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Policy Statements and Initiatives (Archive)

Flooding & coastal change - Flood defences given a health check after the wettest winter on record – (Leicester flood risk management scheme plans showcased at public drop-in event ~ Baroness Kramer makes Worcestershire flood recovery visit ~ New woodland boosts army training and flood defences)
Academy goes from failing to outstanding in just 2 years – (Parents flock to free schools)
Edward Davey statement on UN IPCC Working Group 3 report on mitigating climate change
Digital Inclusion Strategy: helping everyone to get online – (WAG: New drive to get hard to reach groups online)
Government blows the whistle on disability discrimination in football
Scottish Independent Living Fund
Government to introduce new criminal offence for tax evaders
Foreign Secretary condemns bomb attack in Abuja, Nigeria – (FS offers condolences on South Korean ferry tragedy ~ FS condemns abduction of school girls in northern Nigeria)
123 communities to take control of neighbourhood schemes
Government announces plans to encourage the use of Gift Aid
£17.8m funding to transform Welsh public services announced by Jane Hutt
Stronger protections for tenants & leaseholders
Minister calls for advice services to apply for funding as impact of welfare changes hit communities
Rotherham showing the way to revitalise a high street
Pilot scheme to give the most vulnerable homeless people the right skills & training to get into work
GM camelina trial to go ahead at Rothamsted Research
UK development bonds will combat global poverty – (Welsh Government to fund Welsh Health workers to volunteer in Africa)
Welsh Government support for ex- Remploy workers extended
ScotGov: £4m boost for home energy efficiency
Headteacher standards review
Eric Pickles takes action to defend the independent free press
Teacher training places double at UHI

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