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  • Deferred export of ‘world class’ Japanese Imari lacquered porcelain from Princess Diana’s childhood home

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a set of Japanese Imari lacquered garniture

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

  • New UK trade initiative to help millions of Africans

    Minister Stephen O’Brien launches Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA), an initiative that will work across East Africa to fund new businesses, develop essential infrastructure and standardise regulation across the region.

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

  • Defra helps companies build confidence in green claims

    Defra today published new Green Claims Guidance to help companies describe the environmental credentials of their products in a way that people find easier to understand.

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

  • Foreign Secretary announces Foreign Office programme spending for 2011-12

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on plans to align programme spend with the Foreign Office priorities.

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

  • Entertainment businessman banned for seven years

    Gerald Leslie Hemming, trading as Hemmings Leisure, from Solihull, was prohibited at Birmingham Employment Tribunal on 5 January 2011. The…

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

  • Paterson Welcomes Northern Ireland Business Coalition plans for jobs boost

    Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson MP has welcomed the announcement of plans that could see the creation of jobs in Northern Ireland.

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

  • Prime Minister: "2011 is the make or break year for Doha deal"

    Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the findings of a report which argues that for the Doha agreement to be a success the negotiations need to be concluded in 2011.

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

  • Foreign Secretary highlights progress made in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has published a progress report in Parliament of the key developments in Afghanistan during December.

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

  • Lord Green business dinner, Hillsborough Castle

    Lord Green, UK Trade and Investment Minister was guest of honour at a business dinner held in Hillsborough Castle to discuss how best Invest NI and UKTI can work together to help companies grow in Northern Ireland.…

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

  • PM welcomes Cisco's $500 million goal for UK investment

    The Prime Minister has welcomed Cisco's goal to support the East London Tech City through the British Innovation Gateway.

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

  • Egypt: PM calls for orderly transition to democratic government

    Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have called for an 'orderly transition' to a democratic government in Egypt.

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

  • Business Minister builds trade links in the Middle East

    Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk begins a three-day visit to the Middle East, to drive forward bilateral trade and investment relations with Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan.

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

  • Prime Minister makes case for confident Europe

    Prime Minister David Cameron has called upon European economies to act with confidence by tackling sovereign debt issues and driving enterprise, innovation and open trade.

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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

  • British-mentored Afghan Police crush insurgent influence

    Afghan National Police who are being mentored by Delta Company of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), have mounted an operation in which insurgent influence was crus…

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

  • Prime Minister David Cameron: 2011 is the make or break year for Doha deal

    The report ‘The Doha Round: Setting a deadline, defining a deal’, published today, argues that for the Doha agreement to be a success the negotiations…

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

  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, at the British Business Leaders' Lunch, in Davos

    Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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

  • Prime Minister's speech at the World Economic Forum

    A transcript of the speech 'A Confident Future for Europe' given by Prime Minister David Cameron at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, 28 January 2011.

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

  • 2011 is 'make or break year for Doha deal'

    Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the interim findings of an expert group set up to consider the actions needed to combat protectionism and to boost global trade.

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

  • PM makes case for confident Europe

    The Prime Minister has called upon European economies to act with confidence by tackling sovereign debt issues and driving enterprise, innovation and open trade.

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