For three years, Paul served as Her Majesty’s Consul in Jerusalem and gained crisis management experience whilst working in the FCDO’s Global Response Centre. The Deputy Head of Mission is a...

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Paul Hughes (born 27 March 1997) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL). A professional MMA fighter since 2017, Hughes is a former Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion.

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Guest blog by Tony Hughes, Director, Focus Innovation and UKTI’s digital industries sector specialist.The UK is renowned for the innovation – the invention part of the process of developing new...

Lucy Hughes joined as Deputy Head of Mission to Singapore on 7 January 2025. Follow Lucy Hughes on Twitter.

Apr 8, 2024 · The authors are scathing of the Foreign Office, known officially as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). They say it is "struggling to deliver a clear mandate,...

Paul Candler is a British civil servant who was the Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory, Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory, and Director, Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from June 2021 to August 2024.

1 day ago · Usman Nurmagomedov says that Paul Hughes’ fighting spirit surprised him the most. In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Usman Nurmagomedov spoke about what surprised him the most about Paul ...