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First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030.
The report from the December 2019 meeting of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information looks at information produced by the Home Office in respect of Albania, Iran and Vietnam.
Nicholas Hopton was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2017 to 2018. Prior to this he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Qatar from 2013 to 2015. Mr Hopton joined the FCO in 1989 and has also...
The Minister deputises for the Foreign Secretary. Their responsibilities include: Iran, Middle East and North Africa United States and Canada humanitarian issues and migration national security defence and international security Clean Green Initiative, concessional finance and investment (including British International...
Ambassador Barbara Woodward delivered a statement to the UN Economic and Social Council
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
The UK Mission to the UN in New York's Charge d'Affaires wrote to the UN Security Council President after the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was seized.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
Statement by UK Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Delivered by the Deputy Prime Minister
How UK persons’ trading interests are protected and when authorisations must be obtained to trade with countries subject to specific extraterritorial laws.
Minister of State for the Middle East calls on Iran to cease indiscriminate bombardment of Kurdish towns
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The UK has imposed sanctions on Iran's so-called 'Morality Police' and senior security and political figures.
The Minister deputises for the Foreign Secretary. The Minister’s responsibilities include: United States and Canada Europe Gibraltar Russia Iran national security defence and international security Trade and Cooperation Agreement negotiations, including the Northern Ireland Protocol International Development Strategy and Official...
The UK and US have sanctioned the Houthis to disrupt their ability to attack international shipping in the Red Sea, and to promote Yemen's peace, stability and security.
Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
In 2008 Mr Aves coordinated the UK’s political input into Japan’s G8 Chairmanship and in 2011 Mr Aves worked on the UK’s input into the UN Human Rights Council on issues such as Libya, Syria and Iran. In 2012 Mr...
Andrew Bizley is His Majesty’s Consul General in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Before arriving in Erbil, Andrew was Deputy Head of His Majesty’s Government’s Iran Unit (2022 to 2024). He has previously been posted to Iraq as First...
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