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  • First publication of government services data paves way for efficiency savings

    Information published today on government services is a crucial step towards using data to drive performance improvements and cut costs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation begins with unions on facility time

    A consultation about paid time off work for trade union duties and activities for civil servants has been launched.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Croydon hub: office space for civil servants during Olympics

    Up to 150 civil servants from across Whitehall can work from a new office space in Croydon during the Olympics and Paralympics.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Francis Maude visits England’s first social enterprise hospice

    Francis Maude today visited the first hospice in England to be run by its staff as a mutual - the John Taylor Hospice, Birmingham.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Quarterly data summaries published

    Quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget, the results it has achieved and how it is deploying its workforce.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Bew appointed Chair of the CSPL

    Published 12 July 2013

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  • Francis Maude attends Meet the Buyers event

    A discussion with firms from across West Sussex about making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises win public sector contracts.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Whole of Government Accounts 2010-11 published

    The Government today published an unaudited summary of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2010-11.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First centralised procurement contract awarded

    Francis Maude has today recognised the progress made and set out the challenge ahead to senior government buyers as the first centrally managed contract went live.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government appoints Chief Procurement Officer

    Francis Maude has today announced that Bill Crothers will be appointed as the government's Chief Procurement Officer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Open Data User Group to help unleash the potential of open data

    Today’s first meeting of the Open Data User Group (ODUG) has been hailed as an important step in the government's open data revolution.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy Prime Minister’s speech at the second reading of the House of Lords Reform Bill

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave this speech at the second reading of the House of Lords Reform Bill.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government to deliver certainty on decommissioning relief

    Government has published a consultation aimed at giving oil and gas companies more certainty on decommissioning relief.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government publishes vision for building societies

    The government has published a discussion document setting out its vision for the building societies sector.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jenny Grey to leave Cabinet Office

    Executive Director for Government Communication, Jenny Grey, is to leave the cvil service to take up a new post at Citigroup.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pension fund investment in infrastructure - Paul Morrell's view

    The Government Chief Construction Adviser, Paul Morrell, has set out his views on infrastructure funding.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Francis Maude speech to Policy Exchange - The Big Data Opportunity

    Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude made a speech about the government's approach to open data and transparency.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DCLG Annual Report and Accounts published

    The Department for Communities and Local Government has published its Annual Report and, for the first time, consolidated Group Accounts for…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Francis Maude's speech to the Government Construction Summit

    Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivered a speech about government and the construction industry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointments to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority

    Professor Sir Adrian Smith and Professor David Rhind have been appointed as Deputy Chairs of the UK Statistics Authority.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government