Climate change threatens the eradication of poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, Secretary of State Margaret Beckett said today (Fri).

Climate change threatens the eradication of poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, says Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett.

Michael Mills, trading as MB Mills General Contractors, of Cambridge was fined a total of £3,000 plus costs of £3,517, at Bedford Magistrates Court, yesterday, Thursday 15 September 2005. The...

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli, Adoration of the Shepherds (also known as the Nativity). This will provide a last chance to raise...

Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport, has announced the appointment of Rod Carr and Chris Holmes as independent members of the Board of UK Sport.

David Blunkett today announced that a new Office for Disability Issues would be established later this year as part of ensuring services are fit around the individual, rather than the individual having to fit rigid...

Government reforms announced today will dramatically streamline the way sport is organised, clarify the responsibilities of sporting bodies and greatly improve the chances of Britain's medal hopefuls for the 2012...

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More employers should give staff time off to serve as magistrates, a new ad campaign will urge.

The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales met on 5 September 2005 to consider the representations made in response to its further proposals (made on 27 July 2005) for a new Wages Order to come into effect...

Ian Pearson, DTI Minister for Trade, yesterday visited the EMO Machine Tool Exhibition in Hanover, Germany in support of 46 UK manufacturing companies exhibiting at the event.

The UK Presidency will lead EU Member States in their call for the sound management of chemicals across the world, including work towards a total ban on asbestos.

The change to digital-only TV for all people in the UK by 2012 has been confirmed by the government. The Border region will be the first in line.

Tony Blair joined Bill Clinton while at the UN Summit in New York to launch a programme aiming to tackle poverty and climate change.

The coming months will see a series of 'major decision points' on carrying through the G8 commitments, Tony Blair said at a press conference with Bob Geldof.