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  • Prince William becomes a fully-operational Search and Rescue pilot

    Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales.

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

  • Defence Minister signs cooperation treaty with Brazil

    Minister for International Security Strategy, Gerald Howarth, signed the treaty with the Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Moura Neto…

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

  • Joint Communiqué between HM Government and the Papal delegation

    A Joint Communique following a working dinner hosted for the Holy See delegation accompanying Pope Benedict XVI on his official UK visit.

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

  • UK Minister visits UAE to strengthen bilateral ties

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa conducted a two-day visit of the UAE between 15 and 16 September

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

  • Communiqué of United Arab Emirates-United Kingdom Taskforce meeting

    The Taskforce agreed a range of areas in which the two countries would look to extend and deepen cooperation over the next twelve months.

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

  • Royal Marine leads first landings with Brazilian Marines

    Lieutenant Colonel Neil Wraith oversaw the dynamic drills that involved hundreds of Brazilian Marines and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy&…

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

  • Rt Hon Lord Philip to chair Mull of Kintyre crash review

    Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced today that the Rt Hon Lord Philip will chair the independent review of the evidence into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash.

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

  • British forces train Kazakh peacekeeping troops

    British soldiers have played a key role in a large-scale, multinational military exercise in Kazakhstan this August helping the Kazakh Ministry of Defence to develop a NATO interoperable brigade.

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

  • Control orders: 11 June 2010 to 10 September 2010

    Section 14(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as…

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

  • European Council press conference

    A transcript of Prime Minister David Cameron's press conference at the close of the European Council in Brussels on 16 September.

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

  • PM attends European Council

    Prime Minister David Cameron has attended the European Council meeting in Brussels. The agenda focused on foreign policy issues and the promotion of international trade

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Danish counterpart to London

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague, met the Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen in London yesterday.

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

  • New head of the British Army takes up post

    General Sir Peter Wall, whose appointment as Chief of the General Staff (CGS) was approved by Her Majesty The Queen in July, has taken up the post today.

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

  • TA soldiers take to the hills for Exercise Scottish Buzzard

    Known as ‘The Fighting 51st’, the brigade is the regional administrative formation responsible for all Territorial Army units based in Scotland…

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

  • Cavalry soldiers protect engineers building new Helmand road

    Cavalry soldiers from The Royal Dragoon Guards have been protecting British engineers and Afghan contractors as, over recent weeks, they have come under daily attacks while building a new road in Helmand.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Battle of Britain Day

    Today, 15 September 2010, marks the 70th anniversary of the day which saw the peak air activity of the Battle of Britain and was described by the wartime Air Ministry as 'one of the greatest days'.

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

  • Defence Committee reports on the SDSR

    The responsibility of the HCDC is to monitor and to hold to account the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the …

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

  • Voters to register individually by 2014

    Voters will be asked to register individually from 2014 in order to modernise the electoral registration system and tackle fraud.

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

  • Royal College of Defence Studies course

    Speech delivered by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces.

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

  • Ursula Brennan to be new Permanent Secretary of MOD

    The Prime Minister, with the agreement of the Secretary of State for Defence, has approved the appointment of Ursula Brennan as the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, it has been announced today.

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