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Updated Between 1 January 2012
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  • Government on target to smash public land ambition

    Land identified to build more than 100,000 homes Whitehall departments are set to smash the Prime Minister’s ambition to release previously…

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

  • Phone call with President-Elect Hollande

    The Prime Minister congratulates President-Elect Hollande on his victory.

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

  • Madeleine McCann

    Madeleine McCann has been missing from a holiday resort in the Algarve, Portugal, since 3 May 2007

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

  • Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence confirms that Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi were killed in Afghanistan on Friday 4 May 2012.

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  • Enterprising Britain

    A nationwide competition is launched that will see a town, city or area crowned as the country's most enterprising place.

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

  • Foreign Secretary responds to questions on business with South East Asia

    Foreign Secretary William Hague took part in a LinkedIn discussion about UK trade with South East Asia

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

  • Setting up a court in Kabul: "By the time I left, the chief judge was a woman"

    Based in Afghanistan, Katie worked as a project manager heading up a project to set up a court in Kabul. She tells of how women went from cooks and cleaners to lawyers and judges.

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

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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

  • Soldiers provide security at Olympic Park test event

    Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR) are helping to provide security for the final and largest Olympic Games test event taking place this weekend.

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

  • TA medics return from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospitals.

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

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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

  • Soldiers conquer Arctic heights

    The mountaineers, all from the 2nd Battalion based at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool, overcame temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius…

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

  • Defence Secretary visits UK troops in Germany

    The visit to the troops from the regiments, both of which are part of 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats), allowed the Secretary of State…

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

  • Enterprising Britain

    A nationwide competition is launched that will see a town, city or area crowned as the country’s most enterprising place.

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

  • The search is on for the UK’s most enterprising places

    Communities are being encouraged to come forward and take part in a nationwide competition that will see a town, city or area crowned as the…

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

  • South Korea passes landmark emissions trading legislation

    4 May 2012 UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “I want to congratulate the South Korean Government and the National Assembly on passing…

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

  • Proposed regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure: open letter to promoters of projects

    This open letter from DECC is intended to draw industry’s attention to the proposed Regulation on Guidelines for Trans-European Energy Infrastructure…

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

  • Scottish cities in running for ultrafast broadband cash

    Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth are among 27 cities throughout the UK in the running to become "super-connected".

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

  • Twenty-seven cities in running for ultrafast broadband cash

    Jeremy Hunt announces eligibility criteria for second round of funding.

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

  • Smuggler caught with heroin hidden in underwear

    A Portuguese man who tried to smuggle more than £800,000 of heroin into the UK hidden in his underwear has been jailed for five years.

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