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  • UK/Africa High Level Prosperity Partnership

    HMG promotes Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania to UK business in mutual prosperity drive.

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

  • WW2 RAF casualty packs archived

    Defence Business Services (DBS) has begun the transfer of Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) casualty packs to the National Archives.

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

  • Katherine Jenkins visits Camp Bastion

    Opera singer Katherine Jenkins has performed for hundreds of UK service personnel during a visit to Afghanistan.

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

  • £35 million contract sustains RAF's precision weapon

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is investing £35 million to sustain the RAF's stockpile of Brimstone missiles.

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

  • Royal Gibraltar Regiment trains with Moroccan Army

    Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment are strengthening ties with the Moroccan Army by taking part in Exercise Jebel Sahara.

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

  • HMS Daring conducts surveys of Philippine Islands

    HMS Daring and her helicopter have begun surveying the outlying areas of the Philippines that have yet to be reached by aid organisations.

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

  • Over 6,000 Second World War heroes recognised

    Over 6,000 Arctic Stars and Bomber Command Clasps have been issued to living veterans across the country.

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

  • PM announces Britain will host 2014 NATO Summit

    David Cameron has announced that Britain will host the 2014 NATO Summit.

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

  • Armed Forces Minister visits RAF Fylingdales

    Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois has visited the heart of the UK's missile defence system as part of a wider tour of air defence assets.

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

  • Kosovo Security Force gain valuable knowledge of UK Military Band Training

    Two members of the Kosovo Security Force band visited the Royal Marines Band Service in Portsmouth as part of an ongoing UK training and cooperation programme.

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

  • RAF units return from Cyprus

    RAF units deployed to Cyprus as part of the UK response to the recent crisis in the Middle East have returned home.

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

  • MOD awards regional construction contracts

    The DIO has appointed 5 companies for the design and build of construction projects in the East Midlands and eastern England region.

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  • ‘UK urges the political leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to move forward’

    Statement by Ambassador Tatham, of the UK Mission to the UN, to the Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

  • Royal Navy warship heads to Philippines

    HMS Daring is on her way to assist the Philippines after the country suffered crippling devastation during Typhoon Haiyan.

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

  • First Rivet Joint aircraft delivered to the UK

    The first of 3 Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft has been delivered to MOD ahead of its entry into service with the RAF in 2014.

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

  • Royal Navy aircraft carrier ramping up

    The final section of the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth has been fitted onto the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier.

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

  • Archbishop of Canterbury visits MOD on Armistice Day

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited the Ministry of Defence on the 95th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War.

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

  • Service personnel around the world pay tribute to the fallen

    Armed Forces personnel and members of the public took time to remember those who have been lost to war on this year's Remembrance Sunday.

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

  • Appointment of UK non-resident Chargé d’Affaires to Iran

    Mr Ajay Sharma has been appointed the UK’s non-resident Chargé d’Affaires to Iran.

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

  • Remembrance service held in Afghanistan

    The Duke of York and the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond joined service personnel on operations for a remembrance service at Camp Bastion.

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