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  • North Uist well given consent

    22 March 2012 Energy Minister Charles Hendry has given BP consent to drill the deepwater North Uist well, northwest of the Shetland Islands…

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

  • Third of English councils are set to go with broadband

    Good progress is being made by most local authorities developing plans to roll out superfast broadband says Ed Vaizey.

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

  • New rural growth drive to create 3,000 new jobs and 700 businesses

    Five public and private sector partnerships have been selected to each deliver a regional Rural Growth Network.

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

  • Richard Benyon’s speech at the Waterwise conference

    Richard Benyon’s speech at the Waterwise conference.

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

  • PM welcomes 1,000 new jobs at GlaxoSmithKline

    PM: "a major investment that will create many highly skilled jobs and provide a great boost to the economy."

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

  • Award-winning journalists visit UK

    The winners of the 2011 'Inquirer Awards' for investigative journalism in the Middle East today met FCO officials as part of a UK visit.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes adoption of Security Council Presidential Statement on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that he strongly welcomed the UN Security Council's support for Kofi Annan's work as joint UN-Arab League envoy.

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

  • Communiqué: UAE-UK Taskforce meeting

    The seventh meeting of the UAE-UK Taskforce was hosted by Minister for the Middle East and South Asia Alistair Burt on 21 March in London.

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

  • UK commitment to the Middle East

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt spoke about the UK's optimism about the prospects for the Arab Spring and the Middle East in a speech to the Middle East Association on 21 March.

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

  • New interim Chief Executive of NAS announced

    He will be filling the vacancy left by Simon Waugh who announced in January that he would be leaving for personal reasons in March after three…

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

  • Budget boost for creative industries

    Tax relief proposals for animation, video games and high-end TV production industries.

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

  • Ten Super-Connected Cities announced

    Chancellor reveals cities to share £100m to introduce ultra-fast broadband, with additional £50m for further roll-out.

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

  • Prime Minister's Norouz message

    Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a message to Iranians around the world on the occasion of Norouz - Persian New Year.

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

  • Monetary policy remit, 2012

    The Chancellor's letter to the Bank of England setting out the government's economic policy.

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  • Foreign Office Minister condemns "cowardly" Iraqi bombings

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt described the series of bomb attacks in Iraq on 20 March as cowardly.

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

  • UK Prime Minister’s Official Visit to the United States

    UK Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Washington on Tuesday 13 March for an official visit at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

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

  • Foreign Secretary agrees to broaden and deepen UK - Israeli ties

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor in London.

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

  • The Prime Minister's speech on National Infrastructure: Energy

    Check against delivery 19 March 2012 “The next area where we are planning bold transformation is energy. We need to find diverse, secure …

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

  • 150 days until the Games begin

    150 ways the Olympics are helping people and places all around the UK.

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

  • Torchbearers and street route for Olympic Flame revealed

    Thousands of people will take turns to carry the Torch around the UK.

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