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  • Human Rights Council Intervention

    Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire spoke about Syria, North Korea, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Preventing Sexual violence in Conflict at the UN HRC.

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

  • FCO Minister comments on Ukraine at EU Foreign Ministers meeting

    Minister for Europe spoke about Ukraine and Russian intervention when arriving at the EU Foreign Affairs Council today.

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

  • National Apprenticeship Week launch

    Matthew Hancock's speech at the BBC's 'You're Hired' conference to launch the National Apprenticeship Week 2014.

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

  • Building sustainable businesses

    British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, John Rankin was the Chief Guest at the tenth Sri Lanka Sustainability Reporting Awards.

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

  • Almost half of all firms set to hire apprentices by 2019

    Almost half (44%) of businesses in the country plan to take on apprentices in the next 5 years.

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

  • Foreign Secretary’s remarks to the media ahead of visit to Ukraine

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke on the situation in Ukraine ahead of a visit to the country on Sunday 2 March.

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

  • Hundreds of town halls opt to freeze Council Tax this year

    New figures show that 231 councils plan to take up the offer of additional government funding to help freeze Council Tax.

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

  • "We condemn any act of aggression against Ukraine"

    Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine

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

  • Foreign Secretary calls for de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine

    Foreign Secretary William Hague deeply concerned at the escalation of tensions in Ukraine, and the decision of the Russian parliament to authorise military action.

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

  • Power to councils to protect park home residents’ rights

    Councils are to get new powers to protect park home residents from rogue site owners in their area.

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

  • New UK Visas application centre opens in March 2014 in Podgorica

    UK Visas and Immigration announced that the global contracts for our Visa Application Centres overseas have been outsourced.

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

  • British High Commissioner signs public statement against Anti-Homosexuality Act

    UK representative joins 16 other Ambassadors and High Commissioners calling on Uganda to honour its human rights commitments.

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

  • Baton Relay comes to the Falkland Islands

    Falkland Islanders gear up for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

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

  • NHS to tackle long waits for dementia assessments

    190,000 new ‘Dementia Friends’ at M&S, Argos, Homebase, Lloyds Bank and Lloyds Pharmacy

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

  • First Minister must produce independence plan says Carmichael

    Scottish Secretary says Scottish Government is 'duty bound' to produce a plan about how they would deal with independence.

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

  • Government gets tough with employers failing to pay minimum wage

    Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the correct National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed.

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

  • Foreign Office responds to UN report on Sri Lanka

    Hugo Swire welcomes report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and supports her call for an international investigation into Sri Lanka.

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

  • New rules for social workers following adoption reform

    Planned guidance to help social workers understand the reformed adoption system published for consultation.

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

  • British Ambassador opens the Marrakech Biennale Festival

    British Ambassador to Morocco Clive Alderton addressed the opening ceremony of Marrakech's great artistic festival: the Marrakech Biennale

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

  • New Attorney General appointed in Turks and Caicos

    Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles has been appointed Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) today, Monday, 24 February 2014.

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