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European Ministerial e-Government Conference

Gillian Merron spoke at the European Ministerial e-Government Conference on 20 September 2007

Social enterprise

Speech by Phil Hope to the Development Trusts Association on 18 September 2007

GoldStar regional road show events in September 2007

Speech by Phil Hope to GoldStar regional road show events in September 2007 made on 5 September 2007.

Grants for community organisations

Speech by Phil Hope to the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action on 3 September 2007.

Democracy

Speech by Ed Miliband on democracy to the Fabian conference on 8 September 2007.

Lessons from the third sector

Speech by Ed Miliband to the Future Services Network on 25 June 2007.

Time and service

Speech by Pat McFadden entitled “Time and Service” to the Social Market Foundation on 26th June 2007

Informing the public

Speech by Pat McFadden on improving communications with the public, given on 21 June 2007.

Towards A Generous Society

Speech by Ed Miliband at the launch of a Treasury – Cabinet Office consultation on Gift Aid, 19 June 2007.

Building a different kind of state

Speech by Ed Miliband to the Donald Chesworth Educational Trust, 14 June 2007.

Child Poverty

Speech by Hilary Armstrong at the North East Child Poverty Conference on Friday, 8 June 2007.

Making Assets Work: The Quirk Review

Speech by Ed Miliband at the launch of Making Assets Work: The Quirk Review on 15 May 2007.

Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerces Event with David Olds

Speaking notes of Pat Mcfadden address at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerces event with David Olds on 15 May 2007.

Child poverty

Speech by Ed Miliband on the 20 March 2007 to the Barnardo's annual conference.

Socially Excluded Families

Hilary Armstrong speech on the 20 March 2007 as part of the Familes At Risk Review conference.

Participation, charities and the media

Ed Miliband speech on the 19 March 2007 to a Charity Commission/BBC conference on participation.

Youth Justice Board Conference

Hilary Armstrong's closing speech on 8 March 2007 at the Youth Justice Board Early Intervention Conference: Young People at risk of Committing Crime and Anti–Social Behaviour.

Managing New Realities 2007

Hilary Armstrong speech for the ‘Managing New Realities 2007’ on 5 March 2007– a two day conference organised jointly by the Guardian and Pavilion, attended by a range of policy–makers and frontline practitioners. It focuses on the integrated delivery of health, social care and housing, looking at how we can achieve excellence through partnership with other sectors.

Public Service Reform: the History of the Future

Gus O'Donnell's speech “Public Service Reform: the History of the Future” delivered on the 25 January 2007 at the Guardian Public Service Summit.

Social enterprise: a social movement

Ed Miliband's ‘Social enterprise: a social movement’ speech to Voice 07, the conference of the Social Enterprise Coalition on 24 January 2007.

Shared responsibility for the way the UK regulates itself

Pat McFadden's speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research on Risk and Regulation, 23 January 2007. While acknowledging that Government must be accountable for the regulation it creates, Pat McFadden said ”we have a shared responsibility around these issues – government, public and media.

Putting users and communities at the heart of public services

Speech given by Ed Miliband MP to Unison and Compass about user involvement in public services on the 18 January 2007.

e–Government National Awards speech

Speech given by Pat McFadden MP at the e–Government National Awards on the 17 January 2007.

Transformational Government Event

Keynote speech given by Pat McFadden MP at the Transformational Government Event on the 10 January 2007.

90 Years On – Influence And Capability At The Heart Of Government

Speech given by Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, on 12 December 2006 at a Whitehall conference for top public servants, on the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Cabinet Office.

The Challenge of Citizen Engagement

Hazel Blears addresses the ‘Together We Can’ event run by the London Civic Forum on 7 December 2006 in the Barbican Centre.

Public service plan launched, ‘Partnership in Public Services’

Ed Miliband spoke at the launch of ‘Partnership in Public Services’ and ‘The Future Role of the Third Sector in Social and Economic Regeneration: Interim Report’ on 6 December 2006.

The Government's View of Prevention and the Benefits of a Scientific Approach

Hilary Armstrong spoke about delivering better outcomes for children and young people at a Rainer/Communities That Care conference at the Royal Academy on 1 December 2006.

Reaching Out: The Role of the Third Sector in Tackling Social Exclusion

Hilary Armstrong paid tribute to the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) on 30 November 2006 in her speech entitled ‘Reaching Out: The Role of the Third Sector in Tackling Social Exclusion’.

Charities, campaigns and progressive change

Ed Miliband addressed the audience at the ‘Britain's Most Admired Charities’ Awards Ceremony on the 29 November 2006.

Changing lives, changing society

Ed Miliband addressed the audience at the Hinton Lecture on the 22 November 2006, the title of the speech was ‘Changing lives, changing society’ and set out the Government's vision for the best way the third sector and Government can work together.

A friend for life for Looked after children

Hilary Armstrong spoke at an Institute of Education Conference, highlighting research showing that children in care need more of a voice. The Cabinet Office Minister for social exclusion talked about giving children in care a ‘friend for life’, and how government and authorities should not be afraid to intervene where care services fail to listen to children's needs.

National Council for Voluntary Organisations Breakfast Briefing

Hilary Armstrong spoke at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on 8 November 2006 about the challenges ahead for the Government and the third sector.

Hazel Blears speaks about young people’s attitudes towards democracy and politics

Hazel Blears, Minister without Portfolio, spoke on 7 November 2006 about young people's attitudes towards democracy and politics, and warns of a democratic demographic timebomb.

“Delivering the Social Exclusion Agenda”

Hilary Armstrong's speech marking the 25th anniversary of Community Links at Leeds on 2 November 2006. She spoke about mental health, the role of the third sector to deliver better and more personalised services and the government's role in helping that happen.

Hazel Blears gives speech on civic engagement and community regeneration

On 26 October 2006 Hazel Blears, Minister without Portfolio, spoke at the annual Chamberlain Lecture at the Balsall Heath Forum in Birmingham, addressing the issues of civic engagement and community regeneration.

Youth, volunteering and society

On 17 October 2006 Ed Miliband MP addressed the audience at the Rainer conference on youth volunteering, the title of the speech was “Youth, volunteering and society’.

Hilary Armstrong's speaks at British Urban Regeneration Association

Hilary Armstrong, Minister for Social Exclusion, made the keynote speech at the British Urban Regeneration Association annual conference on 11 October 2006. She spoke on how developing mixed communities is central to the Government's aims to tackle disadvantage and create sustainable communities.

Tolorance, Freedom and Respect

Speech by Hazel Blears MP made during her visit to Cape Town, South Africa, 16 August 2006.

First anniversary of Community Interest Companies

Speech by Ed Miliband MP to members of the Community Interest Companies(CIC) regarding their first anniversary, 10 July 2006.

The Fathers Matter Conference

Speech by Hilary Armstrong to the delegates at The Fathers Matter Conference on the 29 June 2006

The Three Sector Summit

Speech by Ed Miliband, minister for the third sector, regarding the on the Third Sector Summit on 22 June 2006

Government Computing Expo speech – 21 June, Earls Court

Speech by Pat Mcfadden to the delegates of the Government Computing Expo at Earls Court on 21 June 2006

ACEVO Summer Forum – ‘Leader to Leader’

Keynote address by Ed Miliband MP to the ACEVO on 8 June 2006

Third Sector Review launch

Speech by Ed Miliband on the Third Sector Review launch event – 15 May 2006

The invisible generation: from picking up the pieces to predicting and preventing

Speech by Hilary Armstrong MP to the Institute for Public Policy Research North, 20 May 2006

Made remarkable progress

Speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research by Jim Murphy MP – 4 April 2006.

SMF – E–Government and Public Service Reform

Speech to the Social Market Foundations – E–Government and Public Service Reform by Jim Murphy MP, 27 January 2006.

The Modern Civil Service: The Fusion of Historic Values with 21st Century Dynamism

Speech to the Guardian Public Services Summit given by Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, 27 January 2005.

Lemons into Peaches

Speech to RUSI conference ‘Managing Information Asymmetry’ given by Howell James, Permanent Secretary Government Communications, 15 November 2005.

Towards Customer Centric Government: Strategies for Service Transformation

Speech to the FT E-fficiency in Government conference given by Jim Murphy, Parliamentary Secretary, 10 October 2005.

‘Modernising Local Enforcement’

Speech to LACORS meeting ‘Delivering the Hampton agenda’ given by John Hutton, Minister for the Cabinet Office, 14 September 2005.

‘Working to a common purpose’

Speech to the LGA/LSE conference – the future is local, given by Sir Gus O'Donnell, 14 September 2005

‘What is a good target?’

Speech to the Social Market Foundation, given by John Hutton, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 8 September 2005

‘Making Europe Work Better’

Speech to the Fabian Society, given by John Hutton, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4 July 2005

‘Better Regulation: Improving Consultation with Stakeholders’

Speech to the Better Regulation Seminar at the British Embassy, Berlin, given by Jim Murphy MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, 23 June 2005

‘Professionalising public management in an era of choice’

Speech to the Guardian Public Services Summit, given by Sir Andrew Turnbull, 2 February 2005

‘Putting the public back into public services’

Speech to the Guardian Public Services Summit, given by David Miliband, 2 February 2005

‘What future for government communications?’

Speech to the centre for Public Policy Seminars, given by Howell James, 20 January 2005

‘Is e-government better government?’

Speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research, given by Ruth Kelly, 15 December 2004

‘The voluntary sector – a partnership in reform’

Speech to the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), given by Alan Milburn, 30 November 2004

‘Valuing public service’

Speech to the Guardian Public Service Awards, given by Alan Milburn, 23 November 2004

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