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  • The Sovereign’s Parade

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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

  • Business: UK impact investments to boost development

    Britain will help to foster a revolution in private investment into projects to improve the health, education and future chances of more than five million people across Africa and Asia.

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

  • Transparency: UK calls on donors to make aid more transparent

    Development Secretary Justine Greening called on the international community to do more to make their aid delivery more transparent.

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

  • Mark Lowcock: Prospects for Africa and the role of development assistance

    Speech by DFID's top civil servant at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) conference in Kampala, Uganda.

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

  • Prime Minister's speech to CBI

    The Prime Minister spoke to the CBI conference about plans to help British business thrive.

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

  • Change of British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone

    Mr Peter West has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Sierra Leone.

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

  • African Investment Summit

    Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds gave a speech on investment in Africa.

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

  • HMS Dauntless returns from maiden deployment

    HMS Dauntless returned home to Portsmouth yesterday, Tuesday 30 October, from her maiden deployment circumnavigating the Atlantic Ocean.

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

  • International crack down on human trafficking

    Mark Harper joins forces with Foreign Office to call on international partners to redouble efforts against human trafficking.

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK Government

    A report published today by the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group (IDMG) on Human Trafficking shows that more work than ever before is being carried out both in the UK and internationally to prosecute criminals and stop t…

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

  • Alan Duncan: Business that helps beat poverty

    Speech by the Minister of State on the private sector's role in development and the importance of fair trade

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK government

    Gangs that lure victims to UK and exploit them for sex, labour and domestic slavery are being targeted following action by the government.

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK government

    Gangs that lure victims to the UK and then exploit them for sex, labour and domestic slavery are being targeted following action by the government.

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

  • Foreign Secretary speech on diplomatic tradecraft

    "Our diplomatic network is the essential infrastructure of Britain’s influence in the world".

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

  • Written Ministerial Statement on Iraq Network Strategic Review

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today set out details of its Iraq Network Strategic Shift in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament.

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

  • Prosecuting human trafficking and slavery: the law and the UK response

    Speech by Solicitor General, Oliver Heald QC MP to students of Peace Studies at Bradford University

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

  • ACOBA recommendation: Andrew Lloyd, High Commissioner to Nigeria, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Approval for Andrew Lloyd CMG MBE, former High Commissioner to Nigeria, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on business appointment after leaving Crown service.

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  • Polio: Britain to vaccinate 29 million children

    The extra support was welcomed as key step towards the eradication of polio by the UK's Development Secretary

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

  • Family planning: Contraceptives for 27m women and girls

    The British government is part of a new partnership announced today at the United Nations that will increase access to contraceptives for 27 million women and girls in some of the world's poorest countries.

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

  • Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

    Border Force officers in Ghana have helped seize cocaine worth an estimated £200,000 which had been hidden in lollipops.

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