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First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Members of Strategic Command have been recognised in His Majesty King Charles’ Birthday Honours List and Operational Awards List for their services to Defence.
Edward Llewellyn (Lord Llewellyn of Steep) was appointed British Ambassador to Italy in February 2022. Ed was British Ambassador to France from November 2016 to August 2021. Before joining the Embassy, he was the Downing Street Chief of Staff to...
Harriet King has been Deputy Head of Mission since June 2014, having joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2002, and has been based in London for the majority of her career. She is married with 2 children. Curriculum...
Lisa Bandari was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal and Cape Verde in January 2024. Previously, she was the Deputy Director for India and HMG India Coordinator from August 2021 to August 2022. Lisa has served in a number...
Nicholas Harrocks has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kyiv since June 2020. Nicolas previously worked in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO’s) COVID-19 Repatriation Cell, helping to repatriate British Nationals stranded abroad as a result...
Jill Gallard CMG was appointed British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany on 11 November 2020. Before joining the Embassy, she was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Deputy Political Director (2018-2020) and Director of Human Resources (2014-2018). From 2011...
Curriculum Vitae Ms Gill Fraser, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Paris Gill Fraser was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in Scotland and has been a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2002. Prior to joining the FCO, she...
Leader of a criminal gang that distributed large quantities of cocaine and cannabis across Sussex has his sentence increased after referral to Court of Appeal.
Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 24 July 2019...
A new global hub based in the UK and tasked with testing the safety of emerging types of AI has been backed by leading AI companies and nations.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Haiti.
Mr Talwar has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and UK Representative to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). He joined the UK diplomatic service in 2003 and has had postings to New York, Geneva, Brussels,...
Hamish joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1987, and has spent much of his career on Middle East and North African issues. Most recently he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Oman and before that he was...
Statement from the United Nations General Assembly meeting on preventing terrorist use of the internet.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Prime Minister met with Joe Biden, President of the United States, at the G7 Summit in Italy today [Friday 14 June 2024].
Barry Lowen was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mali from January 2021 until July 2022. He was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria. Mr Lowen has worked in India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UK Mission to the UN in New...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, this afternoon.
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, gave a speech at the Ash Carter Exchange in Washington DC.
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