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  • Annual report: New results show UK aid is changing lives

    New figures track the success of UK aid around the globe

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

  • Prime Minister's statement on G20

    Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a statement on 25 June 2012 to the House of Commons regarding the G20 summit.

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

  • Ministers meet to discuss rebalancing the NI economy

    UK Government Northern Ireland Executive ministers held the third meeting on rebalancing the Northern Ireland Economy.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister visits Algeria

    FCO Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has arrived in Algeria for a three-day visit to discuss strengthening economic ties and building prosperity.

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

  • Eric Pickles launches National Market Day

    Apprentice star gives top tips to over 1,000 new traders.

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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

  • UKTI takes UK trade mission to Burma

    The trade mission will be led by Lord Marland, Chairman of UK Trade & Investment’s Business Ambassadors’ Group, and includes UKTI Chief Executive…

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

  • Food: Britain to help poor farmers to feed millions

    Britain will help millions of small farms to grow enough food to eat in the face of a changing climate that could hit harvests in years ahead.

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

  • Progress at Rio+20 towards greener future

    World leaders attending the summit on sustainable development approved the agreements drawn up earlier in the week following negotiations by 193 countries.

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

  • Drug gang jailed for 20 years following one of UK's largest ever cocaine seizures

    A gang of drug smugglers have been jailed for a total of 20 years in The Netherlands after Border Force officers foiled their plot.

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

  • Stalled building sites to get helping hand

    Small, family-run housebuilders could receive a multi-million pound boost to do their bit to Get Britain Building, Housing Minister Grant Shapps…

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

  • Foreign Office Minister attends youth event on Arms Trade Treaty

    …Ahead of the UN Conference, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met with Amnesty International and Oxfam youth activists to set out the UK's vision for the Arms Trade Treaty.…

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

  • Foreign Secretary signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Dominican Republic

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Co-operation between the UK and the Dominican Republic.

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

  • Foreign Secretary hosts GCC ministers

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and Ministers from the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) today met in London for a meeting of the UK-GCC strategic dialogue.

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

  • Strengthening Britain's diplomatic network in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced plans to re-open the British Embassy in Paraguay and a new British Embassy in Haiti.

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

  • Towards the July Diplomatic Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt spoke at a seminar on the Arms Trade Treaty organised by the British Red Cross.

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

  • Political will, military capacity: maritime security in the Middle East

    Speech by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces.

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

  • World’s fourth largest pension fund arrives in UK

    The NPS is one of the world’s largest pension funds with an estimated value of $320bn and its London office is only the second office the Service…

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

  • Women in Cumbria share in a £2 million boost for rural entrepreneurs

    A wig-making company run by a cancer survivor is just one of the firms that could benefit from government support for women in business.

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

  • Speech by Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP; Glasgow Chambers of Commerce

    Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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