The Foreign Affairs Committee believes the BBC World Service is of such value to the nation that its income should be ring-fenced against spending cuts. The Ser

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This report concludes that the Government is right to continue to support Turkey's accession to the European Union, as long as Ankara meets the accession criter

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In this report, published on the last day that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funding responsibility for the World Service, the Foreign Affairs Committ