Several other measures are geared towards boosting the number of academies, for example the dropping of the requirement for academies to have a subject specialism and the extension of the programme to sixth form colleges.

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Mr Samaras' expected plan to request a two-year extension on its austerity programme has provoked frustration among other European politicians.

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Michael Fuchs, deputy chairman of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU parliamentary group, said his faction would not give Greece the two-year extension it wants on its austerity programme.

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It is the first department to move to a new ground floor extension at the hospital as part of a programme of investments at the site by the Hwyel Dda Health Board.

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Following the Greeks' unenthusiastic backing for the conservative New Democracy Party to form a new government, the noises from New Democracy is that it wants an extra two years to implement spending cuts and tax rises - the austerity programme - whereas the German government may be prepared to offer an extension of the repayment date on Greece's vast debt.

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The programme would last two years, with the option of a one-year extension.

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Such an extension would be important to Russia, which has a major share of the contracts approved under the programme.

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Mr Cameron told party activists the scheme would be an extension of the National Citizen Service (NCS) he has already announced - a UK-based programme for 16-year-olds.

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