The five front-running RAF bases to be one of two homes for the RAF's new Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) are RAF Leeming, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Marham, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF St Mawgan.   

The EU Environment Council of Ministers today (March 10) agreed recommendations on climate change to feed into the Spring Council of European Heads of State (March 22-23).   

As the design for the official G8 tartan was unveiled today in Crieff, Perthshire, Foreign Office Minister Douglas Alexander said:   

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister, Bill Rammell MP will head the UK delegation during the two-day ministerial discussions with Mongolia (10-11 March). Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr Avirmed Battur ...

Asked why the Government was taking away Sinn Fein's allowances but not their offices at Westminster the PMOS said that Peter Hain would set out the position in the House. Again there was a balance to be struck ...

Asked if control orders or any of the orders under the proposed legislation could be used against members of the Provisional IRA the PMOS said, as he had yesterday, that the Law Lords decision stated that it was...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Anti Terror Legislation and Northern Ireland.

The PM's speech will be broadcast on this website at 0900 GMT on Friday March 11. The report will be available as a number of separate PDF document downloads by 1200 GMT.

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'Fire Statistics, United Kingdom, 2003' was published today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. This publication covers the period 1993-2003 and provides the latest annual in-depth analysis of ...

Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell MP today made a statement to Parliament outlining increased UK support for the Afghan 2005 Counter Narcotics (CN) Implementation Plan.   

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointments of Dr Nicholas Cumpsty, Professor Susan Owens OBE, Professor Peter Liss and Professor Judith Petts, and the re-appointments of Dr Paul Ekins, Professor Janet...

Partnerships UK today launched the first phase of its new database, bringing together for the first time a freely available central database of statistical, operational and financial data of over 600 PFI...

UK consumers are being targeted by phishers, spammers and scammers from overseas, announced the OFT today as it released initial results of the first global internet sweep of spam at a meeting of the International...

Bill Callaghan, Chair Health and Safety Commission (HSC), today announced the 11 award winners from the second round of the Workers' Safety Adviser (WSA) Challenge Fund. The aim of the fund is to increase...

The Health and Safety Commission has published a consultative document seeking comments on redrafted guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment...

The Intelligence and Security Committee's Report "The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq", was laid before Parliament today by the Prime Minister...

The country's first justice centre offering access to criminal and civil justice services under one roof was today officially opened in Nuneaton by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.   

The British music industry is being invited to say what it thinks the Government should be doing to nurture and promote live music, Arts Minister Estelle Morris announced today.   

For the first time since 1998 the whole of the North Sea will be open for oil and gas exploration with a record breaking 1,329 blocks on offer in the 23rd Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round announced...

One of the key choices in pension policy - whether policy should aim to ensure that people achieve pensions they will consider adequate - is rarely debated explicitly. But a public debate on this issue...

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AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY FOOD INITIATIVES TO BE PRESENTED AT FSA BOARD MEETING IN EDINBURGH   

The Prime Minister has today re-appointed Professor David Cannadine as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Trust for a period of five years.

The Prime Minister has today appointed Admiral the Lord Boyce GCB OBE DL as Trustee of the National Maritime Museum. The term of appointment will be for four years.

The country's first justice centre to offer access to criminal and civil justice services under one roof has been officially opened.

The British music industry is getting the chance to say what it thinks should be done to nurture and promote live performance.

Car drivers will be urged to get on their bikes by a national organisation promoting cycling as a sustainable form of transport.

Millions of people with long-term neurological conditions will get faster diagnosis, more rapid treatment and a comprehensive package of care under a new framework announced today by Community Minister...

An increase in prescription charges of 10p was announced today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton with the charge for a single prescription item rising to £6.50 on 1 April 2005.   

A consultation document to promote competitiveness and enterprise was today published by the Department of Trade and Industry. The EU proposals are all part of the Commission's Company Law and Corporate...

The drive to crack down on benefit fraud moves to another phase today with Government proposals to allow local authority investigators to tackle fraud in 'national' as well as local benefits, such as Housing...

Following the annoncement that Mr Karameh has been asked to form a new Lebanese Government, the Foreign Secretary said:   

Asked why the Attorney General's legal advice and the full supplementary papers had not been circulated to cabinet two days before the 17 March Cabinet meeting the PMOS said that as he had explained this morning...

Asked how the Prime Minister had made the oft repeated judgement at Prime Minister's Questions over the last few weeks that the threat from Islamic fundamentalist terrorists was a lot worse that any threat Britain...

Millions of people with conditions like Parkinson's will get faster diagnosis and more rapid treatment under a new 'service framework' launched today.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Anti-Terror Legislation and Attorney General's Legal Advice.

Presents Scottish results from the annual DTI fireworks enquiry for 2004.

statistics on fires in Scotland

Orders in the year to January 2005 rose by nine per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the three months to January 2005 rose by nine per cent compared to the same...

Today, the Department for Work and Pensions publishes research examining older people's attitudes to and knowledge about Pension Credit. The main purpose of this research was to identify reasons why some...

UK numbers reach 30 year low in 2003

Consultation on draft smoking regulations made under powers contained in the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill and on the draft Regulatory Impact Assessment

The UK's first 'Eco-friendly' Youth Hostel opens for business today (10 March 2005) at Lockton, near Pickering, North Yorkshire. Funding from Defra's Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES) has helped the Youth...