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GCHQ

British  

abbreviation

  1. Government Communications Headquarters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Last week, families of Manchester Arena attack victims wrote to the prime minister urging him to ensure the so-called Hillsborough Law applied to individual employees of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The card was created by "schoolchildren as well as spies", according to GCHQ, after hundreds of young people entered a design competition in the lead-up to the festive period.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

"This is the trillion-dollar question," says Sir Jeremy Fleming, a former head of GCHQ.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

He took the data home because he wanted to "continue and complete the most exciting and challenging work the defendant had ever undertaken" in the hope of gaining future employment at GCHQ, Ms Grahame said.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

He held roles in the UK's intelligence agency, GCHQ, and in the Royal Household on the way to the top job.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

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