThe crisis in Syria is gravely concerning. Hundreds of people are being killed or wounded every day and millions have been forced to...
View ArticleNews story: Award of Smart Meters DCC Licence
The Data and Communications Company is responsible for linking 53 million smart electricity and gas meters in homes and small businesses with the business systems of energy suppliers, network operators...
View ArticleNews story: Prime Minister's phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
A Downing street spokesperson said:The Prime Minister has spoken to Chancellor Angela Merkel to congratulate her on the result of the German federal elections. The Prime Minister said this was an...
View ArticlePress release: FCO Minister condemns murders of Israeli soldiers
Following the deaths of two Israeli Defence Force (IDF) soldiers in the West Bank over the weekend, Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said:I condemn the murders of IDF soldiers Gavriel Kobi...
View ArticleGovernment response: Shaping a Healthier Future: Hammersmith, Charing Cross...
A major review of the future of NHS services across North West London, including those provided at the Charing Cross, Hammersmith and Ealing Hospitals, has taken place under the heading Shaping a...
View ArticlePress release: A life saved every three minutes – Britain leads the way in...
Britain today reaffirmed its commitment to tackling 3 killer diseases with new support for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, announced by International Development Secretary Justine...
View ArticlePress release: UK welcomes Sri Lankan elections; urges investigation into...
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said:I welcome the Sri Lankan provincial elections that took place on 21 September. Polls have been described as largely peaceful by Commonwealth and domestic...
View ArticlePress release: UK pledge to help tackle the ‘great neglect’ of disability
Children with disabilities in the developing world will be able to access and use all schools built from now on with direct UK funding, International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone has...
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