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Foreign Office to give up historic Whitehall building
Move aimed at saving cash as UK government sells off diplomatic properties
By Alex Varley-Winter | 19 December 2011 |Premium subscription content
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Foreign Office quitting: Old Admiralty Building
We keep all our property assets under constant review to ensure that they provide value for money
Foreign Office spokesman
Government cost-cutting is to lead the Foreign Office to quit its historic grade-II listed building in Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.
Its decision raises the prospect that it will sell the £57 million property in central London, the Old Admiralty Building, which once housed the authority responsible for the Royal Navy.
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