This consultation paper seeks views on a proposed amendment to Class G of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 which would clarify that an unoccupied dwelling in England is exempt from council tax where...

Welsh International Sustainable Development Framework Consultation

Future Arrangements for Great Britain's Gas Quality Specification

Request from CRE Energy Limited for a Direction under Standard Condition 14 ("Compulsory Acquisition of Land etc") and a Direction under Standard Condition 15 ("Other Powers etc") of the Electricity Generation Licence...

Extending National Grid Electricity Transmission plc's Transmission Owner Price Control for 2006/07 - Draft licence modifications

Tackling Human Trafficking

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) is today reminding the public and businesses that there are only two weeks left of the public consultation period on possible amendments to asbestos legislation. The consultation...

A Boston based Gang Master who supplied labourers to Lincolnshire farmers has been given a nine-month suspended prison sentence after failing to co-operate with the Insolvency Service after being made bankrupt.

Greater numbers of successful asylum seekers will benefit from swifter decision-making while those with unsuccessful claims will be removed more quickly under the expansion of the Government's new asylum decision...

Details of a working group, set up under the chairmanship of Defra to urgently consider options for dealing with the intermittent sewage overflows to the River Lee and the tidal Thames, are published today.

A robust set of standard powers for Community Support Officers (CSOs) is to be introduced to help tackle low level crime and anti-social behaviour, the Home Office announced today.

A drive urging younger people in Staffordshire to become magistrates started today.

UK Health Minister Rosie Winterton today met with her international counterparts at an International Pledging Conference in Beijing to pledge £20 million over the next three years to help poorer countries...

Tony Blair answered a wide range of questions during this week's PMQs. Topics included climate change, road safety, ID cards and care for the elderly.

Tony Blair is answering questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQ session. You can watch the broadcast live here NOW!

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt today declared her support for 18 more NHS trusts wanting to apply for foundation status.

Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, today commented on this month's labour market figures.

The public will be able to have their say on the Pensions Commission's findings and these results will help to inform a Government White Paper, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton said today.

Pay growth steady in year to Nov 2005

Rate falls to 74.5% in 3 months to Nov 2005

The Scottish Executive's response to the public consultation on the Scotland-wide free bus scheme for older and disabled peoople.

These are the individual responses to the Consultation Paper on the Scotland-wide Free Bus Scheme Draft Orders

Air Combat Service Support Units provide logistics and communications support to RAF aircraft and units on deployed operations. In July 2004 we announced that we had decided to form these units into two hubs: a ...

I chaired the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 20 December for the agriculture items on the agenda. The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (...

The UK will host an international conference on Afghanistan in London on 31 January and 1 February. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will open the conference with His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of...

A new public-private partnership is to be formed through a joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), (a special health authority established on 1 April 2005 with responsibility...

The summary of responses to "Paying the Price: A Public Consultation Paper on Prostitution" and a co-ordinated strategy for prostitution have been published today. Copies have been placed in the Library and are ...

Asked about the Government's recent proposals on prostitution, the PMOS said the Prime Minister fully supported the measures which had been proposed today. Fiona MacTaggart had done a very good job of explaining...

Asked if the Government was in favour of imposing sanctions on Iran, the PMOS said that it was important to recognise that this was a step-by-step process. The first important thing was to get people to recognise...

Asked about the discrepancy in the Home Secretary's interpretation of public opinion polls on the issue of the ID cards, where the actual results reflected a drop from 79% support to 73% support rather than...

Asked how Downing Street intended to respond to a request from legal representatives for the Al-Jazeera news network for transcripts or notes of a conversation between the Prime Minister and the President of the...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Al-Jazeera, ID cards, Iran and Prostitution

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. A summary of the topics covered will be available on this website later...