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28 Mar 2013
Senior officials within Government responsible for procurement have said that Government purchasing should be centralised and that all the information relating to deals with suppliers should be made fully transparent, according to reports.
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26 Mar 2013
The Government has invited rail operators to bid to run the East Coast rail franchise. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin made the announcement as he unveiled a revised rail franchising programme covering 15 routes across the country.
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26 Mar 2013
The Campaign for Real Recycling (CRR) has decided against bringing an appeal against a ruling by the High Court which had backed Government policy on recycling.
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20 Mar 2013
The Government will take forward the "overwhelming majority" of Lord Heseltine's recommendations to stimulate economic growth at a local level, including the creation of a single funding 'pot' for regional spending, it has announced.
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19 Mar 2013
Governments and businesses should be aware of the relatively insecure nature of email, and should "investigate alternative communication channels" to protect them from security threats, an EU advisory body has said.
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15 Mar 2013
The High Court has largely rejected a number of legal challenges to the Government's controversial High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project.
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14 Mar 2013
Indications that the Government is planning to turn to the capital bond markets and European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance its delayed Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) raises questions about the future of private financing, an expert has...
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13 Mar 2013
Local government leaders have called on the Government to confirm when essential rebuilding work on England's most dilapidated school buildings will begin, nine months after it was announced which schools would receive a share of funding.
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11 Mar 2013
The amount of money that council pension funds will be free to invest in infrastructure and other partnership-backed projects will double from 1 April 2013, the Government has confirmed.
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11 Mar 2013
FOCUS: Companies bidding for public sector work, and public sector bodies running major tenders, will have to change the way they approach the tender process from as early as 1 April this year, under plans published by the Government.
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