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From The Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP
  • Education Secretary says post-16 options better than ever, as GCSE results released

    Entries to EBacc subjects and overall arts subjects have risen, as GCSE results are released today

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Education Secretary visits world-leading research centre

    Gavin Williamson sees first-hand how high-quality technical training is boosting skills and jobs

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government welcomes more pupils studying science

    Pupils up and down the country receive A level results - with entries to STEM subjects increasing for both boys and girls

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Education Secretary meets competitors preparing for WorldSkills

    Students and apprentices from across the UK will head to Russia to compete against 65 nations in a range of specialist skills

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Education Secretary meets apprentices on his first visit

    Education Secretary Gavin Williamson underlined the vital role of further education and skills on his first visit in post when he met apprentices in Yorkshire

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK host Australia-UK ministerial talks

    Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson host their Australian counterparts this week for AUKMIN 2018.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • D-Day 75: Veterans to be saluted by land, sea and air in June

    The Ministry of Defence has announced that 4,000 Armed Forces personnel will salute Normandy veterans at commemorative events taking place in Normandy and Portsmouth.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Life saving frontline technology given £5-million boost

    The development of the TXA Autoinjector will allow life-saving blood clotting treatment to be given at the push of a button.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Apaches take off for Estonia

    Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson bid farewell to Army aviators as they took off for Estonia, where they will be training alongside NATO forces working to reassure our allies and deter our adversaries.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • MOD launches £2-million fund to counter drones threat

    The MOD has launched a £2-million competition for proposals to tackle the future threats of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK’s most advanced jets deploy overseas for the first time

    F-35B Lightning aircraft are set to deploy to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Billion-pound investment in vital MOD testing sites

    Military equipment testing, training and evaluation sites are set to get a £1.3-billion boost, the Defence Secretary has announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Royal Navy vessel identifies evasion of North Korea sanctions

    A Royal Navy vessel conducting United Nations sanctions enforcement against North Korea has successfully tracked an illegal transfer at sea.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Operational Honours and Awards List: April 2019

    A number of members of the Armed Forces have been named in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • MOD to establish Centre of Excellence for Human Security

    The UK is a nation that leads from the front and it should do so in protecting human rights, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson declares.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70

    As the world’s most successful alliance turns 70 it remains the cornerstone of UK defence.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK-led high-readiness force to deploy to the Baltic Sea

    Nearly 2,000 UK Armed Forces personnel will deploy to the Baltic Sea for a series of multinational exercises in support of European security.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £75-million investment set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations

    Robots and autonomous mine-hunters are set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations after the Defence Secretary announced a £75-million injection into new technology.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New initiatives introduced to support modern service life

    A series of new initiatives, aimed at modernising the living and working arrangements for armed forces personnel have been launched today by the Defence Secretary.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New programme launched for armed forces personnel seriously wounded in conflict

    The Ministry of Defence and NHS England have launched a new package of support for seriously wounded military personnel.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government