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Speech by the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett at the Agra-Europe Outlook Conference: global agricultural sustainability - Millennium Gloucester hotel, London 2 March 2005.   

Asked by the Daily Mail if there would be a Government drugs strategy in light of the UN Report the PMOS said that no doubt the correspondent's paper would want to recognise that the UN report also praised this ...

Asked if the Government review proved that they were not vindictive the PMOS said that the charter process was a process that would go forward on its own merits and the debate behind the charter was one that had...

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy with the message given out to British Muslims yesterday by Hazel Blears the PMOS said that you had to be clear about what it was that Hazel Blears had been saying which was...

Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting the Taoiseach the PMOS said that he believed the Taoiseach was in London tomorrow to open the RTE offices and given the current situation it was sensible and welcome ...

Asked what the Prime Minister's current thinking was on the terror legislation in the Lords and whether he was opened minded about the sunset clause the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: anti-terror legislation, the Taoiseach, stop and search, BBC charter and UN report.

The suspension of Chiron's licence for the manufacture of Fluvirin has today been lifted.   

More older people now live independently in their own homes than ever before.   

Application forms for The Rural Stewardship Scheme 2005

The OFT welcomes that J Sainsbury plc is writing to suppliers in dispute over new payment terms about flexibility in their implementation. Where suppliers and supermarkets cannot resolve disputes by negotiation...

The Ministry of Defence has procured a new weapon for the Ministry of Defence Police force, making them better equipped than ever for the important role they play.   

Experts from across the world are gathering at the UK's Defence Academy in Shrivenham today to discuss the challenges to peacekeeping and peace building in the 21st Century.   

New guidance "Handling kerbs: Reducing the risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)" is launched today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The information sheet, developed in consultation with the...

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell today published the Green Paper on the review of the BBC's Royal Charter.   

A new era in occupational pensions was heralded today by Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson, as he welcomed the imminent opening of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and The Pensions...

Labour clamp down on devolution - The Western Mail this morning reports that the Secretary of State for Wales has got tough with the Welsh Assembly Government and ordered them to toe the line on health...

Tony Blair answered questions on maternity leave, operation waiting times, unemployment in the North East, pensions and neighbourhood renewal.

The governors who regulate the BBC are to be replaced with a special trust and executive board, under new proposals.

Residents are becoming increasingly aware of local NDC programmes and evident benefits, according to the MORI household survey of all the 39 New Deal for Community (NDC) areas, published today by The Office...

Lord Bach, Minister for Defence Procurement, today announced the Atlas Consortium, comprising EDS as the Contractor, with Fujitsu, General Dynamics, EADS and LogicaCMG as Key Sub-contractors, as the Preferred...

The first step towards a national database of police force information was officially launched by the Home Office today. I-PLX, the interim police local cross referencing database, is an important development...

A package of reforms to legal aid for civil cases was announced today by legal aid Minister David Lammy. Funding will be targeted on the most needy and deserving cases in order to protect the most vulnerable...

Mr David Moran has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan in succession to Mr Craig Murray. Mr Moran is due to take up his appointment in March 2005.   

Rubbish is illegally dumped somewhere in England every 35 seconds, new figures reveal.

This report benchmarks the performance of the six Scottish cities against the eight English 'Core Cities' and a number of successful Euorpean cities on a range of urban competitiveness measures.

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It's our BBC - The BBC unions are organising action on Wednesday March 2nd, the expected publication date of the BBC Green Paper, and will be outside the National Assembly, to protest against cuts ...

A national plan has been launched to deal with any future outbreaks of pandemic flu across the country.

A new assessment of the country's oceans indicates that fishing and climate change are beginning to have an adverse effect on marine life.

Tony Blair will take part in his weekly question and answer session in Parliament today at 1200GMT. Watch the broadcast here live.

Rubbish is illegally dumped somewhere in England every 35 seconds, according to new figures released today which show the true extent of the menace of fly-tipping.