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No. 14: 30 November 2011 - 20 January 2012(PDF, 398KB)
No 13: 9 November - 29 November 2011(PDF, 385KB)
No 12: 19 October - 8 November 2011(PDF, 320KB)
No 11: 27 September - 18 October 2011(PDF, 213KB)
No 10: 31 August - 26 September(PDF, 388KB)
No 9: 30 July - 30 August 2011(PDF, 443KB)
No 8: 21 July - 29 July 2011(PDF, 335KB)
No 7: 7 July - 20 July 2011(PDF, 384KB)
No 6: 23 June - 6 July 2011(PDF, 358KB)
No 5: 11 June - 22nd June 2011(PDF, 321KB)
No 4: 26th May - 10th June 2011(PDF, 335KB)
No 3: 11th May - 25th May 2011(PDF, 530KB)
No 2: 16th April - 10th May 2011 (PDF, 315KB)
No 1: 1st April - 15th April 2011 (PDF, 415KB)
No 20: 10th March - 31st March 2011 (PDF, 451KB)
No 19: 18th February - 9th March 2011(PDF, 217KB)
No 18: 28th January - 17th February 2011(PDF, 177KB)
No 17: 14th January - 27th January 2011 (PDF, 133KB)
No 16: 17th December 2010 - 13th January 2011 (PDF, 147KB) 
No 15: 2nd December - 16h December 2010 (PDF, 159KB)
No 14: 5th November - 1st December 2010 (PDF, 163KB)
No 13: 22nd October - 4th November 2010 (PDF, 163KB)
No 12: 9th October - 22nd October 2010 (PDF, 93KB)
Interim Policy Update: Spending Review - 20th October 2010 (PDF, 125KB)
No 11: 24th September - 7th October 2010 (PDF, 126KB)
No 10: 9th September - 23rd September 2010 (PDF, 130KB)
No 9: 19th August - 8th September 2010 (PDF, 89KB)
No 8: 30th July - 18th August 2010 (PDF, 130KB)
No 7: 22 July - 29 July 2010 (PDF, 130KB)
No 6: 7 July – 21 July 2010 (PDF, 147KB)
No 5: 24 June – 6 July 2010 (PDF, 141KB)
No 4: 9 June – 23 June 2010 (PDF, 141KB)
No 3: 25 May – 8 June 2010 (PDF, 148KB)
No 2: 7 May - 24 May 2010 (PDF, 242KB) 
No 1: 24 March - 6 May 2010 (PDF,  206KB)