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Ernst & Young demonstrate support for Armed Forces by signing the Armed Forces Covenant
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Air Safety Information Management System (ASIMS) version 2.4 released
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British military complete historic Afghanistan march
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£15m defence contract for A&P Group in Falmouth
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National service of commemoration & parade to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan
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13 March 2015
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Latest Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report
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Ofgem: Energy customers who don’t fix could be paying up to £250 more than needed
ScotGov: Increase in flu cases requiring intensive care treatment
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Audit to get Scotch Beef back into USA
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Plans for female prison in Inverclyde will not go ahead
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DCLG: Coastal Communities Fund: nearly £10m funding for Scotland’s coastline
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Homelessness prevented for half of approaches
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ScotGov: National Reserve applications open - Farmers who were frozen out under the old CAP can now apply for Basic Payment Scheme entitlements
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Scotland’s £9m support for Malawi
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FM Nicola Sturgeon has announced the newest winners of the Higgs Prize for Physics
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UCAS applications - record high of 40,850 Scots-domiciled students have applied to study in Scottish Higher Education next year
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WAG: £3.275m for robotic surgery in Swansea
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Wales chosen as location for another top American TV Pilot
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Beaumaris to benefit from £1.2m coastal flood defence scheme
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Outstanding achievement of Wales U16s celebrated at the Senedd
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New Children’s Commissioner for Wales announced
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£10m boost for services to support older people in North Wales is easing pressure on the NHS
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WAG: Welsh search & rescue charities awarded £230k by UK Government
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Number of Welsh farms diversifying on the up
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WO: Leading academics to discuss Welsh devolution with Baroness Randerson
Welsh think-tank the IWA has launched an innovative project in 5 phases over 8 weeks to engage the public in a debate about Wales’ future using ‘crowdsourcing’
Put Children At Heart Of Global Agenda, Unicef Challenges Davos
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Unicef launches £2bn appeal to reach more children in emergencies - Over 60m children at risk in “new generation” of crises
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RoSPA: Young Drivers more likely to Drink & Drive campaign reveals
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RoSPA: Funding pot of £510,000 is available for the development of innovative technologies that will help to cut motorcycle casualties in Wales
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Bradford families targeted in RoSPA campaign to protect children from cleaning product injuries in the home
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NA: Irish Poverty Relief Loan records available online
PCS: National Gallery staff vote for strikes over sell-off
TfL: Crossrail has fulfilled its commitment to take on at least 400 apprentices over the project's construction
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Introducing our multi-£bn property plan
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Foundations laid for development of London properties
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London working together to prepare for cold weather
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JRF response to the PM’s announcement on benefit cap reduction to £23,000
TUC: Scotland could become Carbon Capture and Storage powerhouse of Europe
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PC&PE: Environmental Audit Committee calls for halt to fracking
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TUC launches toolkit for unions to tackle homophobia in football
NHS Confed: Partnership working the way forward, say mental health providers & police chiefs
Patients Association: CQC inspectors find 60 GP practices to be Good or Outstanding
Ofcom sets out plans to support the Internet of Things
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Improving quality of service for consumers and businesses
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More digital radio stations on their way to UK listeners
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Electoral Commission: Bus tour launched to encourage Black & Minority Ethnic communities to register to vote
Monitor: Future of specialist rehabilitation hospital protected for patients across England
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Patients benefit from improvements at Barnsley Hospital’s A&E
£24m National Biosample Centre will allow researchers to find treatments for conditions such as dementia & diabetes
English Heritage announces listing of post-war office buildings
EA: Environmental damage to site of special scientific interest & fish stocks on the Grand Union Canal averted
FSA launches its Acting on Campylobacter Together (ACT) e-newsletter
HEFCE to support closer working between Higher Education & police to support more effective responses to cutting crime
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HEFCE: Government outlines higher education funding priorities for 2015 to 2016
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PCS: National Gallery staff to strike for five days over sell-off
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3 – 7 February 2015
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LGA: Care crisis will require councils to divert £1 bn from other services like fixing potholes & running libraries & museums from April, new analysis shows
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LGA: Scrapping welfare assistance funding ‘an expensive mistake', warn councils
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HL: Stark warning about the removal of funding for Local Welfare Assistance
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DECC: UK’s first ever auction to reduce demand on electricity took place last week
NDA: Radiation Epidemiology and Radiobiology Research Preferred Option
DWP: Freezing weather - Cold Weather Payments go up as the temperature goes down
DfT: £5 m boost for water rescue charities