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  • Cameron and Chancellor Merkel discuss security, EU budget and trade

    Prime Minister David Cameron has held "substantive" talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers.

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

  • Device found at airport - Home Secretary statement

    Theresa May, who chaired a meeting of COBR earlier, has made a further statement on a package found at East Midlands airport yesterday.

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

  • Her Majesty The Queen sends her condolences to President Yudhoyono following the natural disasters in Indonesia

    Today, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sent a letter of condolence to President Yudhoyono following the natural disasters that struck Indonesia.

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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 over the past week.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes creation of the Linda Norgrove Foundation

    The Linda Norgrove Foundation is a new grant giving trust which provides funding for women, families and children in Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister "extremely concerned" about disruptions to the Special Tribunal in Lebanon

    Following reports from Lebanon this week that indicated that investigators from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon were attacked and prevented from carrying out their work, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has issued a st…

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

  • Chief of the Defence Staff and Permanent Secretary send farewells to MOD

    Meanwhile, we have just completed a difficult and painful Defence and Security Review. To those who believe we should have taken more time over…

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

  • Prince William honours UK submariners

    Prince William paid a special visit to HM Naval Base Clyde yesterday to personally present awards to the sailors who maintain the UK's nuclear deterrent.

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

  • HMS Cornwall sails on counter-piracy operations

    Plymouth-based Royal Navy warship HMS Cornwall set sail yesterday on a six-month deployment to the Gulf of Aden where she will conduct counter-piracy operations.

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

  • New Chief of the Defence Staff and MOD Permanent Secretary take over

    General Sir David Richards has assumed the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff today, Friday 29 October 2010, and Mrs Ursula Brennan takes over as the MOD's Permanent Secretary on Monday 1 November 2010.

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

  • Army medic plays in netball competition one year after Taliban injury

    An Army medic has helped her team come second in an Army netball tournament in Germany just over a year after being injured in a Taliban ambush while on patrol in Afghanistan.

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

  • The Single Market is “essential to this government’s agenda for trade and competitiveness”

    Minister for Europe David Lidington set out how the EU needs to adjust in order to encourage economic recovery in a speech to the Policy Exchange earlier this week.

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

  • Joint Statement on the 2011 EU budget

    Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders of 10 other EU Countries have signed a statement calling the proposed EU budget increases unacceptable.

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

  • European Council concludes in Brussels

    Prime Minister David Cameron represented the UK at the European Council on 28-29 October.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister honours anti-piracy Merchant Navy Officers

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham congratulated 12 Merchant Navy Liaison Officers for their work against piracy at an event at the British Chamber of Shipping on Thursday 28 October.

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

  • Summer time ends

    Notes to Editors** The 9th EC Directive on summer time harmonised, for an indefinite period, the dates on which summer time begins…

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

  • Skills Minister says Olympic apprentices must be given new opportunity

    Under Government plans, regulations to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning (ASCL) Act 2009 will be submitted to Parliament to…

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

  • Gas licence exemptions: notice under section 6A of the Gas Act 1986

    This notice sets out the proposal by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for the making of an order granting various exemptions…

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  • New legislation introduced to enable quango reforms

    The Public Bodies Bill, which allows government to carry out its public bodies reforms, has been published in Parliament.

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

  • New independent commission unveiled

    A new independent body which will ensure aid projects are delivering maximum value for money has been unveiled before Parliament.

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