Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell today held discussions with the Iranian Ambassador, Dr Hosseini Adeli. They discussed a range of bilateral issues, including co-operation against illegal immigration...

Communications between SEED and SCRA related to data issues

The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) today issued a consultation 'Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Fast Track Procedure Rules'. The consultation seeks views on new fast track rules required...

Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael today expressed satisfaction that guided walks in the Lake District National Park will continue.   

Asked to comment on a report that the Prime Minister had personally persuaded Charles Clarke to put forward the "points" system for immigration, the PMOS said that he had dealt with this matter his morning...

Asked to respond to comments by Peter Hyman that there should be a higher rate of tax for high earners, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that Peter Hyman no longer worked for the Government and...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Peter Hyman and Immigration.

Guidance on duties and powers under the Act

The publication of a new strategic vision 'Future use of the UK's Reserve Forces' was announced today by Ivor Caplin, Under Secretary of State for Defence.   

The MoD today appointed Kellogg Brown & Root (UK) Ltd (KBR) to act as the preferred 'Physical Integrator' on the future aircraft carrier (CVF) project.   

CHARLES CLARKE SETS OUT FIVE YEAR STRATEGY FOR IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM   

The Department for Constitutional Affairs today published statistics for company winding up, and creditors' and debtors' bankruptcy petitions issued in the High Court and county courts of England and Wales...

Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Competition, Consumers and Markets, has today asked the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate the proposed acquisition by Finmeccanica of parts of BAE Systems' military...

Radical back to work help will be extended to people who have been on Incapacity Benefit (IB) for up to three years, Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.   

Asked if the Prime Minister had sought assurance that MI6 had not been involved in the arrest of Martin Mubanga, the PMOS said Charles Clarke had said all that needed to be said about the situation....

Asked for any further information on the Hercules crash last week, the PMOS said the crash investigator was in charge of the timing of any announcement....

Asked if there was any announcement from the MOD about carriers, the PMOS said he was not aware of any. He pointed out that it was also a commercial matter, so he would not be able to comment beforehand. Put...

Asked if the Prime Minister intervened with Charles Clarke in order to "toughen up" today's immigration announcement, the PMOS said the rumours were wrong. One of the first things Charles Clarke said upon...

Asked what the Government's reaction was to the further discouragement of sanctions by the Irish Government, and when the IMC report would be published, the PMOS said it had not been decided when the IMC Report ...

Asked to comment further on the Sunday Times story about cancer rates and programmes that looked "catastrophic", the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Department of Health (DoH) could...

Tree wardens and city farms are among those to benefit from a new round of Government awards.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cancer Story, Northern Ireland, Asylum and Immigration, MOD Carriers, Hercules and Arrest/MI6.

People who want to come to the UK to work will be subject to a new 'points system', Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced.

This SPP replaces NPPG 15 Rural Development

This Planning Advice Note (PAN) will assist all those involved in rural diversification projects.

Supersedes and reinforces many of the key themes set out in PAN 36 Siting and Design of New Housing in the Countryside and brings the advice up to date with the new emphasis on design and quality.

Explains the consultation process that was undertaken on the drafting of SPP15 Planning for Rural Development

Investigates the role and effectiveness of rural typologies in Scottish planning

Voluntary and community organisations across England will receive £2.25 million over the next year from the Office of the Deputy Prime Ministers Special Grants Programme (SGP).   

The number of ineffective trials in Crown Court has reduced again this year according to figures in the fourth Crown Court annual report published today by Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer...

Defra has today published proposals to allow further applications for accreditation as a packaging waste reprocessor or exporter to be made in 2005.   

Work and Pensions Minister, Chris Pond, today announced the key results of the 2004-05 National Customer Satisfaction Survey, and the 2004-05 Local Authority Satisfaction Survey.   

Mr John Saville has been appointed Her Majesty's High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam in succession to Mr Andrew Caie who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr John Saville...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Soldier compensation, Northern Ireland and army abuse cases.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Condoleezza Rice visit, China arms embargo, G7 finance meeting and Black Wednesday/FOI.

This research focused on what SMEs across Scotland understand by and know of EinE and DtS and what their attitudes are towards engagement in EinE

This research focused on what SMEs across Scotland understand by and know of EinE and DtS and what their attitudes are towards engagement in EinE

Campaign targets primary care staff, midwifery, radiography and mental health workers   

Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, today announced the appointment of seven new members and extensions to the appointments of three Members of the Design Council. The appointments are...

More school governors are needed to help the Government achieve its goals for the country's schools, a new report says.

Bars, clubs and pubs can now apply for more 'flexible' trading hours - including 24-hour opening.

The Department of Health is today issuing the latest information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. This includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) - the form...