Home Secretary Charles Clarke today announced that the Home Office will devote £9.15 million to radical new approaches to help reduce women's offending.   

Roadworks at more than 70 locations on motorways and all-purpose trunk roads in England are being suspended, completed or have start dates put back for the Easter holiday, the Highways Agency announced...

Health Secretary John Reid has today met with the Alzheimer's Society and discussed the Government's response to the NICE consultation on its draft appraisal of drugs for Alzheimer's Disease.   

Chris Mullin, Foreign Office Minister for Africa today met Minni Minnawi of the Sudan Liberation Movement to discuss the current situation in Darfur.   

The generosity of the UK public has seen GBP300 million donated to the tsunami disaster fund, the Foreign Secretary has said.

HM Treasury is today publishing an analysis of the critical role that the financial sector must play in helping the UK respond to long-term economic changes: The UK financial services sector: rising to...

The OFT today referred the completed acquisition by Francisco Partners L.P. of G International Inc. to the Competition Commission (CC).   

The cost of fire to the economy of England and Wales was £7.7bn in 2003 - shows a new report published today.   

The new MoD medals office was opened by Veterans' Minister, Ivor Caplin MP, at RAF Innsworth today. The centre is the latest of a range of measures to revolutionise the way medals are issued and speed ...

Lord Bach, Minister for Defence Procurement, today announced that the contract has been signed with the ATLAS Consortium for the MOD's Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) project.   

PRESS NOTICE FROM THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES   

PRESS NOTICE FROM THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES   

Plans to put all parties in cases involving the Crown on a level playing field and improve the way they are handled are outlined in a new document today.   

Licensing Minister, Richard Caborn, today chaired the first meeting of the high level group for the implementation of the Licensing Act. The group, which includes representatives from the Association of...

Minister announces new Valuing People report and winning bids for £2.3m of the Extra Care Housing Fund   

The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (science, engineering and technology) received a £2.8 million boost Trade and Industry secretary, Patricia Hewitt, announced today.   

Warwickshire will take a lead in reducing red tape for retailers, Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced today.   

Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell today urged all sides in Kyrgyzstan to show restraint and resolve the situation peacefully.   

More doctors and nurses than ever before now work in the health service - the world's biggest 'army for good'. John Reid released the figures on the same day as the NHS staff survey.

The generosity of the UK public has seen £300 million donated to the tsunami disaster fund, the Foreign Secretary has said.

The Government is pushing ahead with its ambitious efficiency plans with the appointment today of Davis Langdon with Trowers and Hamlins as National Change Agent. Keith Hill, Housing Minister, announced...

The planning system will benefit from up to £240 million extra resources in the next financial year to help deliver sustainable communities, Planning Minister Keith Hill announced today. He awarded £...

The Government's drive to keep housing at the top of its agenda received a major boost today with the regional allocation of £5.5 billion for investment in housing by councils, housing associations and...

Government delivers a step change in devolved decision making   

A £65 million allocation for tackling housing abandonment and low demand outside the nine Pathfinder areas was today announced by Regeneration Minister Jeff Rooker.   

A £16 million Government grant to help revitalise areas in Hull and East Riding blighted by abandoned homes and low demand housing, was announced today by Regeneration Minister Yvette Cooper.   

A competition to operate a cluster of prisons was today announced by Prisons and Probation Minister Paul Goggins.   

HOUSE OF LORDS APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION   

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, today handed down a new Protocol dealing with the management of complex trials in England and Wales. The aim of the Protocol is to reduce the length of complex trials...

The introduction of improved case management of criminal proceedings in the Crown Court and magistrates' courts in England and Wales was announced in the Court of Appeal this morning by a five-member bench...

Fisheries Minister, Ben Bradshaw, opened a two-day seminar in London today, on the Defra's Marine Fisheries Science Programme.   

The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has injected over £112 million of added value into UK manufacturing since its launch in April 2002, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced today...

Energy Minister, Mike O'Brien, today published the Government's preliminary consultation document outlining a limited number of options to improve the effectiveness of the Renewables Obligation (RO). The...

New proposals on the system to replace the minimum funding requirement (MFR) for defined benefit pension schemes, have been issued for consultation today, announced Pensions Minister, Malcolm Wicks.   

New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions explores staff safety in Jobcentre Plus offices, examining the operation of procedures designed to ensure staff safety, and exploring...

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Kevin McNamara that Michael Howard's comments "had something of a whiff of the gas chamber" the PMOS said that he would not comment on party political matters or what...

Asked what determined the title that Camilla Parker Bowles would have once Prince Charles succeeded to the throne the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the position at the moment was limited as...

Asked for further comment on the appointment of Alan Budd to hold the inquiry into David Blunkett, in the wake of comments in Alistair Graham's annual report, the PMOS said, as we had said at the time, we believed...

Asked if the EU was considering dropping its proposal to lift the Arms ban on China, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said no. The EU position was that we were in discussions with the United States...

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

More doctors and nurses than ever before now work in the NHS - the world's biggest 'army for good'.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Royal Wedding and Travellers.

UK workers need to be equipped to take on the best in the world, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has said.

The Prime Minister has spoken to an invited audience at Faithworks in London where he talked about the role of Government in society. Read the full transcript.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: China Arms Embargo and Inquiries.

A literature review on violence against women

A literature review on violence agasint women

The Scottish Executive's proposed reforms for the summary justice system

A leaflet summarising the Scottish Executive's proposed reforms to the summary justice system

Supermarkets are, by and large, complying with the Supermarkets Code of Practice but the Code is not being used to resolve disputes, says the OFT in a report published today. The OFT is inviting comments...

Devolving to deliver - more freedom to secure better outcomes   

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE's) Hazardous Installations Directorate hosted a stakeholder workshop in Birmingham, West Midlands, on 16 March 2005, designed to develop a future strategy and joint...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have agreed guidelines setting out their respective responsibilities for enforcing occupational health and safety in relation...

Arts Minister, Estelle Morris, has placed a temporary export bar on a marble 'capriccio' by Benedetto Pistrucci. The sculpture appears to consist of separate fragments joined together, but is in fact ...

Research should focus more on helping to balance environmental, social and economic issues in order to help consumers, farmers, food producers and countryside communities, government advisers said today...

Environment Minister Elliot Morley today urged local authorities in England to bid for Defra funding to help find and clean up contaminated land.   

Staff in the NHS Leaflet   

The annual NHS census reveals that more nurses and doctors than ever before now work in the NHS and are helping to bring about more improvements to patient care.   

The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has injected over £112 million of added value into UK Manufacturing since its launch in April 2002, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced today...

Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson today announced the reappointment of three Commissioners to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).   

Provides information about travel by adults, including journey purposes and the means of transport used, journey distance and duration, and times of day and days of week on which adults travel.

Joint SE/COSLA quarterly report on number of full time equivalent local authority staff by department and council.

The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report

The Committee published its 2004 Annual Report today, Tuesday 22 March.   

The newly created London Thames Gateway Development Corporation - the organisation formed by the Government to deliver sustainable communities in the Lower Lea Valley and Barking/Havering Riverside has...

DTI Construction Minister Nigel Griffiths and Edwina Hart, the Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration today launched a joint consultation on "Improving Payment Practices...

0.2% rise in fourth quarter 2004

CPI rate unchanged at 1.6%, RPI at 3.2%

Adoptions fall by 2.4% in 2003

This Thursday is 'World Stop TB Day.' The serious - but curable - disease of tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium which can affect many parts of the body, particularly the lungs.

Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael will today (Tuesday) address the annual National Equine Forum (NEF) at the Royal Veterinary College, London.