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Members of the Armed Forces looking to buy their own home could benefit from a new home ownership scheme launched today by the MOD and DCLG.

Defras new Evidence Investment Strategy (EIS), provides an agenda to prioritise and manage Defras investment in evidence from 2010 to 2013. It highlights the need to focus efforts on climate change, protecting ecosystems and developing a sustainable food supply. The strategy will ensure that Defra has access to the best evidence when developing policies.

The Government today published a discussion document on proposals for reforming the UK tax treatment of controlled foreign companies (CFCs).

12/01 Ultra energy efficient lighting could transform Britains homes and energy use with a new Government initiative to encourage innovation and research in the lighting industry.

A service to re-dedicate the Basra Memorial Wall, the monument to the 178 UK service personnel and one MOD civilian who lost their lives serving on Operation TELIC, will take place on 11 March at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

The Tornado Force based at RAF Marham today showcased its state-of-the-art technology being used to support ground forces in the Counter Insurgency and Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) campaigns. This top class intelligence and surveillance capability, along with the sophisticated weapons, is currently being used on the front line in Afghanistan by the Tornado GR4 fast jets.

Culture Minister Margaret Hodge today announced two grants to The Jewish Museum and The Wiener Library to help meet relocation costs. Each institution will receive 100,000 from DCMS resources made possible by under-spends identified elsewhere.

Today the Government announced plans for a new UK Life Sciences Super Cluster, supported by 1 million of Government investment. Bringing together industry, academia and the NHS, it will help deliver the next generation of medicines and technologies needed to support people suffering from chronic diseases.

Savings to the public purse of 3.2 billion annually from 2013/14 are to be made through transformations in public sector information technology.

HM The Queen has appointed Glennis Marianne Corkill to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has assigned her to the North Eastern Circuit, based at Barnsley County Court with effect from Monday 1 February 2010.

Government responds to National Equality Panel report

A new round of offshore licensing will give a further boost to the UKs offshore oil and gas industries, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt said today. Lord Hunt was in Fife visiting an oil platform manufacturing yard as he launched the 26th offshore licensing round to allow for oil and gas exploration in UK waters.

Britains Got Talent winners Diversity, are joining forces with the Department of Health to launch a Government campaign to get kids boogying for a healthier future across the country.

MPA Statement: Mayor of London Boris Johnson stands down as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today stood down as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA). The Mayor has nominated his Deputy Mayor for Policing Kit Malthouse as Chair of the MPA, and Reshard Auladin, an Independent Member, as Vice Chair.

A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) found that the Visa Section in Kuala Lumpur was well-managed however there were considerable delays in dealing with administrative reviews of points-based applications.