The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be carrying out a blitz of construction sites across Great Britain in March as part of a nationwide initiative to tackle serious work-related ill health.   

Eric Dawson, a local builder, was given a four month custodial sentence at Hartlepool Magistrates Court today (22 February 2005), following his attack on a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspector. ...

Bed shortage postpones cancer op - A great grandmother's cancer surgery is cancelled for the third time in as many weeks due to a shortage of intensive care beds. [BBC News feed]

Late widow's 34 hours on trolley - A family talks of their anger after a 94-year-old relative dies days after a 34-hour wait on a trolley in casualty. [BBC News feed] The spokesman also said pressures on the emergency unit remained significant and there were occasions when patients had to wait longer than the hospital would have liked

A leaflet providing an overview to the Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment toolkit and provides an insight into it's use and content.

Constitutional Affairs Secretary and Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer has appointed Mike Hinchliffe, Deputy Legal Director of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS), to the Family...

The Gambling Bill received its second reading in the Lords today as it continued its progress through Parliament.   

World famous expedition leader Sir Ranulph Fiennes will join Health Secretary John Reid at a special lunch this Thursday to celebrate the lives saved by a national programme to place emergency equipment...

Top lawyers from across the UK have met in Eidnburgh to talk about the falling rate of convictions in rape cases.

Because of my visit to China, I am sorry not to be able to be with you in person today at this hugely important conference to celebrate British science.   

The Spring Supplementary Estimates, presented to the House of Commons today, seek £7,067 million in resources and £6,074 million in cash. The Estimates seek increased resources and cash for existing ...

Fines totalling £650,000 have been imposed on two companies following the death of a woman at a British Sugar plc factory.   

Boosting Pension Credit by almost an extra £10 a month will help tackle pensioner poverty, Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson said today.   

NHS hospital patients say they are waiting less time for emergency treatment and outpatient departments, two major national surveys have found.

A new marketing campaign is aiming to increase the number of tourists from China to the UK. The aim is to attract upwards of 200,000 visitors a year by 2010.

The Russian region devastated by the Beslan school terrorist atrocity is receiving a cash boost.

The OFT will join forces with government agencies around the world for the next 48 hours in a co-ordinated assault upon scammers and spammers. The OFT will join its partners in the International Consumer...

The Armed Forces annual pay rise was announced today by Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon.   

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Local environmental quality minister Alun Michael set out his vision for cleaner, safer and greener communities today (Tues).   

The NHS must provide specialised services for deaf people with mental health problems, such as a sign language translation in every GP practice, according to new guidance published today by the Department...

Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has presented petitions in the High Court to wind up four companies involved in the sale of safety equipment and clothing to companies and small businesses.   

Work and Pensions Minister Chris Pond today threw open a debate about how the UK can best share its ideas about pensions and tackling poverty across Europe.   

Workers closest to retirement are set to receive a top up to 80% of their scheme pension from the Financial Assistance Scheme, announced Pensions Minister, Malcolm Wicks, today.   

The Foreign Secretary said today:   

On hearing the news of the latest earthquake in Iran, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw said:   

British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, issued the following statement on Nepal today.   

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

Asked if it came as a surprise to the Prime Minister that he had been negotiating in Northern Ireland with the leaders of the IRA Army Council the PMOS said that as we had always said all the way through...

Asked if anything could be expected from the Attorney General this week on hunting prosecutions the PMOS said that as the Attorney General had himself said on Friday he would be meeting the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Asked about reports running on the wires from Christian Aid saying that developing nations were spending millions training Doctors and nurses only to see them being poached by the NHS the PMOS said that he had not...

Asked how helpful the Government thought it was for President Bush to come to build bridges with the EU and then to make threatening noises about Iran and Syria the PMOS said that he disagreed with that analysis...

Asked why the Leader of the House was being very nice to the Liberal Democrats and nasty to the Conservatives about the terror law and whether it was because the Government was prepared to compromise about the judicial...

This circular provides local authorities and NHS Boards with guidance on refocusing and reinvigorating care management. For further information contact jointfutureunit@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

The Home Office has appointed a new Director General Financial and Commercial. Helen Kilpatrick will join the department on 25 April.   

Asylum applications fell in the last quarter of 2004 by two per cent, and remain at the second lowest level since 1997, according to statistics published today by the Home Office.   

Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, today welcomed a new marketing campaign that aims to encourage people from China to visit Britain. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, launched VisitBritain's 'Britain...

The MHRA will be naming and shaming companies which engage in misleading advertising of their pharmaceutical products, or which show poor practice in the way they set about their advertising and promotional...

Applications fall 2% in latest quarter

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Anti Terror Law, President Bush/EU, Foreign Doctors in NHS, Hunting and Northern Ireland.

Applications to Local Authorities during April to September 2004 with temporary figures as at December 31 2004

Information on the number of exclusions, reasons for exclusion, pupils being excluded, etc.

The Home Office today announced the allocations of the first round of grants from the Victims Fund to assist the development of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs).   

The further success of police in tackling class A drug markets was demonstrated today as the Home Office published results from the first four weeks of Operation Crackdown. Within the first 28 days of ...

Top lawyers from across the UK have met in Eidnburgh to talk about the falling rate of convictions in rape caes.

The Civil Partnership Act will be brought into force on December 5 this year.

Tony Blair held a breakfast meeting with George W Bush this morning. The American president is in Brussels attending a Nato summit.