Sets out the Executive's proposals for implementing European Directive 2003/105/EC which amends Council Directive 96/82/EC. The amendments proposed are designed to broaden the scope and improve the effectiveness...

The Government today announced changes in the bonus rates for the Save As You Earn (SAYE) Sharesave scheme, which will keep them in line with other interest rates.   

Transforming NATO, and the Alliance's role in counter-terrorism, were high on the agenda for discussions between Defence Secretary John Reid and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in London today.   

On Friday 9 September at approximately 12 noon, the New Trafalgar Dispatch will reach its final destination in the courtyard of the Old Admiralty Building and will be received by Admiral Sir Alan West, the First...

The Construction Industry Advisory Committee, (CONIAC) are pleased to announce that the industry's leading health and safety campaign, Working Well Together (WWT), will once again visit construction workers at...

Joint announcement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales.   

Rules have come into force today that will clamp down on black-market fish traders.   

New guidance to help make caravan contract terms clearer and fairer has been published by the OFT.   

The MOD's Pattern Room, the world's largest working collection of reference military small arms, dating back over 150 years, begins a fresh lease of life with its new owners, the Royal Armouries, today.   

The Highways Agency has appointed Andrea Gregory as a non-executive director, the Agency's Chief Executive, Archie Robertson, announced today.   

Environment Minister Elliot Morley is going on the road to see how people, businesses and public authorities across England are promoting sustainable development.   

Environment Minister Elliot Morley added his voice today to those welcoming an industry-led initiative to promote improved water efficiency.   

Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks today announced the appointment of Mr Krishna Sarda as a Member of the Council of Energywatch, the gas and electricity consumer representative body. Mr Wicks said:   

A Sidcup mortgage broker has lost an appeal against a decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to revoke his consumer credit licence.   

Trustees who have not yet submitted information to the Government's £400 million Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) now have 6 months from today to apply. The newly established FAS Operational Unit is calling...

The Department for Work and Pensions has today announced that the new funding requirements for defined benefit occupational pension schemes will come into force on 31 October 2005.   

Tony Blair has written letters of condolence to the Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari and to US President George Bush following the Baghdad stampede and New Orleans hurricane.

The Government today published a consultation paper on proposals to introduce victims' advocates in criminal trials in England and Wales.   

Relatives of murder or manslaughter victims could soon have the opportunity to make a personal statement in court before offenders are sentenced, under new government proposals.

The Scottish Executive's Draft Budget for 2006-07