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  • Foreign Secretary condemns North Korea's 'unprovoked attack' on South Korea

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following this morning's artillery attack by North Korea on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.

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

  • Defence Secretary visits India

    Dr Fox is the first UK Defence Secretary to visit India since 2005 and took the opportunity to give a speech to some of the country’s top security…

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

  • CDS on the SDSR - trading the perfect for the acceptable

    General Richards’ speech at the Policy Exchange think tank in central London focused predominantly on the National Security Strategy and the…

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

  • Rifles regiment granted Freedom of Salisbury

    Nearly 200 soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), a mechanised infantry regiment based in Bulford, and 7th Battalion The Rifles,…

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

  • Foreign Secretary confirms UK commitment to European enlargement for Western Balkans

    Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed Macedonia's progress towards EU and NATO membership when he met Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in London on 23 November.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 23 November 2010

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: UN Secretary General phone call, Welfare reform and royal wedding.

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

  • Securing Britain in an age of uncertainty

    Speech by General Sir David Richards, Chief of Defence Staff.

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

  • Sudan: UN special session at the UN Security Council on 16 November 2010

    Foreign Secretary William Hague laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament following the UN special session at the Security Council on 16 November.

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

  • RAF students join the Afghan Air Force Thunder Lab

    Two recent graduates from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury have arrived in Afghanistan to start their two-month embed with their Afghan counterparts

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

  • Afghan Elvis stages huge concert in Helmand

    In a sign of a radically-improved security situation in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah’s Karzai Stadium played host to a concert by world…

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

  • British and Afghan forces drive Taliban out of Helmand village

    Residents of the area - known to British forces as the ‘Red Wedge’ - are seeing stability return and their lives getting back to normal following…

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

  • PM - combat troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015 was a 'firm deadline' that would be met.

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

  • First female graduates from Defence Diving School

    The first female to train as a Royal Navy Minewarfare and Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) has graduated from the Defence Diving School.

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

  • Home Office responds to 7/7 judgement

    The Home Office has responded to a High Court decision on evidence from the 7/7 inquest.

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

  • NATO statement

    Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a statement to the House of Commons about the NATO Summit in Lisbon.

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

  • Faithful Gather at Kandahar Air Field for Eid al-Adha

    Celebrations for last week's Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha at the military base in Kandahar were led by the Imam to the British Armed Forces.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague: "What we want is a situation in Afghanistan where our own national security and that of our allies is protected"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to Sky News about the handover of security operation in Afghanistan, at the NATO Summit in Lisbon.

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

  • Future of Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to BBC world news about the role of UK troops in Afghanistan

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

  • "Firm deadline" for UK troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015 was a "firm deadline" that would be met.

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

  • NATO Summit press conference

    A transcript of Prime Minister David Cameron's press conference at the NATO Summit in Lisbon on 20 November 2010.

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