The benefits of getting more women to take up entrepreneurship are clear according to DTI Minister for Women and Equality, Meg Munn.

A company that promised to help people get rich by investing money in the Spanish and Turkish property market has been wound up following a DTI investigation.

The European Union and Afghanistan will sign today (16 November) a Joint Political Declaration endorsing the EU's continuing support for building a secure, stable, free, prosperous and democratic Afghanistan.

The training of the Headquarters of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, which deploys to Afghanistan in May 2006 to lead NATO's efforts in the country, was witnessed today by Secretary of State for Defence John Reid...

Justin McCracken, Acting Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), said today in response to the tragic incident in North Yorkshire earlier this week: "On behalf of HSE I would like to express my...

"Now is the time to seize this once in a lifetime opportunity to agree the way forward for the sound management of chemicals", said Defra Minister, Lord Bach, speaking today for the UK Presidency, to the European...

Asked why David Blunkett was being allowed to hold onto his grace and favour residence, the PMOS said that the premise of the question was mistaken. David Blunkett had made it clear to the Prime Minister when he...

Asked what was it that the Prime Minister apparently regretted, as referred to in the Times today, on the public sector pensions deal, the PMOS said that we had set out at the time of the pension agreement why we...

Asked if the British Government was concerned that US troops had used white phosphorous in combat in Fallujah and what was the British military's policy on the use of white phosphorous, the Prime Minister's Official...

Press briefing from the Prime Ministers Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Pensions and David Blunkett

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Defra is consulting on proposals to increase the number of mature bass around the coast of England.

Tony Blair answered questions in Parliament today during his weekly PMQ session.

Tony Blair has said he remains keen to see 'binding agreements' put in place to deal with the problems the world faces from climate change.

Using evidence gathered, to identify the needs of target groups, develop a clear understanding of what works and use this to develop an action plan for future Digital Inclusion Policy, which focusses on supporting...

Following a Whitehall-wide competition, Mark Neale has been appointed Managing Director of the Treasury's Budget, Tax and Welfare Directorate. He will take up his appointment on Monday 12 December.

The OFT has provisionally found that Oakley and House of Fraser entered into an agreement and/or concerted practice to fix the minimum prices of Oakley sunglasses in breach of the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition...

The new team to run Capacity Builders, the agency charged with fund managing the £150 million ChangeUp programme, was announced today by the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke.

The Government today set out how its Drug Intervention Programme (DIP) will ensure that women and those from minority ethnic groups receive the treatment they need. Traditionally these groups have been under-represented...

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the EU auditors refusal to sign on the EU budget for the eleventh year hastened the urgency of the review, the PMOS said that part of the problem was systematic differences...

Put to the PMOS that a report from DEFRA today suggested that the public was misled by the Government, as Michael Jack had said today in a Select Committee that "it woz the parrot that didn't do it", so ...

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Tessa Jowell that there may be a rise in alcohol-related crime as a result of the Licensing Bill, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the important point...

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Communities will have a bigger say in how crime and anti-social behaviour are dealt with and will be able to 'trigger' local action by police and local authorities to tackle the most persistent problems, the Government...

Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, today welcomed figures showing strong growth in employment over the last year. She said:

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton has today published an inspection report by the BFI on Great Yarmouth Borough Council's processing of claims for housing benefits.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton has today published an inspection report by the BFI on Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council's processing of claims for housing benefits.

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Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQ session. You will be able to watch the broadcast live here from 1200 GMT.

On 8 November I chaired the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels. The Paymaster General, Rt. Hon. Dawn Primarolo MP, represented the UK.Ahead of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) qualified...

I am pleased to announce that a contract has been awarded for the MOD's Housing Prime Contract covering England and Wales. The seven year contract is worth in the region of £690 million, and has been awarded...

In my statement on 26 October regarding the incident of H5N1 avian influenza in the quarantine facility in Essex I made clear my intention to bring to the attention of the House as early as possible the findings...

The report "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Home Civil Service 2004" prepared for my Department by RED Scientific Ltd. shows that the headline figure for the average level of sickness absence was 9.1 days per...

I am pleased to announce that I have approved the appointment of the right hon. Lord Justice Rose as the Chief Surveillance Commissioner under the terms of Section 91 of the Police Act 1997.The appointment will ...

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In response to the NAO report on stroke, Care Services Minister Liam Byrne said: