SPEECH BY THE RT HON GORDON BROWN MP, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, BEIJING, CHINA   

Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell today launched the North Caucasus Education Initiative which will provide over £1 million towards education and training opportunities for the children and young people...

The Health and Safety Executive is launching a campaign today to persuade businesses that sensible health and safety management is not only beneficial for staff but good for their bottom line as well. ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today published its full offshore health and safety statistics for 2003/04. The report contains provisional injury and incident figures for the year 1 April 2003...

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Health Secretary John Reid will praise all those involved in the National Defibrillator Programme and their contribution to its success when he attends a special lunch event in London on Thursday (24 February...

Public Service Announcement - For those wishing to keep track of all the information being released by the Welsh Assembly Government under the Freedom of Information Act there is a webpage here. As...

Local Government finance is devloved to the Assembly an unless the Assembly is given extra money to pay for this policy, it won' be happening here. According to senior Tories, there won't be any additional money...

Asked if Paul Murphy would comment any further tomorrow about putting sanctions on Sinn Fein, the PMOS said the IMC had said two things. One was that it recognised that when dealing with a robbery on such a scale...

Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's meeting this morning with President Barroso, and also if they had discussed the low turnout for the Spanish referendum, the PMOS said he thought the question...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) informed journalists about the Prime Minister's breakfast meeting tomorrow morning in Brussels with President Bush. We also expected him to hold bilateral meetings ...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: President Bush Breakfast Meeting/Brussels trip, President Barroso meeting and Northern Ireland.

Andrew Rose, a senior investment banker with expertise in infrastructure investment is to join the Board of Partnerships UK.   

Road users are being warned by the Highways Agency to take extra care when travelling this evening and tomorrow morning as snow and low temperatures are forecast in many parts of the country.   

A fund to support more sustainable and profitable farming has been given an extra £3million over the next three years.   

London's decision-makers and planners need to make a better built environment central to the capital's contribution to combatting global warming, a government minister has urged.   

The landmark Civil Partnership Act will be brought into force on 5 December this year. Any couple wishing to form a civil partnership will be able to give notice of their intention to register at a Register...

Companies employing only their owner will not have to buy employers' liability compulsory insurance (ELCI) from Monday (28th Feb), when new rules come into force.   

Foreign Office Minister Chris Mullin today announced £400,000 to help Ukraine destroy stockpiles of small arms and ammunition.   

Guide to the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Project

Glasgow-based Allied Vehicles Ltd has agreed not to publish credit advertisements that do not comply with consumer credit advertising regulations, following action by the OFT.   

Retained ownership with associated benefits offered to Local Authorities -   

Bonuses are set to be paid to doctors and clinicians for performing extra work across the NHS.

New disciplinary procedures will tackle the cost of long drawn-out disciplinary procedures and staff suspensions in the NHS.

The UK Biotechnology sector continues to lead the way in Europe, concludes a report published by Science Minister Lord Sainsbury today.   

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The Prime Minister has with the IOC delegates during their inspection of London's 2012 bid. Tony Blair said that London could provide a 'Games to remember'.

A new team of doctors are targetting sporting injuries. Everyone from casual keep-fitters to the nation's Olympic team will have access to the medics, who will work in hospitals as well as out in the wider community.

The UK now has the most extensive broadband availability of the G7 nations. There are currently 96 per cent of households with access to the high-speed internet and more than six million subscribers.

Tennis elbow and cauliflower ear are being shown the red card thanks to a new medical discipline announced today by Secretary of State John Reid.   

O'Brien opens ASEM conference with UK e-commerce news   

Leighton Andrews seems a little sceptical about political blogging Personally, I remain sceptical about the role of blogging in UK politics in the near future: I will be writing more on this over the next couple of weeks, for the political marketing newsletter. [Leighton Andrews, IDS claims blogging for the right ] But on the other hand, he runs his own blog and on it writes: I posted that I thought we needed a Labour bloggers network Andrew's said he'll publish his thoughts online once they're ready. in the meantime, what does everyone else think?