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  • Operational update on Libya - 25 March

    Colonel Gaddafi continues to mount indiscriminate attacks on his own people but it is clear that coalition operations have saved many innocent lives, Major General John Lorimer, the Chief of the Defence Staff's Strategic…

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

  • Paratrooper runs Helmand marathon in body armour

    A paratrooper has raised more than £1,200 for charity after running a marathon around his base in Helmand province in his body armour while carrying a general purpose machine gun (GPMG)!

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

  • NATO to assume responsibility for Libyan no-fly zone

    NATO has decided to assume responsibility for operating the no-fly zone over Libya which has been set up to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973, it was announced last night.

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

  • Replacement for HMS Endurance announced

    The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is to be replaced with a Norwegian ship on a three-year loan basis.

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

  • The outstanding examples of a generation - the Op Honours recipients

    The National Army Museum in Chelsea hosted the Operational Honours and Awards ceremony (List Number 36) yesterday, where 28 of the 136 servicemen and women being honoured were praised by Commander Field Army, Lieutenant Gene…

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

  • Operational Honours and Awards List: 25 March 2011

    A total of 136 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 25 March 2011.

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

  • Foreign Secretary concerned by escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed his concern at the escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the past week.

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

  • Summer time begins

    Notes to editors: The 9th EC Directive on summer time harmonised, for an indefinite period, the dates on which summer time begins and…

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

  • Major Matthew James Collins and Lance Sergeant Mark Terence Burgan killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Major Matthew James Collins and Lance Sergeant Mark Terence Burgan, both from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 23…

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  • Taxing increased oil profits is justified says Moore

    Scottish Secretary says is is fair to use the oil sector's unexpectedly high profits to help keep petrol prices lower for motorists

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

  • Moore pledges better devolution links with Whitehall

    The Ministerhe Secretary has welcomed a new devolution ministers network which will meet regularly under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Philanthropist gives £8.2m to cultural organisations

    Ministers welcome announcement from Clore Duffield Foundation.

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

  • Crime fighters - make yourself known

    A national search for nation's most innovative crime fighting projects has been launched by the crime prevention minister.

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

  • London conference on Libya

    Foreign Secretary announces London conference on Libya

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

  • DFID research: New vegetable varieties expand options for African farmers

    New vegetable varieties expand options for African farmers

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

  • Appointments to the National Forest Company

    Catherine Graham-Harrison appointed as Chair and Roger Clarke as a Non-Executive Director of the National Forest Company.

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

  • Tilley awards 2011: call for entries

    A national search for the most innovative crime fighting projects has been launched today by crime prevention minister, James Brokenshire.

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

  • Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP at the Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century, Hampshire

    Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Deep Sagar proposed as the next Social Security Advisory Committee Chair

    Deep Sagar has been selected as the Department’s preferred candidate for the role of Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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

  • Lord Hill comments after presenting the Church School Awards

    Schools Minister Lord Hill congratulates the winners of the first ever Church School Awards.

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