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I’m writing this from the comfort of home, the tour in Afghanistan now over. How do I feel? A sense of release, of course, but a little nostalgia…
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Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, met with his US counterpart, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in London yesterday for a wide-ranging discussion on defence issues affecting both countries.
The UK and 11 other members of the UN Security Council have voted in favour of a resolution expanding the breadth and reach of UN sanctions on Iran.
Statement by Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations
Henry Bellingham, Minister for Africa, commends the Governments of Eritrea and Djibouti on the signing of agreement
Minister for the Overseas Territories Henry Bellingham met the Hon Ralph O'Neal OBE, Premier of the British Virgin Islands. They discussed tourism, the importance of economic diversification and the constitutional relati…
The Department of Energy and Climate Change today published three analytical publications. These are: DECC’s updated Energy and Emissions…
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has called for a radical shift in the relationship between citizens and the state.
New plans to ensure a vibrant local media market in the future announced.
New plans to bring superfast broadband to rural areas announced.
The Hospital Club, London
In the run up to the World Cup, UK Border Agency officers work with replica kit manufacturers to target counterfeits.
The UK Government is to reassess its funding of international agencies such as the World Bank and United Nations in a drive to direct money at only the most effective organisations
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has joined the Prime Minister David Cameron in backing the Sun and Terry Venables’ World Cup charity single
Bureaucratic burdens on the farming industry will be put under the microscope by a new Task Force announced by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice today.
From this autumn, people coming to the UK from outside the EU to join their partner or marry must demonstrate a basic command of English
Four people were arrested at a wedding in Oxford this week as part of a UK Border Agency sham marriage investigation.
Compulsory English language tests will be introduced for migrants applying to come to UK to join partner or marry, the government announced.
Theresa May's written ministerial statement on English language requirement for migrants applying to come to or stay in the UK as a spouse.
The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in…
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