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  • From Trafalgar to Afghanistan - the Royal Navy compares then and now

    As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Navy's calendar, thoughts were spared for the modern day descendants of T…

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

  • HMS Ocean rescues sailor in Atlantic

    HMS Ocean assisted the Italian-registered 'Grand Guinea' last week when one of the crew members was struck down with an acute case of suspected appendicitis.

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

  • Industry-led group to help redeploy high skilled defence workers

    The Skills and Jobs Retention Group will be chaired by Allan Cook, the current chairman of SEMTA (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering…

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

  • Baroness Hanham calls on councils to be innovative in order to make savings

    Councils need to be innovative in how they manage their assets and services, said Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham.

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

  • DFID Research: Story telling raises awareness of gender issues in Egypt and the Arab world

    This project shows how exposing young writers to ideas of gender equality had a huge impact on their lives and writings.

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  • Cycle Point

    A piece of Amsterdam came to Leeds when Norman Baker and the Dutch Ambassador His Excellency Pim Waldeck opened the UK's first Cycle Point.

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

  • The Spending Review 2010

    Today HM Treasury has announced the results of the comprehensive spending review

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

  • Ministers take action to enhance relationships and trade links with the Gulf

    Ministers from across Government will meet with some of their counterparts from the Gulf states, to further work on elevating relationships between their countries.

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

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Vietnam

    Dr Antony Stokes LVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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

  • The Department for Business Innovation and Skills Spending Review Settlement

    **Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Spending Review Settlement: **http://nds.coi.gov.uk/ImageLibrary/detail.aspx?MediaDetailsID…

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

  • Spending Review - HMT press release

    Over the course of the Spending Review period, the Department of Energy and Climate Change will reduce resource spending by 18% in real terms…

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

  • Cabinet Office announces Spending Review settlement

    Chancellor George Osborne has announced details of the government’s 4-year public spending plans in the Spending Review.

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

  • Cabinet Office Spending Review settlement

    The Cabinet Office has announced today that it will reduce its core resource budget by 35% in real terms by 2014-15.

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

  • Transport spending review 2010

    Information from the Transport Spending Review 2010

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

  • DFID Research: Tuberculosis patients benefit from new treatment strategy in Tanzania

    A new TB-treatment delivery strategy has been implemented by the National TB and Leprosy programme of Tanzania

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  • Deutsche Bahn launch

    Theresa Villiers speaks of the benefits of high speed rail and thanks Deutsche Bahn for their commitment to a high speed rail project.

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

  • GCC-UK Economic Cooperation Seminar, 19 October 2010

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham gave a speech at the GCC-UK Economic Cooperation Seminar at Lancaster House.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister to call on private sector in UK and Gulf to work together

    As part of the Gulf Co-operation Council “Days in Europe Expo,” Foreign Office Minister for Trade Henry Bellingham will deliver a speech at the GCC-UK Economic Co-operation Seminar at Lancaster House on 19 October.

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

  • People count in Ghana

    UK aid supports Ghana's 2010 population and housing census which will provide vital information on the population

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  • Measuring poverty in Malawi

    DFID joined partners in Malawi to survey over 12,000 households to get an up-to-date picture of the country's progress towards MDG 1

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