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  • News from our partners

    BIS is supported by a network of organisations that help to deliver the Department's priorities.

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

  • Securing Britain in an age of uncertainty

    Speech by General Sir David Richards, Chief of Defence Staff.

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

  • Sudan: UN special session at the UN Security Council on 16 November 2010

    Foreign Secretary William Hague laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament following the UN special session at the Security Council on 16 November.

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

  • RAF students join the Afghan Air Force Thunder Lab

    Two recent graduates from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury have arrived in Afghanistan to start their two-month embed with their Afghan counterparts

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

  • Afghan Elvis stages huge concert in Helmand

    In a sign of a radically-improved security situation in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah’s Karzai Stadium played host to a concert by world…

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

  • British and Afghan forces drive Taliban out of Helmand village

    Residents of the area - known to British forces as the ‘Red Wedge’ - are seeing stability return and their lives getting back to normal following…

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

  • PM - combat troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015 was a 'firm deadline' that would be met.

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

  • First female graduates from Defence Diving School

    The first female to train as a Royal Navy Minewarfare and Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) has graduated from the Defence Diving School.

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

  • Trial begins for former vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has spoken after the International Criminal Court (ICC) began trial proceedings against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo.

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

  • Government appoints Life Sciences Business Adviser

    Chris Brinsmead will support close and collaborative working on life sciences across Government and with key partners. He will work with the…

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

  • Cloud computing offers real economic benefits, says Minister

    The Minister outlined the potential of the new technology at the third annual UK-China Internet Forum, which was held at the Department for …

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

  • Michael Moore opens Longpark Windfarm

    Scottish Secretary Michael Moore today officially opened the £45m Longpark windfarm in the Scottish Borders.

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

  • Big Society Awards launched

    Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a new award that will recognise some of the excellent examples of the Big Society.

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

  • Government welcomes proposals for digital public services

    Public services should be delivered online or by other digital means, the government has announced in response to a report by Martha Lane Fox.

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

  • Home Office responds to 7/7 judgement

    The Home Office has responded to a High Court decision on evidence from the 7/7 inquest.

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

  • Ministerial statement on Sudan

    International Development Secretary issues written ministerial statement on Sudan

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

  • Ministerial statement on Sudan

    Ministerial statement on Sudan by the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, to PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • British Irish Parliamentary Association

    Speech given by Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

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

  • Helping HIV positive mothers have HIV negative children

    A DFID funded project is helping to increase the number of HIV negative babies that are born in South Africa

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