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  • Strategic Defence and Security Review published

    Prime Minister David Cameron has set out how the Government will go about securing Britain in an age of uncertainty in a review published today.

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

  • Foreign Office Spending Review settlement ensures UK maintains its global reach

    The Chancellor George Osborne today outlined the Spending Review 2010 which determines Government spending over the next four years. The Foreign Office settlement ensures the FCO plays its role in deficit reduction.

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

  • Foreign Secretary stands in solidarity with Burmese political prisoner Ko Mya Aye

    Foreign Secretary William Hague added his support to Amnesty International's campaign for the release of Burma's 2,100 political prisoners on 20 October.

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

  • UK and Polish Ministers meet in first ever Defence Diplomacy Quadrilateral

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and Defence Secretary Liam Fox are today hosting their Polish counterparts in the first-ever quadrilateral meeting between the two countries on diplomacy and defence issues.

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

  • Countering the insurgency in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke about the dual military and political strands in the strategy to counter the insurgency in Afghanistan, in an interview with Sky News.

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

  • UK and Gulf Ministers meet to forge deeper ties

    As part of their commitment to elevating relationships with the Gulf States, UK Ministers from across Government met counterparts from the Gulf at the Foreign Office yesterday.

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

  • Ministers call for an enhanced relationship and trade relations with Oman

    Ministers from across Government today met with business leaders from Oman, to further work on elevating relationships between the countries.

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

  • Oman Trade & Investment Forum keynote address by International Development Minister

    International Development Minister Alan Duncan delivers keynote speech to Omani business leaders in London.

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

  • Oman Trade & Investment Forum

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt addresses Omani business leaders in London.

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

  • Afghanistan and the Taliban: Foreign Secretary's interview on Sky news

    Sky news interviewed Foreign Secretary William Hague on Afghanistan and military pressure on the Taliban.

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

  • 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment return to Afghanistan

    Over 500 soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were preparing to leave Merville Barracks in Colchester last week for a six-month tour of Afghanistan.

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

  • From Trafalgar to Afghanistan - the Royal Navy compares then and now

    As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Navy's calendar, thoughts were spared for the modern day descendants of T…

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

  • HMS Ocean rescues sailor in Atlantic

    HMS Ocean assisted the Italian-registered 'Grand Guinea' last week when one of the crew members was struck down with an acute case of suspected appendicitis.

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

  • Defence and Foreign Secretaries hold discussions with their Polish counterparts

    Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, and Foreign Secretary William Hague met with their Polish counterparts today, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, to discuss Britain's enduri…

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

  • Minister for Europe to voice UK support for Turkey’s EU accession at Bosphorus Conference

    Minister for Europe David Lidington visits Istanbul to speak at the annual Bosphorus conference on Turkey EU relations.

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

  • Gibraltar, UK and Spain to hold trilateral meetings

    In a statement published on 21 October 2010, participants of the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar have announced series of trilateral meetings to take place in Gibraltar, Madrid and Algeciras.

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

  • Leadership appointments in key higher education bodies

    Tim Melville-Ross is reappointed as Chair of the Board of HEFCE for a further three years from 1 January 2011. The new SLC non-executive chair…

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

  • David Willetts comments on UCAS statistics

    “In a year of unprecedented demand for higher education funding we kept our commitment to fund an additional 10,000 student places. There were…

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

  • Industry-led group to help redeploy high skilled defence workers

    The Skills and Jobs Retention Group will be chaired by Allan Cook, the current chairman of SEMTA (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering…

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

  • Charles Hendry's speech at the Energy and Utility Forum, House of Commons

    Check against delivery To me, the issue of energy security is absolutely at the heart of the issues we have to discuss. And what was said in…

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