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  • FCO statement on recent violence in the Abyei region of Sudan

    We urge all parties to work to secure full implementation of the agreements made in Kadguli in January this year in order to reduce instability and tension.'

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes UN inquiry into human rights violations in Libya

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has today welcomed the appointment of the UN Human Rights Council Commission to investigate human rights violations in Libya.

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

  • PM attends European Council on Libya

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said Europe must be "ready to act" if the situation in Libya deteriorates.

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

  • Press conference in Brussels

    A transcript of press conference given by the Prime Minister David Cameron in Brussels on Friday, 11 March 2011.

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

  • Press conference in Brussels

    A transcript of press conference given by the Prime Minister David Cameron in Brussels on Friday, 11 March 2011.

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

  • Former coalfield areas to benefit from £30 million funding package

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced £30m to help drive out inequality and deprivation from the country’s coalfields areas. The investment…

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

  • Foreign Secretary attends EU Foreign Ministers meeting on Libya

    Foreign Secretary William Hague attends the EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels to discuss action to step up pressure on the Libyan regime.

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

  • UK expresses concern at recent attacks on journalists and news organisations in Iraq

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt expressed concern following reports of attacks on journalists.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes abolition of the death penalty in Illinois

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that this "further reinforces the international trend towards abolition" after Illinois became the 16th US state to abolish the death penalty.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister on Somalia

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham's statement at the United Nations Security Council Somalia Open Debate

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

  • Fox and Hague respond to Iranian weapons seizure in Afghanistan

    Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary William Hague have issued statements following media reporting that Iranian-made weapons destined for the Taliban have been seized by UK Special Forces.

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

  • Dr Fox discusses Libya no-fly zone possibility

    Ahead of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting commencing in Brussels today, UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken to the BBC about the issue of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya.

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

  • Wales can be at the heart of the new green economy, Cheryl Gillan tells Welsh Grand Committee

    Wales is well placed to be at the heart of the Government’s move to a new green economy, Welsh Secretary told a meeting of the Welsh Grand Committee…

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

  • Tim Loughton at the adoption guidance launch

    The Children's Minister speaks about the changes that need to be made to the adoption process at the launch of the new adoption guidance.

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

  • Privy Council Appointments

    Lady Justice Jill Margaret Black, Lord Justice Stephen Miles Tomlinson and Lord Justice Peter Henry Gross appointed to Privy Council.

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

  • Letter from the PM and President Sarkozy to President Van Rompuy

    Letter from Prime Minister David Cameron and President Sarkozy to President Van Rompuy ahead of the European Council meeting in Brussels on 11 March 2011.

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

  • DFID Research: OBSERVE - Monitoring the application of a new domestic violence law in Brazil

    Brazil’s Maria da Penha Law was put in place to prevent and combat domestic and family violence against women

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  • Think outside of 'identikit Legoland homes'

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today called on architects and housebuilders to “think outside the identikit Legoland box” and make sure their…

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

  • Smoking time bomb: cigarettes the most deadly cause of house fire fatalities

    Smokers urged to ‘put it out, right out’ on No Smoking Day 9 March. Smokers are being reminded today that careless disposal of cigarettes is…

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

  • 2011/03/09 - Green Paper Consultation Event (Exports)

    Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London on Wednesday 9 March 2011. Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology - Peter Luff MP also gave …

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