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  • International crack down on human trafficking

    Mark Harper joins forces with Foreign Office to call on international partners to redouble efforts against human trafficking.

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK Government

    A report published today by the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group (IDMG) on Human Trafficking shows that more work than ever before is being carried out both in the UK and internationally to prosecute criminals and stop t…

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

  • Alan Duncan: Business that helps beat poverty

    Speech by the Minister of State on the private sector's role in development and the importance of fair trade

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK government

    Gangs that lure victims to UK and exploit them for sex, labour and domestic slavery are being targeted following action by the government.

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

  • Human trafficking gangs targeted by UK government

    Gangs that lure victims to the UK and then exploit them for sex, labour and domestic slavery are being targeted following action by the government.

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

  • Foreign Secretary speech on diplomatic tradecraft

    "Our diplomatic network is the essential infrastructure of Britain’s influence in the world".

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

  • Written Ministerial Statement on Iraq Network Strategic Review

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today set out details of its Iraq Network Strategic Shift in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament.

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

  • Prosecuting human trafficking and slavery: the law and the UK response

    Speech by Solicitor General, Oliver Heald QC MP to students of Peace Studies at Bradford University

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

  • ACOBA recommendation: Andrew Lloyd, High Commissioner to Nigeria, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Approval for Andrew Lloyd CMG MBE, former High Commissioner to Nigeria, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on business appointment after leaving Crown service.

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  • Polio: Britain to vaccinate 29 million children

    The extra support was welcomed as key step towards the eradication of polio by the UK's Development Secretary

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

  • Family planning: Contraceptives for 27m women and girls

    The British government is part of a new partnership announced today at the United Nations that will increase access to contraceptives for 27 million women and girls in some of the world's poorest countries.

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

  • Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

    Border Force officers in Ghana have helped seize cocaine worth an estimated £200,000 which had been hidden in lollipops.

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

  • Polio: Paralympians show support to end disease

    Ex-Team GB Paralympians Ade Adepitan and Anne Wafula-Strike who have been affected by polio met with the new Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening today to show support for eradicating the disease.

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

  • 2,000 illegal migrants return home after UK Border Agency campaign

    More than 2,000 illegal migrants who had been living in London have returned home following a UK Border Agency campaign to tackle visa abuse.

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

  • Africa continues to win Gold

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham writes on partnership and growth in the context of the Olympic Games.

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

  • PM and Vice President Michel Temer of Brazil joint statment on maternal and child undernutrition

    As the current and future hosts of the Olympic Games, we share a passion to unlock everyone's potential. This starts with good nutrition and disease control in early childhood.

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

  • Transcript of Prime Minister's Hunger Summit

    David Cameron and Michel Temer's speeches at the Hunger Summit in London.

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

  • Border Force seizes illegal ivory

    Border Force officers at Heathrow have made one of their biggest ever seizures of illegal ivory.

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

  • Olympic Roundup - Wednesday 1 August

    Today's look at Foreign Office activity and the events taking place in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister meets with Nigerian Minister for Petroleum Resources

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham met with the Honourable Minister for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke to discuss the potential of the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

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