A report 'Workplace Strategy - Moving To Delivery' has today been sent by Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission, to Jane Kennedy, Minister for Work at the Department of Work and Pensions...

The British Government warmly welcomes the Secretary-General's report "In larger freedom", published today in New York.   

Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and the surrounding area have today received a multi-million pound regeneration boost with the transfer of 8,353 dwellings from North East Lincolnshire Council to Shoreline...

The UK Government and the Welsh Assembly Government are to issue a Code of Practice setting out how to approach issues surrounding the holding and return of human remains held in museums, Arts Minister...

Following the announcement today that the public sector strikes planned for Wednesday this week have been suspended, Alan Johnson said:   

"Britain's success, at home and internationally, crucially depends on the success of our science, and on our place in global scientific collaboration", Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a speech at ...

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy to have a minister in his Government who had been cautioned by the police, the PMOS told people that as Alan Johnson had said yesterday, it was a private matter, and he believed...

Asked why Yvette Cooper was talking about gypsies and travellers in her speech, the PMOS said she would be putting forward what we believed the core of the problem was. It was that there was not a sufficient number...

Asked what the agenda was for the European Council meeting, the PMOS said the items were the Lisbon Agenda, and the Stability and Growth Pact. It was the traditional economic council and those were the issues that...

Asked if the Prime Minister expected to be challenged by the Board of Deputies this evening about the anti Semitic adverts put up by the Labour Party, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that they...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Anti Semitic adverts/comments, European Council Meeting, Travellers and Cautioned Minister.

Improved security for on-line transactions between public organisations will take a major step forward today with the launch of 'Government Connect'. By bringing together technical solutions and practical...

John Helliar, a dairy farmer, was fined £1500 today after pleading guilty to veterinary medicines offences. He was also ordered to pay costs of £2600.   

A range of new information on TB including top facts and a handy Q&A will be available at the click of a button when it goes live on www.immunisation.nhs.uk tomorrow - ahead of World Stop TB Day.   

Workers whose companies have been taken over will have a right to employer pension contributions thanks to new regulations that will come into force on 6th April as part of the Pensions Act announced Pensions...

A multi-million pound Government science investment will help unravel the mysteries of the universe. A leading international collaboration will try to understand the mechanisms of the 'Big Bang'.

Leaflet on domestic abuse

Consultation paper on draft Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill

Vibrant, thriving town centres should be at the heart of sustainable communities, Planning Minister Keith Hill said today.   

Jeff Rooker, Minister for Regional Development, today announced the start of work on two new studies to support improved transport links in the Milton Keynes/South Midlands growth area:   

The groundbreaking Skynet 5 PFI programme, which will deliver the next generation of military satellite communications services to support UK peacekeeping and military operations, has entered service on...

The Ministry of Defence has welcomed a hard-hitting independent report by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) into Armed Forces training by confirming that independent, and often unannounced, ALI inspections...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a three-year initiative with the waste and recycling industry to address the high number of fatal and serious incidents that occur during collection and...

As the Easter Holidays approach, the Health and Safety Executive has warned children not to play on building sites.   

From today a new offence of causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult comes into force.   

The Highways Agency, which manages and operates England's motorways and trunk roads, became aware in the third week of January of potential problems with cement supplied by Lafarge Cement UK from their...

STATEMENT BY THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES (Issued through the Department for Constitutional Affairs Press Office)   

Consumers are at the heart of a package of measures to improve legal services announced by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, today.   

A study published today has shown that the abundance of wildlife differs between GM herbicide-tolerant winter oilseed rape and its conventional counterpart.   

Environment Minister Elliot Morley today received the results for the fourth and final crop tested in the Farm Scale Evaluations of herbicide-tolerant GM crops - winter oilseed rape.   

Emissions of greenhouses gases have fallen by an average of one per cent a year since 1997, figures published by Defra show.   

People using social care and other local authority services should be given individual budgets so that they can buy in the services they need, according to proposals to radically reform social care, announced...

Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Sainsbury, today announced a £9.7 million investment in a world-first research experiment on particle physics, which is key to continuing exploration of the mysteries...

Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt today announced the new Chair of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).   

Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, is pleased to announce that Dr Sayeed Khan has been appointed to the Health and Safety Commission (HSC). He is also pleased to announce that Judith...

Workers whose companies have been taken over will have a right to employer pension contributions thanks to new regulations that will come into force on 6th April as part of the Pensions Act announced Pensions...

Pensioners are being given fresh advice on how to avoid falling victims to distraction burglary - often called 'bogus caller' crime.

The Prime Minister has today appointed Dr Brian Lang as Deputy Chair and Trustee for Scotland of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for a term of three years from 1 March this year.

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern, MA PhD, for election as Bishop of Derby in succession to the Right Reverend Jonathan Sansbury Bailey, MA on his resignation...

People using social care should be given individual budgets so that they can buy in the services they need, the Government has said.

Vibrant, thriving town centres should be at the heart of sustainable communities. That's the conclusion of a new 'planning policy statement' published by the Government.

The Ministry of Defence has welcomed a 'hard-hitting' independent report into the way it trains armed forces recruits.

A report summarising the discussions that took place at the inaugural Lifelong Learning Forum in December 2003.

This evaluation assesses the extent to which programme funding has been used effectively to help eliminate the need for rough sleeping in Scotland & the effectiveness of current monitoring systems

This evaluation assesses the extent to which programme funding has been used effectively to help eliminate the need for rough sleeping in Scotland & the effectiveness of current monitoring systems

Residents and their families at over 800 care homes will in future receive fairer and clearer contracts after OFT action led to ten care home operators changing their contracts.   

Award ceremony recognises achievements of Beacon authorities -   

Estelle Morris today launched three pilots that will explore a new way of providing high quality cultural opportunities for young people. The first cultural hubs will link education and cultural organisations...

Bryan Gray, the current Chair of NorthWest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), has been reappointed for a second term, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt announced today.   

Thematic Report on Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's Response on Race Issues

Provides SE response to UK report Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration and a summary of current and planned activity in Scotland in relation to these issues

2% of marriages are inter-ethnic

Charles Clarke has ordered a review of the Government's decision to downgrade cannabis after new research linked the drug to mental illness.

Report summarising responses received at the November consultation seminars