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FCO Minister for Human Rights visits Morocco to discuss human rights & bi-lateral issues – (FS presses for real progress in Bosnia & Herzegovina ~ "History teaches us that where there is an absence of inclusivity, rule of law and political pluralism, instability - and possibly conflict - will inevitably ensue" ~ UK Minister condemns renewed fighting in Yemen ~ FCO expresses concern over violence in DRC ~ FCO statement on charges against Sheikh Ali Salman of Al Wefaq ~ First ever UK-Japan Foreign and Defence ministers meeting ~ Joint Press Release on Announcement of Election Date in Guyana ~ UK condemns latest Ukraine violence, calling for a full ceasefire ~ Review of consular assistance following murder and manslaughter cases overseas)
DCLG: Ministers call on Muslim faith leaders to challenge extremism – (Remembering the testimony of Holocaust survivors on Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January ~ Welsh Secretary meets representatives from Muslim and Jewish communities to discuss extremism threat)
DFID: Update on Ebola response – (ScotGov: Ebola testing facility)
WAG: Minister announces 21 coastal communities set to benefit from share of £4.6m – (Rebecca Evans meets Jim Paice for First Milk talks ~ PC&PE: Milk producers need greater price protection ~ Thousands of jobseekers & businesses to benefit from new Skills Gateway ~ Wales ‘Shouts Out’ to families - A fresh new TV advert for families will kick start Wales’s marketing for 2015 ~ £6.9m capital investment prioritises early years support ~ WAG tackles debt in the Water industry ~ Deputy Minister outlines first Wales-only plans to protect our past ~ Reduction in young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Wales ~ £3m to fund specialist skills provision in Wales ~ Tourism in Wales has strong & confident future ~ WAG seeks to strengthen Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Bill ~ Training & jobs help tackle poverty in the Afan Valley ~ £10m investment in primary care will develop & improve access to local health services ~ WAG energy investment is cutting fuel bills whilst boosting the economy, says Carl Sargeant ~ WAG: Minister takes action to protect Wales’ social housing stock)
DH: Government backs standardised packaging of tobacco in the UK from May 2016 – (DH: Pilot for possible change to the way ambulance services respond to 999 calls recently ~ £30m Cancer therapies research funding will support clinical trials of new T-cell treatment)
SO: UK Government publishes draft legislation to give Scottish Parliament more powers – (ScotGov: Smith recommendations must be delivered in full ~ ScotGov: Smith clauses give Westminster veto in key areas ~ First Minister meets Prime Minister ~ HMT: Government reinforces support for oil & gas industry with investment allowance commitment ~ ScotGov: Devolution plans must be the beginning not the end of empowering the parliament ~ New powers to give young people the right to vote in Scottish Parliament elections)
ScotGov: Swinney to review ‘Stamp duty’ rates – (ScotGov: Scottish Island Renewables ~ ScotGov: Formal review of the legislation & guidance in relation to sewage sludge use on land ~ In work poverty ~ £100m over 3 years for delayed discharge ~ Health budget increases ~ FM highlights unacceptable delay of Iraq war report ~ ScotGov: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax ~ ScotGov: £150,000 of Aid for Malawi floods ~ ScotGov: Scotland’s NHS – beyond 2020 - help shape a refreshed long-term vision for Scotland’s NHS ~ ScotGov re-emphasises its intention introduce plain cigarette packaging ~ ScotGov: Named Person)
DfE: Qualifications included in performance tables – (DfE: £3.6m for technology experts to train computing teachers
DWP: Boosting business by easing health & safety burden – 84% of rules scrapped or improved – (DWP: Thousands of disabled people supported by Access to Work ~ A landmark 1m jobseekers on more rigorous work search regime ~ Plans announced to do more to get some of England’s hardest to help families back to work ~ Unemployment falls below 6% as vacancies hit record high ~ WO: Number of Jobseeker's allowance claimants in Wales falls for the 22nd consecutive month)
Call for new ambition of zero suicides across the NHS at major Mental Health Conference
Cable calls for digital transformation across Europe
DECC: Government schemes make winter warmer for 1m homes
HO: Ending gang violence - £400k to tackle sexual exploitation

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