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Vince Cable

The latest news and articles featuring Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Regional Growth Fund ''could do better''
The £1.4bn already spent is expected to create around 41,000 jobs but it could have been thousands more

Cabinet Office to spend £1.6bn on new IT deals
IT contracts to be awarded by government over the next three years as part of new purchasing plans

Permanent secretary and Salmond roles questioned
Leveson heard that the permanent secretary would be a ''conduit'' between the government and News Corporation

Hunt rejects call to resign – but aide goes
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt insists he won't go although his special adviser has stepped down

Local pay plans are ''counterproductive''
Pay for civil servants in England and Wales should reflect pay for similar posts in the private sector, says government

LATEST FEATURES

Arms sales to dictators – there's an app for that
Ian Prichard, research coordinator of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), explains how CAAT's new web app aims to make 'impenetrable' government data on arms export licensing useable

To be fair – a neat trick if you can pull it off
As the three party leaders square up to do battle over the shrinking margins of disparity around fairness, Matthew George examines what this contest signifies and whether it is really in anyone's best interests to pursue it

David Willetts photo by Rory Baxter''What really matters is long-term growth''
Universities and science minister David Willetts argues that universities, science facilities and researchers are the best single hope for Britain making its way in the high-tech world of the future, creating jobs and opportunities