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  • Syria: Vital aid for children and families forced to flee

    Britain will provide urgent support to the United Nations to get humanitarian help - including water and education - to 250,000 children who were forced to flee the fighting.

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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

  • Maude calls for international governments to deliver their transparency commitments

    The UK has taken up the rotating leadership of the international Open Government Partnership (OGP).

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

  • Open Data User Group issues call for open data requests

    The Open Data User Group (ODUG) has called on developers and the open data community to request the release of public sector data.

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

  • Probation Minister calls for tougher community sentences

    Community Payback must be more intensive and delivered within days of an offender being sentenced, Jeremy Wright said.

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

  • Pupils who fall behind in English and maths to get intensive catch-up classes

    Intensive catch-up tuition for all pupils who start secondary school without having achieved required levels in English and maths.

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

  • David Cameron's address to the United Nations General Assembly

    "I am convinced that we need to focus more than ever on the building blocks that take countries from poverty to prosperity."

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

  • UK Export Finance adds Santander to its Export Working Capital Scheme

    UK Export Finance signs up Santander to Working Capital Scheme.

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

  • Funding boost for roads in the Isle of Wight

    Isle of Wight roads to improve after given Private Finance Initiative funding.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague: 'For us, the relationship with Canada is invaluable'

    Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered opening remarks during the joint press conference for the Canada-UK Joint Declaration.

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

  • Further Strengthening the Canada-United Kingdom Partnership

    Foreign Secretary William Hague meets with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during his visit to Ottawa.

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

  • Transport, technology and the city of the future

    Norman Baker speech transcript given at the Smart Cities Expo 2012.

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

  • Rugby World Cup and Olympics Legacy Agreement signed

    The UK and New Zealand agreed to share information on strategies and programmes for maximising trade development and inward investment.

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

  • FCO Minister for Africa attends Africa Union Summit

    The AU Summit is an opportunity for UK Ministers to meet their counterparts from across Africa to discuss UK priorities and interests

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

  • British Foreign Secretary visits Ethiopia

    “The UK’s relationship with Ethiopia is strong, and based on numerous shared interests and values” said Foreign Secretary William Hague ahead of his visit.

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

  • Closer ties between UK and New Zealand on science and innovation

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne and Science and Innovation Minister Dr Mapp have given support for a New Zealand-United Kingdom Science and Innovation Working Group to be set up.

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

  • MOD searches for innovation to give the edge in cyberspace

    Ministry of Defence scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are inviting research proposals for innovations that will provide an improved understanding of cyberspace.

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

  • "UK will contribute £1 million to support the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict"

    Remarks by Foreign Secretary William Hague to the open UN General Assembly side-event ‘Preventing sexual and gender-based crimes in conflict and securing justice for survivors’

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

  • Vaizey launches review of e-books in public libraries

    A clear strategy is needed if more libraries are to adopt E-lending across England, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said today.

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

  • UN General Assembly: Latest updates on UK aid

    …See how UK aid will be making a difference

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