The Competition Commission (CC) is consulting on undertakings from Knauf Insulation Limited which will prohibit the company's proposed acquisition of Superglass Insulation Limited.   

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Following the adoption of Council Conclusions at the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council on 31 January, Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell commented:   

Asked if there were any further updates on the British aircraft which crashed yesterday in Iraq, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said no. The MOD had released the list of casualties and that was really...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on Iraq.

Explanatory Note-Dairy Produce Quotas (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Milk Quotas Consultation-Analysis of Responses

Guidance on the Local Authority Accountability provisions which are part of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.

Chancellor Gordon Brown today called for a step change in the participation of young people in volunteering, encouraging young people to do voluntary work as part of their normal lives and enabling them...

The Health and Safety Commission's (HSC) Textiles Industry Advisory Committee (TEXIAC) is holding an open meeting in Leicester to offer practical advice on controlling noise in the textiles and footwear...

The Competition Commission (CC) has today published a consultation draft of its guidance on how it will approach appeals against decisions made by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA-commonly...

Asked to clarify if animal rights protesters who target life scientists would be subject to a home detention order, or not, the PMOS said he did not get drawn into hypothetical situations. He pointed out that the...

Asked for further information about the Secretary of State's trip to the UK, the PMOS said she would be meeting the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary on Friday....

Asked why the Prime Minister had travelled to Davos last week in a "flying palace", the PMOS pointed out the Prime Minister needed to be back in time for the Holocaust Memorial Day service, and an RAF plane...

Asked about the fees involved for Mrs Blair's recent tour in Australia, and should she have accepted such a fee, the PMOS said it was being dealt with by other channels....

Asked if the "unusually high" number of events the Chancellor was attending this week was a coincidence or was "there something going on", the PMOS said it was a coincidence....

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to publicly apologise to Gerard Conlon, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had set out his view in a letter to the SDLP last year. In the letter, he recognised there had...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) briefed journalists on the latest news from both the Hercules crash and also the Iraqi elections. Regarding the crash, he told them that there was no further news at...

Tony Blair says those killed when a British transport plane crashed in Iraq would never be forgotten. Nine Royal Air Force personnel and one soldier are 'missing believed killed' after the crash north of Baghdad.

More than a million extra young people should become community volunteers over the next five years, according to Gordon Brown.

The Prime Minister is addressing a special summit on community regeneration today.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Gerard Conlon, Chancellor Events, Mrs Blair, Davos Travel, Condoleeza Rice and Animal Rights.

FREDS Biomass Energy Group Report

The OFT stepped up credit licensing action in 2004 carrying out a total of 1364 actions, including issuing 129 Minded to Revoke/Refuse (MTR) notices (compared with 113 in 2003) and 274 warning or advisory...

The spiral of decline is starting to change in our disadvantaged neighbourhoods says a report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minster's Neighbourhood Renewal Unit.   

Communities across the country will be given more say in the decisions making a difference to their lives under wide-reaching new plans, announced today by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.   

Two documents to further the debate on improving neighbourhoods and strengthening leadership in local government were published today by Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford.   

A draft strategy on the role that voluntary and community sector organisations can play in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) was published for consultation today.   

The Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Neighbourhood Renewal Unit today published further plans to tackle the causes of deprivation and reverse what they identified...

Poul Christensen, who has extensive experience in change management, rural affairs and farming, has been appointed chair of the Rural Development Service.   

Rising sea levels coupled with a likely increase in storms will threaten the South West's long coastline if climate change is left unchecked.   

Voluntary groups across England will benefit from grants worth £6.75 million over three years, Environment Minister Elliot Morley announced today.   

A phased withdrawal of the commonly prescribed painkiller, co-proxamol, was announced today by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.   

A pioneering project to develop an internet-based 'healthcheck' for printing companies is to receive £70,000 in Government funding, Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe announced today.   

Bill Rammell, Foreign Office Minister for Latin America, is visiting Brazil from 31 January to 1 February.   

Tony Blair said 'this country and the wider world will never forget them'. He was speaking as Iraqis went to the polls in the historic elections.

Leading international scientists are meeting in the UK this week to look at ways of tackling climate change.

The Queen has been pleased to approve that the Honourable Mr Justice Lloyd be appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal from 5 April 2005 in succession to the Right Honourable Lord Justice Gibson who retires on 4 April...

The Queen has approved that the Venerable Robert Reiss MA be re-appointed a member of the Churches Conservation Trust for a further three years from 1 February 2005.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life upon Sir John (Arthur) Stevens QPM DL on his retirement as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police...

The Queen has approved that the Richard Butt Esq MA BA be re-appointed a member of the Churches Conservation Trust for a further one year until 31 March 2005.

New measures have been announced to stop animal rights extremists intimidating businesses who supply research facilities

During a meeting at Downing Street Tony Blair and the President of Romania Traian Basescu said they would work together to integrate Romania into the EU by 2007.

Non-statutory advisory note issued by the Best Value Task Force on the role of elected members in Best Value

Non-statutory advisory note issued by the Best Value Task Force on the role of asset management in Best Value

With one month left till horse passport regulations come fully into effect in England, nearly half a million passports have been issued already the Government confirmed today.   

New measures to tackle the intimidation of businesses by animal rights extremists were announced today by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt.   

The UK's first large scale wave and tidal power generation farms could be contributing to the national grid within 3 years under a new support scheme worth £42million announced today by Energy Minister...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson has today published an inspection report by the BFI on the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit by London Borough of Harrow...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson has today published a focused inspection report by the BFI on the administration of processing of claims by Breckland District Council.   

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson has today published an inspection report by the BFI on the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and counter-fraud activity...

Annual statistics on completed criminal appeals

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson has today published an inspection report by the BFI on the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and counter-fraud activity...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson has today published a focused inspection report by the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) on the administration of processing of claims by South...

Guidance leaflet 11 for the 2005 National Reserve

Application form for the 2005 National Reserve