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  • Foreign Secretary congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners

    Foreign Secretary William Hague: "They have been tireless advocates for peace and have unstintingly promoted the safety of women and women’s rights through non-violent struggle."

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

  • Afghanistan: 10 years on

    A decade after UK Forces began operations in Afghanistan, Tristan Kelly reports from Helmand as all eyes look forward to the planned end of UK combat operations there in 2015.

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

  • Para honoured for saving wounded colleague

    Sergeant Sean McGlynn is to receive a Mention in Despatches following his actions while commanding a section tasked with providing security …

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

  • Defence heads mark 10 years of Afghanistan operations

    The UK is in Afghanistan for one overriding reason: to protect our own national security by helping the Afghans take control of theirs. This…

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

  • Department for Business response to AgustaWestland announcement on job losses

    Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “The news of job losses at AgustaWestland will be upsetting for the individuals involved and the wider…

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

  • First anniversary of new British passport

    First anniversary of Scenic Britain passport is being celebrated today (Saturday 8 October) by the IPS, after 4.5m were issued in 12 months.

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

  • More families will be paid childcare support than ever before

    Childcare support will be paid to around 80,000 more households.

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

  • Publication of DWP research report no: 778 perceptions of welfare reform and Universal Credit

    Research exploring reactions of claimants, other members of the public, employers and staff to Universal Credit proposals.

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

  • Childcare support will be paid to around 80,000 more households

    Childcare support will be paid to around 80,000 more households, Nick Clegg and Welfare Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced today.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Israeli opposition leader

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni to discuss UK-Israel relations and recent events in the region.

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

  • Afghanistan operational air update

    RAF and Royal Navy personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan in the week of 26 September to 2 October 2011. Here follows an operational update.

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

  • Foreign Secretary Twitter Q&A on the London Conference on Cyberspace

    Foreign Secretary William Hague answered questions ahead of the London Conference on Cyberspace in November.

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

  • Product pricing project shows benefits of trusts sharing information

    Foundation Trust Network publishes results of a pilot benchmarking project to examine the prices paid by trusts for the same goods.

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

  • Health and wellbeing

    A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • New dawn in legal sector will give boost to UK business and customers

    The public are set to benefit from modern, joined-up legal services after Jonathan Djanogly announced the start of radical changes.

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

  • Gibb: simpler, fairer funding system to improve post-16 education

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb sets out proposals to overhaul education for pupils of 16 and over.

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

  • Freedom of Expression on the Internet Expert Group meets

    Minister of State Jeremy Browne today chaired the second meeting of the Foreign Office's Expert Group on freedom of expression on the internet.

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

  • Foreign Secretary disappointed by Russian and Chinese veto of UNSCR on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague says Britain will continue to stand side by side with the Syrian people and redouble efforts to work with international partners to increase pressure on the regime.

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

  • Lord McNally University of Hertfordshire lecture

    Lord McNally lecture about the work of the probation service and rehabilitation.

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

  • HMS Monmouth home from anti-piracy operations

    Crowds of families and friends welcomed Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth back to her base port of HM Naval Base Devonport yesterday following a six-month anti-piracy deployment.

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