Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

9,761 results

Skip to results
9,761 results sorted by Updated (newest)
Updated Between 1 January 2012
and 31 December 2012
  • Minister for Africa welcomes result of elections in Angola

    Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds spoke after the declaration of the results of Angola's presidential and parliamentary election held on 31 August.

    • Updated:

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

  • Foreign Office Minister 'deeply saddened' by tragic deaths in Pakistani factory fires

    Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi spoke following reports of the growing number of deaths following factory fires in Karachi and Lahore.

    • Updated:

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

  • Minister for Africa condemns bomb attacks in Mogadishu

    Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds condemned the attacks on a hotel in Mogadishu where the President of Somalia and Kenyan Foreign Minister were staying.

    • Updated:

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

  • 3 Royal Welsh train for hot weather ops

    Reservists from 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh have been put through their paces under the Cyprus sun.

    • Updated:

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

  • RAF Force Protection Wing trials the new Foxhound armoured vehicle

    Members of No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing based at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, have become amongst the very first Service personnel in the region to operate Foxhound, the MOD's latest protected patrol …

    • Updated:

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

  • RMP assist community training of Helmand police

    Members of the Royal Military Police (RMP) have been working alongside the Afghan Police in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, to create a more community-focused force.

    • Updated:

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

  • Royal Navy survey ship departs on Gulf deployment

    HMS Enterprise has sailed from Falmouth in Cornwall to the Middle East for nine months on operations.

    • Updated:

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

  • Dealing with redundant ammunition in Afghanistan

    Over the next 18 months, tonnes of old bullets will be turned into 'brass' at Camp Bastion

    • Updated:

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

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office comments on assertions about Scotland’s position in the EU if it were to leave the UK

    FCO spokesperson comments in response to suggestions that Scotland would automatically become part of the EU if it left the UK.

    • Updated:

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

  • Edward Davey Politics Home article: Keeping the lights on, bills down and the air clean

    Seven months in as Secretary of State and I’m more aware than anyone that the energy and climate change agenda raises passions. It goes right…

    • Updated:

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

  • Lord Deben appointed Chair of Committee on Climate Change

    The Rt Hon Lord Deben PC has been confirmed as Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), as approved by Energy Secretary Ed Davey. This…

    • Updated:

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

  • September Labour Market Statistics for Scotland

    Unemployment in Scotland increased by 4,000, to 223,000 in the period May to July 2012, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today.

    • Updated:

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

  • Business: Reformed CDC to help poorest countries

    The UK's Development Finance Institution, CDC, marks a bold phase with it's new strategy, placing it back at the centre of Britain's efforts to help the poorest countries pull themselves out of poverty.

    • Updated:

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

  • Polio: Paralympians show support to end disease

    Ex-Team GB Paralympians Ade Adepitan and Anne Wafula-Strike who have been affected by polio met with the new Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening today to show support for eradicating the disease.

    • Updated:

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

  • New ‘contract’ to give rural communities power to hold Government to account on rural growth

    The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities.

    • Updated:

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

  • Wiltshire military wives to get £1.9 million boost for jobs and rural growth

    More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…

    • Updated:

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

  • New police minister visits West Midlands force to see new fingerprint technology

    Damian Green visited police in Coventry today to see how new equipment is allowing officers to spend more time on the beat.

    • Updated:

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

  • Open Data Institute appoints CEO

    The Open Data Institute (ODI) has named Gavin Starks as its Chief Executive Officer and Jeni Tennison as Technical Director.

    • Updated:

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

  • Police Superintendents' Association conference: Damian Green's speech

    Speech by the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice to the Police Superintendents' Association conference on 12 September.

    • Updated:

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

  • Join our webchat on licensing and procurement

    A series of webchats give you the chance to ask questions and share views on licensing, procurement regulations and continuity of services during the public consultation on aspects of sector regulation.

    • Updated:

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