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First British Ministerial visit to Cuba in 10 years – (FCO Minister announces plans for further co-operation with Tunisia at UK-Tunisia Bilateral Forum ~ FCO and British Black Classical Foundation mark the end of Black History Month with opera competition ~ Australia to operate Ebola centre in Sierra Leone ~ HMA John Casson comments on UK statement at Egypt's UPR ~ FS condemns terrorist attacks in Israel and the OPTs)
DFID: 3 new British Ebola labs to help stop spread of virusonal Development – (Norway to provide staff and equipment for Ebola centres ~ First British Ebola treatment facility opens in Sierra Leone)
£23m to encourage more neighbourhood plans across England
First ever ‘families test’ for government published
SEND disagreement resolution arrangements review
Manchester to get directly elected Mayor – (LGA responds to announcement on devolved powers in Greater Manchester ~ Greater Ipswich City Deal: multi-million pound investment in skills secured)
£150m to boost primary school sport as part of the PE & sport premium
Health Minister unveils new standards of care in NHS Wales – (Primary care services to benefit from £3.5m extra NHS funding across Wales ~ New system to ensure a more timely & consistent approach for new & innovative medicines to be introduced in Wales ~ New 4-year plan to improve primary care services in Wales unveiled)
WAG: Eradicating child poverty with revised strategy
Centres to promote the use of Welsh get £1 million boost from First Minister
New National Adoption Service for Wales goes live
Wales is set to benefit from UK Government plans to eliminate poor mobile coverage in the UK
ScotGov: Decision on dog consultation: not in favour of compulsory muzzling of all dogs in public places
GP & primary care to benefit from £40m cash boost in Scotland – (ScotGov: Over £400m health investment - Hospitals & health centres to benefit from non-profit share out ~ ScotGov: £10m fund to increase the number of people receiving diagnosis & treatment at home ~ Review of bursary for student nurses & midwives ~ ScotGov: Public Health Review to build on the progress made to tackle health inequalities)
New body to oversee the management & protection of Scotland’s heritage
New strategy to support bees' needs
Ministerial appointments: November 2014
Adoptive parents receive heartfelt thanks from minister
Town halls will have to ‘come clean’ on how much they spend subsidising staff working on union business
Gold star for children making greener school run
Thousands move into work or stop claiming Housing Benefit because of the benefit cap

Local government reorganisation (LGR)