Jeremy Browne

Tory MPs: 'Be Nice To Ukip'

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Politics

Conservative MPs have warned the Ukip surge is a result of a visceral hatred of the ruling elite and that the "fruitcake" name calling must stop. A...

Two-Year-Old At Risk Of Forced Marriage

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK

A two-year-old was the youngest child at risk of being forced into marriage, one of 250 children aided by the UK's Forced Marriage Unit, according to ...

Clegg Only Aware Of 'Indirect And Non-Specific Concerns'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.02.2013 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg has said he was only aware of "indirect and non-specific concerns" relating to the sexual misconduct allegations against Lord Rennard. D...

Clegg To Admit Knowing About Lord Rennard Claims

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.02.2013 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg is expected to admit he was aware of general concerns over the behaviour of former Lib Dem chief executive, Lord Rennard. Rennard has be...

Cable: 'Independent' Investigation Into Lord Rennard Claims

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 24.02.2013 | UK

Business Secretary Vince Cable has denied that he or Nick Clegg knew about sexual harassment allegations against a senior Liberal Democrat. The par...

'Britain Has No God-Given Right To Prosperity'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Politics

Britain does not have a "God-given right" to a decent standard of living and faces a "moment of reckoning" amid the rise of Asian economies, a Home Of...

The Missing Children's Minister?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Politics

Women's groups and MPs have criticised Children's Minister Ed Timpson for failing to attend a key debate on child sexual exploitation, with two charit...

Muslim Gangs 'Raping White Kids,' Says Tory MP

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Politics

A Conservative MP's claim that gangs of Muslims are "raping white kids" prompted a row in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Speaking during a debate...

Government Minister: England Probably Won't Make The Euro 2012 Final Rounds

PA | Posted 19.08.2012 | UK Politics

A Foreign Office minister has sought to justify the UK's partial boycott of Euro 2012 matches over human rights concerns by claiming England were unli...

'We Are Here Today Because Of British Troops': Falkland Islanders Pack Thanksgiving Service

PA | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK

War heroes and those they freed stood together in freezing conditions to mark the 30th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands on Thurda...

Minister Won't Meet With Argentina During Falklands Visit

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK Politics

Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne has turned down an invitation to attend talks in Argentina when he visits the Falklands next week. The Foreig...

Argentina Behaving In A 'Domineering' Way, Says Foreign Office Minister

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2012 | UK Politics

A Foreign Office minister has accused Argentina of "domineering" behaviour ahead of an official visit to mark the 30th anniversary of the liberation o...

World Press Freedom Day 2012: Protecting Freedom of Expression Online

Jeremy Browne | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK Politics
Jeremy Browne

Media freedom has the power to transform societies and to change the course of history. Over the past year, across the Middle East and North Africa, ordinary citizens found their voices using social media and blogs. But freedom of expression continues to be repressed in many countries and some have seen a significant decline in media freedoms. Around the world, journalists, bloggers and others have been obstructed from doing their work by being harassed, monitored, detained, or subjected to violence.

Hague Discussed Neil Heywood's Mystery Death With Hillary Clinton

Posted 24.04.2012 | UK Politics

William Hague discussed the death in China of British businessman Neil Heywood with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the Foreign Office has said...

Britain 'Sad' That Argentina Is Being Unfriendly

Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Politics

The British government has said it is "very concerned" that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit the South American countr...

Judgement Day For Chris Huhne

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Politics

Chris Huhne will learn on Friday morning if he will face charges for allegedly asking his ex-wife to take speeding points on his behalf. The energy...

Chris Huhne To Discover Fate Over Speeding Claims

Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK Politics

Chris Huhne will learn on Friday if he is to face charges over allegations that his ex-wife Vicky Pryce accepted speeding penalty points on his behalf...

Prince William Branded A 'Conqueror' By Argentina

Posted 01.04.2012 | UK

Prince William has been branded a "conqueror" by Argentina ahead of his deployment to the Falkland Islands as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot. Bueno...

Who Is The Lib Dem Deployed To Falkland Islands?

Posted 31.01.2012 | UK Politics

Jeremy Browne will become the first Foreign Office minister to visit he Falkland Islands since 2008 when he flies out to the region in June. He has...

Which Minister Wants Stephen Hester To Decline His Bonus?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK

Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus has been attacked as "out of touch" by Labour, as a government minister claimed he had a public "duty" to refuse it. ...

Miliband: Cameron 'Nodded Through RBS Bonus'

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK Politics

Ed Miliband has called on David Cameron to explain RBS chief Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus, after accusing him of "nodding through" the pay package...

Which Minister Wants Stephen Hester To Decline His Bonus?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK Politics

Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus has been attacked as "out of touch" by Labour, as a government minister claimed he had a public "duty" to refuse it. ...

Faces Of The Week

Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.11.2011 | UK Politics

Lib Dem foreign office minister Jeremy Browne is our number one face of the week. Just take a look at the reason why in the picture below- and our oth...

Michael Rundle

Liberals Or Democrats? David Laws and Jeremy Browne Debate Party's Future At Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.11.2011 | UK Politics

It is not hard to find evidence of how the Liberal Democrats have changed in government at the party's conference in Birmingham. And not all the ch...

Hague and the Heartbreak of the Holidays

Louise Halford | Posted 12.10.2011 | UK
Louise Halford

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has published new figures on the scale of the problem of children being abducted by their parents and taken overseas. They reveal that, every other day, a British child is abducted by a parent to a country which has not signed the 1980 Hague Convention on international parental child abduction.