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  • New strategy to strengthen help and support for missing people and their families

    James Brokenshire unveiled strategy for ensuring missing people and their families are provided with better protection and support.

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

  • Missing children and adults: a cross-government strategy

    Statement laid in the House of Commons on 5 December 2011 by James Brokenshire, and in the House of Lords by Lord Henley.

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

  • Government boost to world leading UK life science industry

    A multi million pound package of support outlined by the Prime Minister today to support the UK's life sciences industry

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

  • Estates and Facilities Alert – potential failure of high-voltage equipment

    This alert highlights the potential failure of the Schneider Electric (Merlin Gerin) Ringmaster RN2c, RE2c and RN6c ring main units.

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

  • International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery the UK has re-affirmed its commitment to combating the threat of slavery at home and overseas.

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

  • Chief Fire Adviser urges fire safe behaviour over the festive period

    The distractions of Christmas celebrations can often mean people put fire safety to the back of their minds.

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

  • Storming of British Embassy in Iran

    Latest developments following an incursion by demonstrators on 29 November at the British Embassy premises in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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

  • Champion for elimination of violence against women, Lynne Featherstone, to focus on women’s rights at the Afghanistan Civil Society Forum

    Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone will attend the Civil Society Forum on Afghanistan in Bonn on 2 and 3 December to discuss women’s rights and empowerment.

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

  • UK Statement to the UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Syria

    UK Permanent Representative to the UN Peter Gooderham delivered the following statement on 2 December.

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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 the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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

  • Syria: "These crimes cannot be allowed to continue"

    FCO Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has welcomed the strong action taken by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on sentencing of metro bomb suspects in Belarus

    Minister for Europe David Lidington calls on the authorities of Belarus to commute these sentences immediately and to establish a formal moratorium with a view to abolition of the death penalty.

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

  • MOD says 'you're hired' to apprentices

    Young apprentices from across the UK were singled out as engineers of the future in yesterday's MOD Apprentice Awards 2011 which saw prestigious prizes presented to a total of 29 apprentices for their work across Defence.

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

  • Culture Secretary’s Olympic tour heads to the South East

    Businesses Urged to Make the Most of 2012, 10,000 schools Sign-Up for New Sports Competition, £50k for Gravesend Cricket Scheme

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

  • Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

    Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose has laid a statutory instrument and explanatory memorandum in the Houses of Parliament.

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

  • Families and young people in troubled neighbourhoods

    Speech by by The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.

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

  • Attorney General reflects on how the law of contempt is developing

    Dominic Grieve says that in reporting crime, the press has been pushing at the boundaries.

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

  • Contempt - a balancing act

    Speech by Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP - balancing the freedom of the press with the fair administration of justice

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

  • Foreign Secretary congratulates new President of the Kyrgyz Republic

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has congratulated Almazbek Atambayev on his inauguration as the next president of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes new EU sanctions against Syrian regime

    Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on new sanctions on the Syrian regime agreed in Brussels.

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