The Presidency of the European Union issued the following statement on 05 August 2005:   

Read the full text of the Prime Minister's August Press Conference.

A Lancashire man who set up a window fitting firm while bankrupt has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and banned from acting as a director for seven years at Bolton Crown Court today.   

Following the announcement by El Salvador that it has extended its commitment to Iraq into 2006, Lord Triesman, Foreign Office Minister, said:   

The European Union welcomes the decision of the Ugandan people, in their referendum of 28 July, to endorse the re-introduction of a multi-party political system. The European Union considers this a significant step...

The OFT today announced that the acquisition by Red Football Limited of Cubic Expression Company Limited's interest in Manchester United plc will not be referred to the Competition Commission.   

The Russian authorities have given their agreement to the MoD's deployment of a submarine rescue vehicle to help in the Russian-led operation to free the Priz submersible off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula...

The Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information today released its Annual Report for the period 2004/5.   

Competition Commission invites evidence   

The director of a Devon based promotional holiday company has given binding undertakings not to publish misleading advertisements, rely on identified unfair terms, or breach the legislation relating to package travel...

The Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) has published a report on its independent assessment of the Periodic Safety Review (PSR) undertaken by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy ...

The Department for Constitutional Affairs today published statistics for company winding up, and creditors' and debtors' bankruptcy petitions issued in the High Court and county courts of England and Wales during...

Rural Affairs Minister Jim Knight today announced a reduction in the size of English National Park Authority boards, as recommended by the Review of English National Park Authorities.   

The Presidency condemns the murder yesterday of four Israeli Arab civilians in Shfaram, Israel, by an Israeli extremist. We offer condolences to the families of those killed and injured.   

The Fulham family has requested that the Foreign Office issue the following statement on their behalf:   

Read the Prime Minister's opening statement at his monthly press conference.

The Prime Minister has outlined new security measures at his monthly media briefing.

417 licensing actions carried out by OFT   

Communities working to tackle gun and knife crime are to receive a quarter of a million pounds, Home Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart announced today.   

The Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information today released its Annual Report for the period 2004/5.   

The Prime Minister will be taking questions from the nation's press in Downing Street today from 11am.

This SPP aims to strengthen and enhance the role of green belts and encourage greater stability to increase their effectiveness. The effective operation of green belt policy has major benefits to Scotland in improving...

The Government is now advertising for organisations wanting to run its proposed tenancy deposit schemes from October 2006.   

Statistics showing insolvencies in the second quarter 2005 are published today (5 August) by the Department of Trade and Industry. These can be found along with an electronic version of this press release at www...

Pedestrian deaths at 40 year low

Manufacturing: 0.3% quarterly fall

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Bucher Industries AG (Bucher) of Johnston Sweepers Ltd (Johnston) after concluding that it would not be expected to lead to ...