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  • 142 schools to convert to academy status weeks after Academies Act passed

    Gove: ‘More great heads and teachers controlling schools will bring better behaviour and teaching to thousands more children.’

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

  • Change of British High Commissioner to Sri-Lanka

    Mr John Rankin has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Non-Resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Maldives.

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

  • Human rights are key to our foreign policy

    We must harness Britain's generosity and compassion to help the rest of the world, Foreign Secretary William Hague writes in the Telegraph.

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

  • Army officer's Masters helps save money at Camp Bastion

    An Army Engineer has graduated from the University of Bath with a Masters degree with distinction in electrical power systems, having completed the final stages of his studies whilst deployed in Afghanistan.

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

  • HMS Gloucester foils drug smugglers

    The crew of HMS Gloucester has intercepted a yacht in the mid-Atlantic smuggling cocaine with a UK street value of at least £4m.

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

  • TA soldiers begin North East march

    Territorial Army (TA) soldiers began marching hundreds of miles around North East England and Yorkshire this weekend to raise awareness of the Armed Forces and the role of the Reservist and raise money for charity.

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

  • Home Office defends position on human trafficking

    The government will not opt-in to draft European laws on human trafficking, but plans to review its position once legislation is finalised.

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

  • Diocese of Ely

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Stephen David Conway, MA, Area Bishop of Ramsbury, for election as Bishop of Ely.

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

  • August SRP progress reports published

    August updates for each department's Structural Reform Plans (SRPs).

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

  • End of the line for dickey straps in Hammersmith?

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today outlined plans to give councils a new power to review and get rid of outdated byelaws.

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

  • Bypass Whitehall and scrap outdated byelaws

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today outlined plans to give councils a new power to review and revoke outdated byelaws. This means…

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

  • Home Secretary visits Washington

    The British Home Secretary, Theresa May, is visiting Washington, DC today to meet with a range of senior counterparts in the US Government.

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

  • Ministers call on business to improve disabled access ahead of the 2012 Games

    In 2012 one million disabled visitors are expected in London for the Olympic and Paralympic Games bringing with them millions of pounds in business…

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

  • Two years to go until London 2012 Paralympic Games

    The Foreign Office has marked the occasion by launching a short film featuring one of the UK’s most successful Paralympians, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE.

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

  • Fit to travel? Get the lowdown on travel health

    Get essential health information for travellers from the National Travel Health Network and Centre

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

  • 10:10 success story

    The British Embassy in Argentina has become the first organisation outside the UK to meet the global 10:10 challenge for reducing its carbon footprint.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister on Kenya

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has made a statement congratulating Kenya on the promulgation of a new Constitution.

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

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at news from the Foreign Office and British embassies overseas this week.

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

  • Vince Cable leads delegation to enhance strategic partnership with Brazil

    Secretary of State for Business Dr Vince Cable is to lead a delegation of more than 25 world-class UK companies to Brazil on Tuesday, in the first ministerial visit between the countries since the UK elections in May

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

  • UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy

    …The UK's most powerful attack submarine, HMS Astute, has been welcomed into the Royal Navy today in a commissioning ceremony overseen by the boat's patron, the Duchess of Cornwall.…

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