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NEXT STEPS: Another 13 government agencies will be launched next week under the Next Steps initiative, bringing the total to 89, William Waldegrave, Minister of Public Service and Science, said.

FARM TRAINING: The Agriculture Training Board is to become an independent organisation and government cash support cut to pounds 2.6m, John Gummer, Minister of Agriculture, said.

PARK HORSES: Working shire horses will be used instead of tractors to pull trailers in Richmond Park and other Royal Parks in London, Peter Brooke, the Secretary of State for National Heritage, said after launching a government agency to take over the management of the parks.