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  • Afghanistan and the Taliban: Foreign Secretary's interview on Sky news

    Sky news interviewed Foreign Secretary William Hague on Afghanistan and military pressure on the Taliban.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment return to Afghanistan

    Over 500 soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were preparing to leave Merville Barracks in Colchester last week for a six-month tour of Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • From Trafalgar to Afghanistan - the Royal Navy compares then and now

    As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Navy's calendar, thoughts were spared for the modern day descendants of T…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean rescues sailor in Atlantic

    HMS Ocean assisted the Italian-registered 'Grand Guinea' last week when one of the crew members was struck down with an acute case of suspected appendicitis.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence and Foreign Secretaries hold discussions with their Polish counterparts

    Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, and Foreign Secretary William Hague met with their Polish counterparts today, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, to discuss Britain's enduri…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for Europe to voice UK support for Turkey’s EU accession at Bosphorus Conference

    Minister for Europe David Lidington visits Istanbul to speak at the annual Bosphorus conference on Turkey EU relations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gibraltar, UK and Spain to hold trilateral meetings

    In a statement published on 21 October 2010, participants of the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar have announced series of trilateral meetings to take place in Gibraltar, Madrid and Algeciras.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Leadership appointments in key higher education bodies

    Tim Melville-Ross is reappointed as Chair of the Board of HEFCE for a further three years from 1 January 2011. The new SLC non-executive chair…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • David Willetts comments on UCAS statistics

    “In a year of unprecedented demand for higher education funding we kept our commitment to fund an additional 10,000 student places. There were…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Industry-led group to help redeploy high skilled defence workers

    The Skills and Jobs Retention Group will be chaired by Allan Cook, the current chairman of SEMTA (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Charles Hendry's speech at the Energy and Utility Forum, House of Commons

    Check against delivery To me, the issue of energy security is absolutely at the heart of the issues we have to discuss. And what was said in…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Providing additional flexibility in the enduring regulatory regime for offshore electricity transmission: initial joint decision statement

    Ofgem and DECC opened a further consultation on the enduring offshore transmission regime. As part of this consultation, we set out our proposal…

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  • Moore to establish response group for Moray

    The Secretary of State for Scotland will establish a response group within the Scotland Office to deal with issues faced by Moray as a result of the recent Defence Review.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister take public’s questions on Spending Review

    The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have answered the public's questions about the Spending Review as they visited Nottingham.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Crime statistics revealed

    Crime in England and Wales has fallen, according to statistics released today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Her Majesty The Queen begins Northern Ireland visit

    Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, has arrived in Northern Ireland and was greeted at George Best Belfast City Airport by Dame Mary Peters DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borou…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A Fair Approach to Welfare: Capita Welfare Reform Conference

    Speech by Chris Grayling MP.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welsh Secretary lays Order for Referendum on March 3

    Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has laid before Parliament the Welsh Referendum Order to take forward arrangements to hold the referendum…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nick Gibb comments on provisional GCSE and A level results

    Read the Schools Minister's comments and access the provisional results.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Peerage for the Rt Hon Michael Ancram

    A Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life upon the Rt Hon Michael Ancram.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government