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  • Foreign Office Minister meets Egyptian religious leaders

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met Head of the Anglican Church for the Middle East and North Africa Region Rev. Dr. Bishop Mouneer Hanna and Grand Mufti of Egypt Shaikh Ali Gomaa.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on violence in Malawi

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham: "I call on President Mutharika to rein in the security forces and elements of his party, and to allow the media to report freely on the situation in the country."

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

  • Dambusters arrive home from Afghanistan

    There were emotional scenes at RAF Lossiemouth this week as the 13 crews and 110 engineers of 617 Squadron, 'The Dambusters', were welcomed home from Afghanistan by their families and friends.

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

  • RAF and Navy continue to strike at Gaddafi regime

    The RAF and Royal Navy have been involved in a number of precision attacks to protect Libyan civilians over the last few days as part of NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.

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

  • Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th mission in Afghanistan

    The Royal Navy's Sea King Mk7 Force completed their 1,000th operational mission in Afghanistan yesterday.

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

  • Yorkshire crowds cheer soldiers before deployment

    Soldiers from The Yorkshire Regiment received huge receptions during hometown parades in North Yorkshire this week ahead of their deployment to Cyprus as the UK reserve battalion for operations in Afghanistan.

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

  • Royal Navy blows up WWII mine

    Royal Navy bomb disposal experts successfully blew up a huge German Second World War mine off the Essex coast on Tuesday 19 July 2011.

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

  • Swindon and Wiltshire joins local enterprise partnership network

    The Swindon and Wiltshire local enterprise partnership covers a population of around 650,000 and represents over 26,000 businesses. It has the…

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

  • First successful project from first round of Regional Growth Fund to be awarded funding

    The project will create jobs across the, Heart of the South West and the Cornwall and Scilly Isles local enterprise partnership regions. It …

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

  • UK Commission for Employment and Skills strengthened by new appointments

    The UK Commission works with government to raise skill levels, helping drive enterprise, create more and better jobs and promote economic growth…

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

  • £32 million of investments announced for helicopter production, research and development

    The Business Secretary made the announcement during a visit to AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility where design and development is taking place…

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

  • Manufacturers asked to take up the Red Tape Challenge

    For the next three weeks the Red Tape Challenge will focus on 140 different regulations that manufacturers and producers have to deal with every…

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

  • Access to Education report welcomed

    Simon Hughes was appointed as the Advocate for Access to Education by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in December 2010 and was …

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

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP speech: The art and the science of climate change

    I am delighted to be here today, and to give the last of a series of three speeches about climate change. Three weeks ago, I spoke about the…

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

  • DECC gives money off green heaters

    **Up to £1,250 in government payments available to install eco heaters ** **£15 million in total to support up to 25,000 installations…

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

  • Secretary of State hails successful Shetland visit

    The Minister met a number of businesses on an official visit.

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

  • Alleged phone hacking of senior civil servant: Sir Gus O'Donnell correspondence

    Sir Gus O'Donnell was asked to look closely at claims that a senior government official was the subject of phone hacking.

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  • Police forces rising to cost-cutting challenge

    The Crime and Security Minister James Brokenshire comments on a report looking at how police forces are preparing to make financial savings.

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

  • Imports of new 'legal high' banned

    From midnight tonight, the UK Border Agency will seize and destroy shipments of phenazepam.

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

  • Import ban of new 'legal high' phenazepam introduced

    The government has today announced that it will ban the importation of phenazepam a harmful drug advertised as a ‘legal high’.

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