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  • Alistair Burt meets Israeli foreign minister

    UK Minister for the Middle East discusses Iran, regional issues with Avigdor Lieberman

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

  • Foreign Secretary offers assistance of UK flood experts to Queensland

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that Britain would provide assistance to the Australian Government in response to the recent flooding.

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

  • Royal Navy Air Arm welcomes first female Senior Observer

    A Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander has made history by becoming the Fleet Air Arm's first ever female Senior Observer at one of Europe's largest helicopter bases.

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

  • Injured soldiers receive warm welcome in Gibraltar

    Three soldiers seriously injured in Afghanistan have been visibly moved by the warmth of the welcome they received in Gibraltar as the guests of the local Royal British Legion.

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

  • RAF's 14 Squadron home from Afghanistan

    14 Squadron have returned to their base at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, after completing a three-month deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Op HERRICK.

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

  • New police station for Nad 'Ali

    A newly-built police station has been opened this week in Chah-e Anjir, a key town in the northern Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province.

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

  • Troops train in the Middle East of England

    Troops from 1st Battalion The Rifles have been going through the final stages of their pre-deployment training for their upcoming deployment to Helmand at the mock Afghan village at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Nor…

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

  • Minister for Africa meets UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham discussed UK and UN efforts to tackle Sexual Violence in Conflict with the UN’s Special Representative Margot Wallström.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East announces additional £17 million for Palestinian state building

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has announced the UK Government funding during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad.

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

  • David Willets comments on High Fliers report

    “Whilst we welcome signs of an improvement, the job market remains competitive for new graduates, as it does for everyone, and graduates need…

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

  • Time for London’s Royal Parks to be more directly accountable to the public, says Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose

    The Government is committed to transferring responsibility for London’s Royal Parks, currently managed by the DCMS, to London’s Mayor.

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

  • Museums given last chance to purchase portrait said to be by Rubens

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Portrait of a Young Woman, said to be by Rubens.

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

  • Rules on alcohol pricing planned

    Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty plus VAT under new plans announced today.

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

  • Public forestry estate consultation: myths busted

    The legal safeguards that protect all woodlands from development will remain irrespective of who owns them.

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

  • Crackdown on availability of cheap alcohol

    Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty + VAT under new plans announced by the Home Office today.

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

  • Coalition commitment to ban the sale of alcohol below cost

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 18 January 2011 by James Brokenshire, and in the House of Lords by Baroness…

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

  • Transfer of responsibilities from BIS

    DCMS response to public enquiries.

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

  • Engaging local people in carbon markets

    The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was established under the Kyoto Protocol and has so far helped to fund over 2,500 low carbon projects in developing countries

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  • David Jones welcomes cheap alcohol crack down

    Welsh Office Minister David Jones has welcomed plans announced by the Home Office today [Tuesday 18 January] to crack down on the availability…

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

  • Timpson works with prisons to turn around lives

    The need to make prisons places of hard work and meaningful employment is set out in the Government’s new Green Paper on justice reform.

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