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  • Historic Joint UK-Ireland Trade Mission at Singapore Airshow

    We are pleased to announce that the first ever Joint Trade Mission from the United Kingdom and Ireland will visit Singapore for the Airshow.

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

  • The Human Rights and Democracy Fund - Bid Round 2014-2015

    The first bid round for Brazil is now open for the submission of project proposals.

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

  • Talks begin over contracts to tackle reoffending

    Crucial Government reforms aimed at overhauling the way offenders are managed have moved a step closer, as organisations bidding for new regional rehabilitation work have been invited to begin formal contract talks.

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

  • Mediation is better - couples told as divorce rate rises

    Thousands of couples who separate each year have been urged to spurn confrontational court battles and instead to try mediation to sort out disputes over finances and children – as new figures show divorce rates increased la…

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

  • New government measures to end FGM

    A government declaration to end FGM in the UK and around the world marked International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

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

  • Human Rights Council: 18th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Geneva, 27 January to 7 February 2014

    Statement by the UK Mission Geneva on the Universal Periodic Review of Yemen, 29 January 2014.

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

  • Laos to attend Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference

    Laos is set to participate in the biggest ever global conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, to be held in London on 11-13 February.

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

  • New planning court gets go ahead to support UK growth

    Key building projects which generate thousands of jobs in communities across the UK will benefit from changes to tackle costly and unnecessary legal delays under plans to speed up and reform the Judicial Review system announ…

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

  • Criminals to pay towards cost of running courts

    Criminals will be made to pay towards the cost of their court case under legislation introduced to Parliament today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

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

  • UK Africa Minister Mark Simmonds writes in Ugandan press

    Mark Simmonds MP, UK Minister for Africa, has written in New Vision and Daily Monitor about fighting the illegal wildlife trade

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

  • Japan is Back, Britain is Back

    Tim Hitchens, the British Ambassador to Japan, gave a speech on the UK-Japan relationship at an event by the Naigai Jose Chosakai held on 3 February in the Tokyo International Forum.

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

  • Government and regulators meet to combat cyber threats to essential services

    Sector regulators, ministers and senior officials meet at a summit to discuss how to address cyber threats to crucial infrastructure.

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

  • World faces wildlife crisis: article by UK Minister for Africa

    An op-ed by UK Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds on the illegal wildlife trade that has become a global criminal enterprise.

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

  • UK and Zambia sign a Double Taxation Agreement

    It replaces an agreement between the UK and Zambia of 1972.

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

  • UK shares experience in good governance

    UK expert speaks at international conference on good governance in Kyrgyzstan

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

  • Minister for Europe's talk at University of Montenegro

    Minister for Europe, David Lidington addressed Montenegrin students, academia and other guests at University of Montenegro on 04 Feb 2014

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

  • Foreign Secretary’s Joint Press Conference with German Foreign Minister Steinmeier

    Foreign Secretary William Hague hosted German Foreign Minister Steinmeier today on his first official visit to London since his appointment.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets German Foreign Minister

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague's statement about his meeting with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Germany, in London.

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

  • Michael Gove speaks about securing our children’s future

    Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, speaks at the London Academy of Excellence about securing our children’s future.

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

  • Call for concept bids for the 2014/15 Human Rights and Democracy Programme

    The British Embassy in Dushanbe invites organisations operating in Tajikistan to submit project concept bids for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) 2014/15 Human Rights and Democracy Programme (HRDP).

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