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25 January 2005

'Hard to reach' pensioners get help to claim benefits
seen at 18:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
A new GBP13 million fund has been launched to improve the take-up of benefits by older people.
Iraq
seen at 16:07, 25 January in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked about Human Rights standards in Iraqi prisons, the PMOS said that as he understood it the Iraqi minister for human rights had dealt with the issue. It was important that people took more account of what he...
Violent Crime
seen at 16:07, 25 January in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked if the Government was concerned by the 6% rise in violent crime, the PMOS said that first of all whether you looked at the overall recorded crime figures or the BCS they both showed a fall. 11% in ...
Immigration/1951 Convention
seen at 16:07, 25 January in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked about the merits of upholding the 1951 UN convention on asylum and immigration, the PMOS set out the context for our attitude towards asylum in Europe. The 1951 convention had come into force in EU law last...
Morning press briefing from 25 January
seen at 16:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Immigration/1951 Convention, Violent Crime and Iraq.
New arts award encourages youngsters to go for gold says culture secretary tessa jowell
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Department for Culture, Media and Sport News - national (Our copy).
Young people will have the chance of acquiring a new national award for achievement in the arts under a scheme announced today by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.   
Government to set up new decontamination service
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs News - national (Our copy).
Elliot Morley, Environment Minister, today announced that Government will be setting up a new central Service to help authorities and organisations prepare for and deal with incidents where chemical, biological...
Westminster Abbey
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
The Queen has approved that the Venerable Robert Paul Reiss MA, be appointed to the Residentiary Canonry in Westminster Abbey in succession to the Reverend Canon Michael John Middleton BSc, MA, on his resignation...
Overall crime continues to fall
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
Two new sets of figures suggest that crimes such as burglary, theft and murder have fallen across the UK.
Life Peerage
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life upon the Most Reverend and Right Honourable David Michael Hope on his retirement as Lord Archbishop...
'Hard to reach' pensioners get help to claim benefits
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
A new £13 million fund has been launched to improve the take-up of benefits by older people.
Plans for dealing with chemical attack bolstered
seen at 14:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
The Government is to establish a new service to provide decontamination advice and assistance in the event of a terrorist attack.
Mvra code of practice on the road to oft approval
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Office of Fair Trading News - national (Our copy).
The MVRA Ltd's consumer code of practice has successfully completed Stage One of the OFT's Consumer Codes Approval Scheme.   
Crime continues to fall
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Home Office News - national (Our copy).
Government figures published today show that crime in England and Wales continues to fall, with the risk of being a victim of crime, at 25 per cent, the lowest in more than 20 years.   
Radical back-to-work scheme will cover 900,000 people on incapacity benefits within two years
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Department for Work and Pensions News - national (Our copy).
A successful scheme to help people on incapacity benefits back to work will be extended to a third of all claimants in less than two years.   
£13 million pension service partnership fund launched by wicks
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Department for Work and Pensions News - national (Our copy).
A new £13 million fund, which will finance local initiatives to improve take-up of older people's benefits - particularly those in hard to reach groups - has been launched today by Pensions Minister, ...
Immigration
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked if the Prime Minister now took the position that it was not racist for people to be concerned about immigration levels given the recent announcements by the Conservative party, the Prime Minister's Official...
Afternoon press briefing from 24 January
seen at 11:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Immigration.
Hewitt: new rules on directors' pay working
seen at 10:07, 25 January in Department of Trade and Industry News - national (Our copy).
Better disclosure on directors' pay is leading to improved dialogue between companies and shareholders according to new research published by the Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, today.   
Community action helps to drive out vandals
seen at 10:07, 25 January in Number 10 » News Stories (Our copy).
Residents in a West London suburb who clubbed together to regenerate their local park have been praised by a Government minister.
Reid responds to pac report 'tackling cancer in england: saving more lives'
seen at 02:07, 25 January in Department of Health News - national (Our copy).
Responding today to the Public Accounts Committee report - 'Tackling Cancer in England: Saving More Lives, Health Secretary John Reid said:   
New Release of TheyWorkForYou.com Source Code
seen at 02:07, 25 January in TheyWorkForYou News (Our copy).
We've released version 8 of the TheyWorkForYou.com source code which is available for download under an Open Source licence. The update contains new code for: - Westminster Hall Debates - Written ministerial statements...
Search by Date
seen at 02:07, 25 January in TheyWorkForYou News (Our copy).
Thanks to the sterling efforts of a fine new volunteer (thanks David!), you can now sort any search results either by listing the most relevant results first, or most recent results first. This is good news for ...