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Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan
UK response to the Pakistan floods
Deputy PM congratulates Kenya on new Constitution
GCSE students discuss barriers for young people
Online QandA with Deputy PM
Information on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK
Government backs England 2018 bid
Cameron’s thrilled by birth of baby daughter
Lord Brittan announced as trade adviser to the Prime Minister
PM makes speech on tourism

Audit Commission

Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister to champion Social Mobility
Deputy Prime Minister highlights green deal at launch of low carbon business support project
Deputy Prime Minsiter to champion Social Mobility
Big Society red tape purge
John Collington to head a Government drive to cut cost of procurement
Francis Maude Launches Pathfinder Mutuals
Sir Philip Green to lead Government Efficiency Review
Re-appointments to the Charity Commission board
Millions saved by Government’s Marketing and Advertising Freeze
Our response to public comments on social action

Child Support Agency

Communities & Local Government

Grant Shapps: Bypass Whitehall and scrap outdated byelaws
Eric Pickles: Time for a fair deal for the travelling and settled community
Safe rooms help stop domestic violence victims becoming homeless
Councils urged to cut street clutter
Bureaucracy for summer fetes overruled by Eric Pickles
Eric Pickles: Hidden victims of recession show need for homeowners to seek help early
Eric Pickles to disband Audit Commission in new era of town hall transparency
Minister praises Dartford for binning fortnightly collections
Communities Minister commemorates the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Councils get power to decide how best to support service improvements

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affiars

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Department for International Development

´The worst could be yet to come but we will stand by Pakistan´
UK aid to combat malaria
Mitchell: "New focus on family planning to reduce deaths in pregnancy and childbirth"
Aid budget to be refocused to deliver better results for world’s poorest
Mitchell: Aid to work harder for Afghanistan

Department for Transport

Transport Statistics
Travellers urged to check holiday protection options
Councils urged to cut street clutter
Transport Statistics
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Green light to ultra low carbon car consumer incentive
Further Consultation on Dover Privatisation Plans
Improving Britain´s Airports
Shaping the future of rail franchising

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Health

Ministers tour the country to hear staff views on NHS White Paper
Statistical Press notice: NHS Inpatient and outpatient events - June 2010
Statistical Press Notice: Adult Critical Care Beds census - July 2010
Operational note: Not for broadcast or publication
111 - The New Number for the Future of Non-Emergency Health Services
Good progress on end of life care but more to be done
More smokers quitting than ever, but rates still too high
Consultant pay rewards scheme to be reviewed
Statistical Press notice: Access to GUM services
Statistical Press Notice - NHS Referral To Treatment (RTT) waiting times data - June 2010

Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission publishes report on the Welsh referendum question
Figures reveal spending by parties at UK general election
Y Comisiwn Etholiadol yn cyhoeddi adroddiad ar gwestiwn refferendwm Cymru
Political parties’ latest donations and borrowing figures published
The Conservative Party forfeit donation
Electoral Commission response to Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Elections watchdog calls for action to ensure voter confidence
The Conservative Party forfeit donation
Main political parties’ 2009 financial accounts published
Response to Supreme Court judgment on donations to UKIP

Food Standards Agency

Government food labelling changes
Update on products free of colours associated with hyperactivity
Views wanted on taxifolin
Views wanted on dihydrocapsiate
Local authority audits published
Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top NV Champagne recalled
More Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top NV Champagne recalled
Call for research
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme update
The Vending Revolution withdraws some sweets

Foreign Office

UK Deputy Prime Minister: More lifesaving UK aid for devastated areas in South Pakistan
UK Minister of Europe visits Lithuania
Yemen, UK and Saudi Arabia announce next Friends of Yemen meeting
Foreign Office Minister on Kenya
Papal visit will highlight shared international priorities
Hurricane warnings issued along east coast of the USA
Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians
Foreign Secretary visits Serbia
Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan
Euro 2012 qualifiers: Advice for travelling fans

Greater London Authority

Cyclists to be given freedom of the capital at Mayor of London´s Sky Ride
News from John Biggs: Mayor Johnson´s plans to remove crossings in Tower Hamlets
News from John Biggs: Mayor´s traffic smoothing plans risk pedestrian crossings in Newham
News from John Biggs: Mayor’s traffic smoothing plans risk pedestrian crossings in Barking and Dagenham
Richard Tracey: “Runaway train underlines need for Tube investment”
News from John Biggs: Mayor Johnson´s plans to remove crossings
Brian Coleman AM welcomes approval for Jewish cemetery expansion
News from John Biggs: Safety for Mile End coming soon
Coleman calls for an end to all car clamping
Londoners urged to back the bid with ‘Wear your shirt to work day’

Healthcare Commission

HM Treasury

Public invited to vote on ideas to make savings
"Building the economy of the future" Speech by The Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, at Bloomberg, London EC2 , Tuesday 17 August 2010
Another step towards independence for Northern Rock plc
Financial Secretary to the Treasury launches consultation on the implementation of financial regulation reforms announced at Mansion House
Public Expenditure 2009-10: Provisional Outturn
Government invites views on tax policies
Government announces introduction of Equitable Life Bill and establishment of the Independent Commission on Equitable Life Payments
Government announces publication of Sir John Chadwick’s report on Equitable Life
Office of Tax Simplification
The Government launches a consultation on removing the requirement to annuitise by age 75

Home Office

House of Commons

House of Commons debates for 2010-07-12
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-13
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-14
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-15
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-19
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-20
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-21
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-22
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-26
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-27

House of Lords

House of Lords debates for 2010-07-28
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-12
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-13
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-14
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-15
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-19
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-20
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-21
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-22
House of Lords debates for 2010-07-26

Information Commissioners Office

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Legal Services Commission

New minister visits Citizens´ Advice Bureau
Chair thanks outgoing commissioners

London Development Agency

Transformed Hatcham Gardens opens to acclaim
Mayor awards London´s top carbon-busting organisations
LDA launches search for Gallions Quarter developers
Over 700 unemployed Londoners achieve their own Personal Best
LDA statement on Mayor of London´s proposals for devolution
Mayor unveils plans for £30m Siemens Pavilion to kick-start London’s ‘Green Enterprise District’

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE NEARLY HERE - HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE AT THE SEASIDE
FIRE ON VESSEL IN WAREHAM CHANNEL
FOUR KAYAKERS RESCUED FROM WANSBECK ESTUARY
LOST VISITOR RESCUED FROM MARSHES AT BURNHAM OVERY, NORFOLK
CHILDREN RESCUED AFTER BEING BLOWN OUT TO SEA
VARIOUS PEOPLE IN DISTRESS AT CAUSEWAY
HM COASTGUARD RECOGNISED IN QUEENS BIRTHDAY HONOURS
Air, sea and land search for missing stowaway
Fire under control on Commodore Clipper
BURNING FLARES ALERT AIRCRAFT

Met Office

Helping charities in Pakistan
Hurricane Season gets active
Weather set to improve into next week
Corporate Responsibility report
Businesses must plan for climate change
Unmistakable signs of a warming world
Google Earth zooms in on climate change
Hot weather triggers Heat-Health alert
US/UK research centres announce collaboration
Driest start for decades

Metropolitan Police Authority

MPA Chair Kit Malthouse congratulates Met for Notting Hill Carnival policing
Communicating Met Forward: keeping Londoners informed of police improvements
MPA statement: CPS announces four Metropolitan Police Officers to be charged for the assault of Babar Ahmad
MPA asks Londoners to ‘have your say on policing in London’
Change of venue - Metropolitan Police Authority: July meeting
Metropolitan Police Authority: July meeting
MPA Committee Meeting: Finance and Resources Committee
MPA Committee Meeting: Communities, Equalities and People Committee
MPA Civil Liberties Panel: DNA - Londoners have their say
MPA committee meetings: Joint meeting of the Finance and Resources and Strategic and Operational Policing Committees, followed by the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee.

Ministry of Defence (MOD)

RAF´s Bravo November returns from Afghanistan
Defence Secretary visits UAE
Parliament honours soldiers for work in Afghanistan
Soldier from 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery killed in Afghanistan
Vital families link gets new Gloucestershire home
Army chefs prepare for Helmand
RAF pilot honoured for courage in Afghanistan
Royal Marines are first to use new Sharpshooter rifle in Helmand
UK forces killed in 2009 remembered at National Memorial Arboretum
British forces push back Taliban in southern Nad ´Ali

Ministry of Justice

National Archives

Car park charging and booking system update
Disruption to UK Government Web Archive
New Security Service files released
Improvements to our reading rooms
Pakistan Floods Appeal - how you can help
Living the Poor Life: untold history of the poor now online
Lord McNally goes underground to see historic documents
Latest UFO files released
Discover the Normans through Domesday
Actors search ancestry at The National Archives

National Assembly for Wales

House of Commons debates for 2010-07-12
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-13
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-14
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-15
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-19
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-20
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-21
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-22
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-26
House of Commons debates for 2010-07-27

National Statistics

Service Producer Prices
MRSA
Clostridium difficile
Internet Access
Live births
Travel and Tourism
Disadvantaged groups
Inflation
Public Sector
Employment

Natural England

Farmers urged to renew ELS agreements to avoid missing out
Statement on the Coastal Access project
Breeding spoonbills cause a stir
Six stars for kingfisher hotel
Fifteen new areas to give protection to UK seas
More than quarter of a million hectares coming into Uplands ELS after 2,000 farmers sign up
Urban wildlife and green spaces get £5.8 million boost
Climate change continues to impact UK waters
Rare species named for the first time by British public
Species for the people: Public competition to name Britain’s forgotten wildlife

Northern Ireland Assembly

STATEMENT FROM THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOLLOWING ITS SPECIAL MEETING TODAY
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE QUERIES DEPARTMENT APPROACH TO PLANNING
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POWER SHOULD BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE CALLS NORTH/SOUTH BODIES TO ACCOUNT
PAISLEY PORTRAIT UNVEILED IN PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
NEW AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON READY FOR THE CHALLENGE
PRESS RELEASE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE CELEBRATES SCHOOL CHOIR OF THE YEAR
COMMITTEE PRAISES SKILLS TRAINING IN FERMANAGH
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SEES IMPACT OF POOR ACCOMMODATION ON LEARNING

Northern Ireland Office

Office of Communications (Offcom)

Cynigion ar gyfer lleoliad cynnyrch ar deledu a chyfeiriadau tuag at frandiau a chynnyrch y telir amdanynt ar radio
Proposals for product placement on TV and paid-for references to brands and products on radio
Ofcom opens debate on net neutrality
Ofcom Awards Seven New Community Radio Licences
Cheaper charges for UK consumers to end phone contracts
High definition brings fans closer to World Cup action
Ofcom sets out new rules to tackle repeat silent calls
Draft code of practice to reduce online copyright infringement
UK internet users becoming more security conscious
Scots embrace the online world

Office of Fair Trading

OFT consults on guidance for handling Competition Act 1998 investigations
OFT refuses to licence debt advice firm
OFT refers car club merger to the Competition Commission
OFT takes action over misleading European health insurance websites
OFT confirms scope of equity underwriting market study
OFT turns down County Durham man for credit licence
OFT publishes Annual Report 2009-10
OFT consults on recommendation to extend the public transport ticketing schemes block exemption
OFT launches consultation on online consumer protection
OFT warns against increase in rogue doorstep traders during summer months

Prime Ministers Questions

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Scottish Government

Standard Life jobs
Swimming fund makes a splash
More support for flood victims
Minimum alcohol price named
Support for Dundee’s digital sector
Skills for Work at Sgoil Lionacleit
Children´s Panel recruitment
Giving people their say on planning
Dental registrations
Delayed discharges in NHSScotland

Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)

The Future is Local
SDC responds to Defra funding decision
Becoming the andquot;Greenest Government Everandquot;
The Future is Local
Sustainable development is key to tackling health inequalities and climate change
New Government right to prioritise leading by example on emissions

The Learning and Skills Council

UK Border Agency

First court appearance for Tilbury ‘sham marriage’ three
Illegal immigrants found at V Festival in Staffordshire
The Spice Parlour facing possible fine
Illegal worker to be removed from the UK
Two illegal workers found at Rising Moon takeaway
Three illegal immigrants arrested at Colchester station
Illegal immigrant jailed for deception
Two arrested at Joe Rigatonis in Middlesbrough
Seven Illegal workers arrested in Yan Oriental
Cannabis seized after lorry search at Portsmouth

Wales Office

Welsh Secretary welcomes Electoral Commission’s Report on Referendum Question
Welsh Office Minister opens Llanarmon Yn Iâl Post Office Service
North Wales Tourist Attractions are vitally important to the Local Economy, says Welsh Secretary
Welsh Secretary goes on the beat in Wrexham
Welsh Secretary tours Historic Llanelly House
Absences
Trade Union Activity
Welsh Secretary visits flourishing South East Wales Businesses
Welsh Office Minister praises work of North Wales’ Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Devolution of Criminal Justice Powers

Youth Justice Board

New partnership helps young people fly high
Admission and discharge from secure accommodation report published by Ofsted
Response to the joint inspection report ‘Message in a Bottle’
Partnership working is key to keeping young people out of prison
Managing gang issues among young people – more co ordinated action needed
Ministry of Justice takes sole responsibility for youth justice
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