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Travel boost for Londoners as Chancellor and Mayor confirm expansion of night time services & new WiFi for the Tube

Travel boost for Londoners as Chancellor and Mayor confirm expansion of night time services & new WiFi for the Tube

Friday, 20 February 2015

24 hour services to begin on the London Overground in 2017....

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Treasury Minister visits Bristol to highlight growth in employment for the South West

Treasury Minister visits Bristol to highlight growth in employment for the South West

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Priti Patel visited a new scheme in Kingswood, Bristol that helps local unemployed people find work. ...

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Prime Minister announces long term economic plan for the East of England

Prime Minister announces long term economic plan for the East of England

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Jobs, transport, science, agri-tech, energy and defence are at the heart of the six point long term economic plan for the East of England ...

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Priti Patel visits Midlands businesses expanding into new territory

Priti Patel visits Midlands businesses expanding into new territory

Monday, 16 February 2015

WB Timber Innovations is now in the process of opening a new factory, which will provide over 15 new jobs for local people....

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Travelodge announces major new expansion as Chancellor visits Birmingham

Travelodge announces major new expansion as Chancellor visits Birmingham

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Travelodge set to create more than 3,000 jobs across the UK as it looks to boost its estate by opening more than 150 new hotels over the next 8 years....

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Government modernises 100 year old insurance rules

Government modernises 100 year old insurance rules

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Insurance Bill, which modernises 100 year-old rules governing insurance contracts between businesses and insurers, receives Royal Assent....

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Access to finance improvements for small businesses welcomed by Economic Secretary

Access to finance improvements for small businesses welcomed by Economic Secretary

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Economic Secretary Andrea Leadsom visits a thriving nursery in Harrow and an alternative lender in Watford to welcome improvements in access to financ...

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Halfords announce 500 new apprentices across the UK as Chancellor visits West Midlands store

Halfords announce 500 new apprentices across the UK as Chancellor visits West Midlands store

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Chancellor welcomes news that Halfords will place 500 apprentices in stores across the country over the next 12 months....

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Contract boost for Siemens in Lincoln welcomed by Chancellor

Contract boost for Siemens in Lincoln welcomed by Chancellor

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Siemens in Lincoln has won a contract worth more than £30 million to deliver gas turbines to a major South American company. ...

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Bombardier Transportation to create 150 new jobs and 40 new apprenticeships

Bombardier Transportation to create 150 new jobs and 40 new apprenticeships

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Chancellor welcomes Bombardier Transportation's plans to create 150 new high skilled jobs and 40 new apprenticeships....

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Long term economic plan for the Midlands announced by Prime Minister and Chancellor

Long term economic plan for the Midlands announced by Prime Minister and Chancellor

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Jobs, skills, transport, science, and quality of life are at the heart of the six-point long term economic plan for the Midlands....

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Chancellor: our long term economic plan for the Midlands

Chancellor: our long term economic plan for the Midlands

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Chancellor talks through the six-point long term economic plan for the Midlands....

Priti Patel welcomes news of business expanding apprenticeship scheme

Priti Patel welcomes news of business expanding apprenticeship scheme

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Kelvin Hughes, which specialises in the design and supply of navigation and surveillance systems, today announced it has hired three new apprentices. ...

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Chief Secretary: 'Our future is one of ever greater devolution'

Chief Secretary: 'Our future is one of ever greater devolution'

Monday, 09 February 2015

'We have seen that the devolved model works', says Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander....

Broadband boost of £40 million for Scottish businesses

Broadband boost of £40 million for Scottish businesses

Monday, 09 February 2015

Small businesses in Glasgow, Inverness, Stirling and Dundee able to apply for government funding to connect them to faster broadband....

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Chancellor pledges $50m to help countries fighting Ebola

Chancellor pledges $50m to help countries fighting Ebola

Monday, 09 February 2015

UK becomes first country to pledge to a new IMF trust to relieve debt caused by Ebola....

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Chancellor extends hugely popular pensioner bonds

Chancellor extends hugely popular pensioner bonds

Sunday, 08 February 2015

Chancellor George Osborne announces the government will extend the availability of its hugely popular 65 plus pensioner bonds....

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Debt issued to fund the 1946 nationalisation of the Bank of England to be repaid

Debt issued to fund the 1946 nationalisation of the Bank of England to be repaid

Friday, 06 February 2015

Chancellor announces that the government will redeem 3% Treasury Stock in full on 8 May 2015. ...

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Priti Patel meets with Chiswick businesswomen

Priti Patel meets with Chiswick businesswomen

Thursday, 05 February 2015

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Priti Patel joined a group of female entrepreneurs to get their views on how the government can best support women...

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Prime Minister and Chancellor visit the set of Emmerdale

Prime Minister and Chancellor visit the set of Emmerdale

Thursday, 05 February 2015

As part of a tour of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, the Prime Minister David Cameron and Exchequer George Osborne visited the set of ITV’s Emme...

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Chancellor: our Long Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire

Chancellor: our Long Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire

Thursday, 05 February 2015

'The economy of Yorkshire is not just growing and creating jobs, but on many measures it is leading the country', George Osborne explains. ...

Long Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire announced

Long Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire announced

Thursday, 05 February 2015

Jobs, transport, manufacturing, science, tourism and governance at the heart of six point Long Term Economic Plan for the region. ...

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Yorkshire boost for tourism, cycling, and the arts

Yorkshire boost for tourism, cycling, and the arts

Thursday, 05 February 2015

Tourism, cycling and the arts boosted by new funding in Yorkshire, the Chancellor announces. ...

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2 million businesses accessing online tax accounts

2 million businesses accessing online tax accounts

Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Financial Secretary to the Treasury meets Leeds businesses as he marks 2 million online tax account users. ...

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Treasury Minister visits successful Manchester export business

Treasury Minister visits successful Manchester export business

Monday, 02 February 2015

'EDM is a great example of a company driving the local economy in the North West', Priti Patel explains. ...

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Government confirms new powers for Bank of England to guard against future financial risks

Government confirms new powers for Bank of England to guard against future financial risks

Monday, 02 February 2015

The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is to have new powers over the housing market and a leverage ratio framework for Britain's bank...

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£2m for thousands of Royal Navy personnel in Argyll and Bute

£2m for thousands of Royal Navy personnel in Argyll and Bute

Friday, 30 January 2015

Thousands of naval personnel in Argyll and Bute will benefit from £2 million of UK government support through Libor fines....

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£3 million boost for Royal Navy charities from LIBOR funds

£3 million boost for Royal Navy charities from LIBOR funds

Friday, 30 January 2015

News follows the Chancellor’s pledge in December that all proceeds from LIBOR fines would be spent on military and blue light causes. ...

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Plans to deliver the most modern Navy in the world

Plans to deliver the most modern Navy in the world

Friday, 30 January 2015

£100m investment in Portsmouth Naval Base confirmed. ...

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Priti Patel to Weymouth businesses: I bring a very simple message

Priti Patel to Weymouth businesses: I bring a very simple message

Thursday, 29 January 2015

'You are the people who are creating this country’s jobs and growth. We, as a government, will do all we can to support you.' ...

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