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  • Salvation Army human trafficking conference

    Helen Grant speech on human trafficking.

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

  • UK world-leader in social investment – one year on progress report

    The UK is now the world-leader in social investment, according to a new report looking at progress towards supporting disadvantaged people.

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

  • Afghanistan progress report: March 2013

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on progress in Afghanistan for March 2013.

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

  • Home Secretary speaks to parliament on Abu Qatada

    Theresa May gave this statement about Abu Qatada. Check against delivery.

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

  • Helping more of the hardest to help into work

    Charities, business leaders and disability experts are going to support the hardest to help claimants into a job through the Work Programme.

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

  • Testing times: Fighting culture’s corner in an age of austerity

    Keynote Arts Speech by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.

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

  • "All parties in Syria must ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver life-saving aid"

    Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the UK Mission to the UN at the Security Council Open Debate on the Middle East.

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

  • UK supports reducing potential conflict in Kyrgyz schools

    On 24 April the British Ambassador attended a round table on “reducing the potential for conflict in schools”.

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

  • Lord McNally’s Local Family Justice Board speech

    Reform of the family justice system.

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

  • UK government engagement on UK-Kyrgyz business opportunities

    Leigh Turner, Istanbul-based UK Trade and Investment’s Director General, completed a successful visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday 23 April.

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

  • UK-Bahrain Business Forum

    British Ambassador Iain Lindsay highlights opportunities for British business at major Bahrain-UK business event in London.

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

  • Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury: Creating a competitive tax system

    A speech delivered by David Gauke MP on creating a competitive tax system and tackling avoidance and evasion.

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

  • Climate change seminar at the residence in Santiago

    Two Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Systems presented at the seminar were co-financed by the Embassy’s Prosperity Fund.

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

  • Activities and places to go would stop young people breaking law

    More local activities and places to go would stop children and young people from breaking the law.

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  • Camera records historic images

    A camera has delved into the depths of Dounreay’s famous dome and captured the first footage for over fifty years of Britain’s first Fast Breeder Reactor.

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  • British Embassy Quito will be closed on 1 May

    To commemorate May Day, the British embassy and consulate will be closed.

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

  • UK wounded heroes train ahead of US Warrior Games

    The UK team competing in the US Warrior Games next month have just completed an intensive training session in the UK.

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

  • UK Science Media Centre’s founding director Fiona Fox in Paris

    With a view to explaining the role of the Science Media Centre to interested French audiences, Fiona Fox came out to Paris on 23 April.

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

  • Hugo Swire: “The time is right to lift sanctions on Burma”

    Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has welcomed the decision to lift sanctions on Burma while retaining the arms embargo.

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

  • New project assistant position at the British embassy Santiago

    This exciting position is part of our aim to develop a stronger and deeper relationship between the United Kingdom and Chile.

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