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  • The Secretary of State for Defence has today announced that the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Ursula Brennan is to move to take up the post of Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) from …

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

  • More than 160 soldiers from 42 (North West) Brigade have received their Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals at a rain-soaked ceremony held in Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Lancashire.

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

  • Two RAF doctors have received international accolades for their work, at the Aerospace Medical Association's annual scientific conference and awards.

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

  • "I have always said that it is up to the Falkland Islanders themselves to choose whether they want to be British."

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague: "This freedom is not only the legitimate right of all the peoples of the region, it is the foundation of lasting peace, stability and prosperity."

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

  • Members of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment ('The Vikings') have handed over control of Patrol Base Silab in Nad 'Ali to the Afghan security forces.

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

  • The Ministry of Defence is seeking the views of industry on how to improve facilities for soldiers based in central London.

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

  • An RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) crew has assisted lifeboat volunteers to rescue hundreds from floodwaters in Wales after two months' rain fell in just one day.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague was interviewed by Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News today on Syria.

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

  • Secretary of State for Wales, Cheryl Gillan said: “This has been a very impressive operation in horrific weather conditions and with unprecedented…

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned Israel’s announcement authorising new settlement units across the West Bank and urges the Israeli Government to change its approach.

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

  • A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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

  • Personnel from the Gloucestershire-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters have been preparing for a 12-month posting as NATO's Response Force. Report by Richard Long.

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

  • A yachtsman, overcome by stormy weather in the Atlantic, has been rescued by the Royal Navy's Cornwall-based Search and Rescue squadron.

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

  • A report out this week shows that the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have put numeracy and literacy skills at the heart of their development programme for new recruits.

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

  • Private sector bidders for the largest-ever UK military training estate contract have begun a nationwide tour of key training areas and facilities under the MOD’s Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme.

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  • Trooper Emmanuel Nartey, from the First Royal Tank Regiment, has been selected to represent Ghana in judo at the London Olympics.

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

  • Recently returned from Helmand, Brigadier Patrick Sanders says the years of effort and sacrifice are producing results.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Annan plan has failed so far, but is not dead and all hope for it is not lost.

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

  • Soldiers who fly and maintain the Army's Apache attack helicopters have been presented with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal on their return from operations in Afghanistan.

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