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Tony Blair has helped launch a special day of broadcasting as the UK's local radio network joined forces to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. 

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell says that London is involved in a 'sprint finish' to win the bid for the 2012 Olympics.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister responsible for sustainable development, Bill Rammell MP will meet today with the UK Travel Foundation to discuss the industry's long term response to the...

Asked if the Prime Minister continued to deny that he would have considered stepping down if the Chancellor had been more positive about the Euro, the PMOS said yes. Asked if the reports in the five tests had been...

Asked if it was true that David Blunkett would continue to live in the Home Secretary's official residence until after the election, the PMOS told journalists that Home Secretaries had certain security arrangements...

Put to him that the questions over the house purchased by the Prime Minister now fell into the realm of public interest, the PMOS said no. The Blairs were entitled to manage their family finances in the same way...

Asked about the claim by the Conservative Party that there were 180,000 bureaucrats in the NHS and asked if they were all necessary, the PMOS said that he would not comment on what the Opposition said. However the...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) briefed journalists on the latest Tsunami casualty figures. He said that the number of confirmed dead now was 52 not 51. 349 people were presumed to be victims of the...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Tsunami Statistics, Civil Service Bureacracy, Prime Minister's House, David Blunkett's House and Chancellor of the Exchequer/Euro.

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New restrictions on the amount of chromium VI in cement come into force today, 17 January 2005.   

Dinah Nichols has been appointed as the new Chair of the National Forest Company (NFC), Ben Bradshaw, Minister for Nature Conservation and Forestry, announced today. She takes up the reins in April 2005...

Patients and researchers will be able to look at data on the safety of different medicines announced Health Minister, Lord Warner today. The move is part of a series of measures to further improve the ...

Foreign Office Minister Denis MacShane today congratulated President Mesic on his re-election as President of Croatia.   

A legal loophole which had allowed landowners to deliberately block public rights of way has been closed by new legislation.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said today that London was involved in a 'sprint finish' to win the bid for the 2012 Olympics.

A motor home dealer from Runcorn, Cheshire has had its application for a consumer credit licence refused.   

Three traders have recently given undertakings to change their credit advertising following action by the OFT as part of its continuing monitoring of newspaper credit advertisements.   

Gordon Brown's week-long visit to Africa climaxes today with a summit of economic decision makers in Cape Town.

Tony Blair today took part in a special day of broadcasting as the UK's local radio network joined forces to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

A phone hotline has been launched for the public to report anti-social behaviour such as graffiti.

A new dedicated actionline for the public to report anti-social behaviour was launched by Home Office minister, Hazel Blears, today as part of a drive to increase community participation in tackling yobbish...

From today the users of nine county courts in England and Wales can log on to fill in forms to progress a claim in the County Court.