05 January 2005
Chancellor leads consultation on ten-year strategy for childcare
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Treasury News - national
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In visits to the Gabalfa Primary School in Cardiff and the Pinehurst & Penhill Sure Start Centre in Swindon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown today met parents, children and childcare providers...
Mike o'brien launches sixth british hajj delegation to mecca
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office News - national
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in partnership with the British Muslim community is sending a British Hajj Delegation to Mecca to provide help and support to the thousands of British pilgrims that ...
Statement from family of lisa jones
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office News - national
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been asked by the family of Lisa Jones to confirm that Lisa was killed in Phuket when the tsunami hit Thailand.
Morning press briefing from 4 January 2005
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Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on the Tsunami.
Prime Minister promises more aid
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Tony Blair has pledged that the Government will spend 'several hundred million pounds' in aid to help the countries affected by South East Asia tsunami.
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
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The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Professor Ralph Griffiths as Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
Canadian credit: don't fall foul of loan fee scam
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Office of Fair Trading News - national
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UK consumers seeking credit are being stung for thousands of pounds by a new advance fee scam originating in Canada.
National probation directorate saves £233k in groundbreaking eauction scheme
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Home Office News - national
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In a ground breaking move, the National Probation Directorate (NPD) has recently saved nearly a quarter of a million pounds using an eAuction scheme as a key part of the process to buy new IT software ...
Reid unveils new changes to long-term conditions care
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Department of Health News - national
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Health Secretary John Reid today announced a major overhaul in the way health and social care services will deliver care to the millions of people in England with long-term conditions.
Earthquake Appeal/ Prime Minister's Holiday.
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Downing Street Says
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Asked if the Government were reconsidering the level of aid they were donating to those nations affected by the Earthquake in South East Asia, given that independent donations by the British public amounted to more...
Tsunami
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Downing Street Says
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The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was chairing a meeting this morning involving the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Jack Straw, Hilary Benn and officials from the FCO, DfiD, ...
Sdel/coors merger anti-competitive
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Competition Commission News - national
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The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition by Serviced Dispense Equipment Limited (SDEL) of the technical services function of Coors Brewers Limited (Coors...