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Top stories

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  Vince Cable targets green growth

  Yesterday

  Business Secretary announces £50m 'Green centre' in Glasgow.

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  Banks boost UK jobs with new apprenticeships

  8 Feb 2012

  High street banks will create new apprenticeship schemes and offer more places to young people.

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  Prime Minister: We’ll make apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people

  7 Feb 2012

  New round of Government funding to support thousands of apprenticeships up to degree equivalent.

Speeches

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  Executive Remuneration

  24 Jan 2012, Social Market Foundation

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  Our Hi-Tech Future

  4 Jan 2012, Policy Exchange, London

  In a speech at Policy Exchange, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts argued that our greatest national assets - our universities, our science facilities and researchers - are the best single hope for making our way in the high-tech world of the future, creating jobs and opportunities and boosting high tech economic growth.

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  Resource security

  12 Dec 2011, CBI / Green Alliance Conference, London

  Vince Cable argues that the formula for resource security is to let markets work and let business pick up market signals, but recognise the key role of government in supporting innovation and in setting the right price signals, in the move to a more sustainable low carbon economy.

Press releases

• Cable targets green growth

  Yesterday

  The location of a new £50 million centre that will accelerate the commercialisation of green technologies was announced by the Business Secretary Vince Cable today.

• Cities across UK to benefit from £4.5 million City Skills Fund

  Yesterday

  The Government has today announced a £4.5 million fund for England’s biggest cities and colleges to work together to boost adult skills across the country.

• Government investigates the future of disaster anticipation and resilience

  Yesterday

  A new Foresight project investigating how to improve anticipation of and resilience to disasters is being announced today by the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington.