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WAG policy wins Silver Award, under the MoD’s Employer Recognition Scheme
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HMT: £2m for thousands of Royal Navy personnel in Argyll & Bute
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MOD continues to support regeneration of Portsmouth Naval Base
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Plans to deliver the most modern Navy in the world
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Ministers sign agreement for prisoners to supply armed forces with kit
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Minister reminds local authorities of their pledge made by signing up to the Armed Forces Community Covenant
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Service Complaints Commissioner takes up post
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Chief of Defence Materiel role extended at DE&S
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New website - 1 stop shop detailing history of all UK war memorials with advice on applying for funding
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New regulations for the Air Traffic Management 3000 Series go live
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Campaign launched to boost Armed Forces’ voter registration
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DSTL: Scientists & analysts recognised for work in Afghanistan
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Centre for Defence Enterprise funded contracts
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IEA: SMPC votes 5/4 to hold Bank Rate in February
STFC: State-of-the-art medical training facility opens at Daresbury Laboratory
LGA: Post-16 education drop-outs failed by ‘Bums on seats' policy costing £800m a year
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LGA: Sex offender checks on taxi drivers hampered by new restrictions, councils warn
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LGA response to the Local Government Finance Settlement
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ScotGov: Boost for campaign to improve patient experience
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Plans to deliver an £18m upgraded harbour at Brodick and latest on the delivery of a new vessel for the Ardrossan-
B
rodick route
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Parts of the Outer Hebrides, Mull and the Isle of Bute are among 43 places which are next in line for high-speed fibre broadband
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Scotland ski centres are to benefit from over £5.5m to upgrade their existing infrastructure
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WAG: New 24/7 helicopter landing sites for Wales’ new flying doctors service
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Welsh NHS to fund new drug for patients with leukaemia
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Public Service Minister supports Voter Registration Day
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CQC: Next independent acute health providers to be inspected
LR: New postal address for citizen applications and correspondence
Ofcom varies mobile operators’ licences to improve coverage across the country
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DCMS: Mobile operators sign up to coverage improvements
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WO: Mobile operators sign up to coverage improvements
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Ofcom accredits comparison service MobilePhoneChecker
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Ofcom rejects Virgin Media application to delay Premier League auction
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English Heritage features in two award categories at the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards 2015
TfL: Modernisation of LU customer services continues
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TfL: Cycling to get even safer with new Cycle Superhighways
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Innovate UK: WAG has launched a competition to try to reduce the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads
Monitor: Greater say for patients in south London as Monitor approves new foundation trust status to St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
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Monitor closes investigation into Liverpool Women’s Hospital
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Monitor secures extra help for Heart of England to improve services and strengthen leadership
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TUC: New health & safety rules for self-employed workers are a “license to kill”
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Young people must register to vote for job security & better pay, says TUC
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40% of new fathers won’t qualify for shared parental leave, says TUC
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FSA gives advice on bird flu (H7) - does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers
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Defra: Low severity case of avian flu has been confirmed in chickens at a farm in Hampshire
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FSA: Don’t let a bad meal spoil your Valentine’s day date
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Ofwat: Water companies announce bills for 2015-2016 - set to fall by an average of 2% this year
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CCW: Fall in average water bill reflects growing influence of customers in shaping prices, says water watchdog
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Ofsted confirms radical reforms to education inspection following extensive public consultation
HMRC sees biggest digital Self Assessment ever, receiving 10.24m tax returns by midnight on 31 January
CBI comments on Davies Commission
UK expats – Don’t miss out, you may be able to vote in the General Election says Electoral Commission
Norfolk Families targeted in RoSPA campaign to protect children from cleaning product injuries in the home
DECC: Organisations benefit from UK’s first ever auction to reduce demand on electricity
BIS: Most improved FTSE 100 companies appointing women to their boards
NIA: Local students challenge politicians to 'talk politics'
CLG: Plans approved for Cornwall’s custom build housing project
HMT: New university technical college to serve booming Hull economy
EA: Join the River Thames team in 2015 and become a Volunteer Assistant Lock Keeper
ACE: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Other Place’ to return in 2016
Local Mental Health Heroes recognised by the Deputy PM
DfT: £2.7m boost for cycling in national parks
HEFCE Business Plan 2015-2020 launched
Defra: Big Tree Plant's millionth tree planted
HL: Government heeds homelessness sector’s concerns over the future of Local Welfare Assistance
DCMS: Radio listeners to benefit from major digital radio expansion