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  • Latest Type 45 destroyer enters service with the Royal Navy

    The latest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has entered service with the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence announced today.

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

  • Defence Secretary welcomes Canadian commitment to Afghan mission

    Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has welcomed the news that 950 Canadian troops will remain in Afghanistan in a training capacity when their combat mission comes to an end in 2011.

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

  • Defence Minister meets Army's next generation

    The Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Andrew Robathan, has inspected the next generation of soldiers at a passing out parade at the Army Training Regiment (ATR) Bassingbourn.

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

  • Big Society plans for better public services

    Employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front-line staff who want to take over and run services as mutual organisations.

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

  • New rights and support for staff mutuals

    Employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front line staff who want to take over and run services as mutual organisations.

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

  • Francis Maude speech unveiling new support for mutuals

    Speech by the Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, unveiling new support for public service 'spin-outs'.

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

  • European Social Fund mid-programme conference

    Speech by The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP.

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

  • Government publishes list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS)

    The Government has published a list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister sets out vision for political reform

    Local authorities are to be given the power to compare the electoral roll with other publicly available databases.

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

  • Foreign Secretary chairs UN Security Council debate on Sudan

    The debate focussed on the importance of a peaceful and credible referendum in January 2011 and progress on the political, humanitarian and security situation in Darfur.

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

  • "A stable Sudan will help build security and prosperity in the region"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague chaired the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan on 16 November. Representing the UK, he made the following statement.

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

  • ISAF troops play top Afghan women footballers

    Women's football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and the top female players recently played a match with British and other ISAF female troops based in Kabul.

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

  • RLC soldiers receive Afghanistan campaign medals

    The Regiment deployed to a variety of locations across Afghanistan, including Camp Bastion, Kandahar, Kabul, and bases around Helmand province…

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

  • RAF Air Commodore hands over command of Kandahar Airfield

    The transfer of authority involved a ceremony inside an Afghan Air Force hangar at the base where the British Commander of Kandahar Airfield…

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

  • 90th anniversary of the Association of Wrens celebrated

    A service of commemoration and rededication for the Association of Wrens was held in this, their 90th anniversary year, at the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, at the weekend.

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

  • Royal Navy explodes World War Two bomb in Plymouth

    A Second World War bomb that caused disruption when it was discovered during excavation work in Plymouth city centre last week was dealt with by the Royal Navy's Devonport-based bomb disposal unit.

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

  • John Lewis Partnership Chairman Appointed to lead UK Commission

    UKCES is the Non-Departmental Public Body tasked with helping to improve employment and skills provision across the UK. The appointment follows…

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

  • Vision for political reform: speech by the Deputy Prime Minister

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's keynote speech on political reform.

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

  • Army vet works with all manner of livestock in Helmand

    Captain Lowe joined the Royal Army Veterinary Corps a little over eighteen months ago with, she said, her eyes open: “The main roles in …

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

  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship disrupts pirates

    During a patrol of the waters between the Somali coast and the Seychelles yesterday, Sunday 14 November 2010, RFA Fort Victoria was alerted …

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