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  • New graduate development scheme launched

    Work for us and be part of our new graduate scheme - a paid, 50 week development programme

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

  • DFID research: 6th World Water Forum Aims to make Water High on all Political Agendas

    6th World Water Forum to tackle challenges world is facing by mobilising creativity, innovation, competence and know-how in favour of water.

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

  • India passes one year without polio

    The country celebrates a whole year free from the crippling and potentially fatal disease that targets young children

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

  • DFID research: Global Forum for Health Research

    Global Forum for Health Research.

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

  • Haiti earthquake – the UK response

    On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing over 200,000 people. Follow Britain's response and see how UK aid helped more than a million people to recover.

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

  • Haiti, two years on: getting back home at last

    How UK aid has helped thousands of families return to their homes in Leogane

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  • Andrew Mitchell visits Greenwich school

    Minister visits Greenwich school benefiting from the international legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as Government marks 200 days to Olympics.

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

  • DFID research: New Publication: Empowerment: A Journey not a Destination

    Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Programme launches the findings and recommendations from five years of research in London next week.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns bombings in Baghdad and Nasiriya

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt gave a statement on the attack on Shia pilgrims in Nasiriya and the bombings in Baghdad today.

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

  • DFID research: Strengthening Work in Conflict-Affected Countries Through Research

    Today the International Development Committee publishes its report ‘Working in fragile and conflict-affected states: DRC and Rwanda’.

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

  • World 'dangerously unprepared' for future shocks

    After a year of disasters, the UK urges more support for the international response system to make sure funding is fast and effective

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

  • Lifesaving aid for the Horn of Africa over Christmas

    British funded food supplies and medicines for 800,000 people will arrive in drought zones over the festive period

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

  • New contraception drive will save women's lives

    The UK will help save thousands of lives and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions by providing much needed contraceptive supplies

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

  • DFID research: Improving science reporting in Africa

    Better Science Reporting workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, in partnership with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI).

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: The UN's International Day of the Girl

    Speech by Andrew Mitchell on the UN's designation of October 11 as the UN International Day of the Girl.

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

  • We're getting there

    How UK aid is rebuilding business and investment in Sierra Leone

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  • Andrew Mitchell visits Gaza and announces education support

    UK to support 24,000 children to attend school, with half being girls, to address the education emergency

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

  • UK backs activist's call for a new Yemen

    William Hague and Alan Duncan pledged Britain's support for Yemen’s transition in a meeting with Nobel Laureate Tawakul Karman

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

  • International Holocaust Archive to be available in the UK for the first time

    50 million digital records from the Holocaust, covering 17.5 million people, will soon be available to the British public for the first time.

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

  • Climate deal helps more countries go green

    The breakthroughs made at Durban will help poor countries tackle climate change and take a greener path to development

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