Construction company proprietor Wayne Davies of A & E Buildings, based in Knighton, Powys, was today sentenced to an 18-month custodial sentence following a prosecution brought by the Crown Prosecution Service (...

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE NHS AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Nepal. We are now advising against all but essential travel to Nepal during the period leading up to the municipal elections on 8 February.

The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Nigeria. We are now advising against all travel to the Bakassi Peninsula and to the riverine areas of Bayelsa, Delta and River States following recent attacks...

Construction company proprietor Wayne Davies of A & E Buildings, based in Knighton, Powys, was today sentenced to an 18-month custodial sentence following a prosecution brought by the Crown Prosecution Service (...

Brand new roles in social care could be created as part of a government review of the social care workforce called Options for Excellence. A number of working groups will also explore increasing the supply and improving...

A Gloucester bankrupt has been sentenced to 80 hours Community Service after failing to account to the Official Receiver for £86,000 that was transferred away from the official receiver.

The Mental Capacity Act took another step towards implementation with the publication today of a consultation on Lasting Powers of Attorney forms and guidance by the Minister responsible for mental capacity legislation...

Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, today welcomed the publication of a European report on the need for action to promote innovation and research.

The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Ivory Coast. We continue to advise against all travel to Ivory Coast. Additionally, we are now advising British nationals already in the country to leave when...

Put that it was thought that the legislation on grey squirrels was happening on Sunday, but it now was on the Order Paper today for a Written Ministerial Statement, and what was going on, the PMOS said that the ...

Asked if the Prime Minister had been made aware that Iran was repatriating its assets held abroad, including those of Britain, the PMOS replied that as he had said yesterday, he was not aware of anything to do with...

Asked if the Prime Minister had any response to the story today in The Daily Mail that had quoted "senior Whitehall sources" that he could be put on trial for war crimes, the PMOS said that he was not aware...

Asked what the Prime Minister's response was to allegations that the National Lottery was being used as a "slush fund" to subsidise activities that should have been funded by the Government, the PMOS said...

Asked if the Prime Minister had anything to say about the International Development Bill that was going through the Commons, the PMOS replied that he was not aware of any comments the Prime Minister wished to make...

Put that the memo at the centre of the court case did not mention bombing Al Jazeera, but did it mention Al Jazeera in any sense, the PMOS said that as he had said at the time, he was...

Asked if it was a good idea for Ruth Kelly on the radio this morning to suggest that opponents of the Education White Paper, such as Lord Kinnock and Estelle Morris, simply "did not know what they were talking...

Asked if it was right that 150 of the 210 people who were given a partial ban on List 99 had a record of sex offences, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he did not recognise that...

Here we reflect on some of the main business carried out by Tony Blair this week. This week included a reception for school governors and a welfare meeting with city leaders.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Sex Offenders, Education White Paper, Al Jazeera, International Development Bill, National Lottery, War Crimes, Iran and Squirrels

This consultation on the draft regulations reforming the way that protected trust deeds operate follows on from the Bankruptcy and Diligence consultation issued in July 2004. The main areas of reform are ensuring a greater return for creditors, improved monitoring and supervision and clearer guidelines on debtors' contributions and trustees' fees and outlays. The Accountant in Bankruptcy will have a more involved role in supervision of protected trust deeds and auditing of accounts.

The world class care provided to injured service personnel was praised by Defence Secretary John Reid during a visit to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court today.

Tough measures introduced in 2000 to tackle the violence and disorder associated with football have had a major positive impact, Paul Goggins, Minister for football policing announced today.

Plans to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the slave trade in the former British Empire today received the support of the Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy (Culture Minister) and Paul Goggins...

£1/4 billion wave of new NHS community services set to open this year

DWP and Tesco are offering people on incapacity benefit a foot in the door, Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton, announced today.

The Queen has approved that Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher Bt DL be appointed Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for the County of Buckinghamshire in succession to the late Sir Gerald Nigel Mobbs JP.

Research Findings summary accompanying the web only full report on 'Sure Start Mapping Exercise 2004' published on 22 December 2005

This is the full report of 'Quality of Life and Well-being' accompanying Research Findings No. 12.

This report presents summary findings of Quality of Life and Well-being report that is also available on the web

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Baroness Ashton, has made the following written ministerial statement:"The Department for Constitutional Affairs will publish a consultation paper on the...

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) published its investigation into the price of telephone calls to hospital patients yesterday. A copy has been placed in the Library.In response, the Department will set up a ...

The Government have been working hard over a number of years to ensure that those who have either been convicted of sexual offences or who are believed to have been engaged in them are not permitted to work with...

The Government have received and welcomed the fifth report from the Justice Oversight Commissioner, the right hon. Lord Clyde, on the progress achieved in implementing the recommendations of the Review of the Criminal...

December £4.0 billion current budget deficit

Increased growth continued in December

Put that President Chirac had said earlier that he thought that France's nuclear deterrent was very helpful against terrorists, and did Britain have a similar position on that, the PMOS said it was an effective ...

Asked where the Prime Minister was planning to be tomorrow, and might he be working on a reshuffle, the PMOS said he thought the question was an innocent one to do with the Prime Minister's travel plans! With regards...

Put that Charles Clarke wanted to look again at all the classifications of all drugs, and did that open the way to making Ecstasy in the same league as heroin, for example, the PMOS replied that what Charles Clarke...

Asked what was the Prime Minister's response to the leaked document regarding rendition flights, the PMOS said he had dealt with that question, and there was nothing more to say about it. As he had said earlier, ...

Asked if it could still be said that 88 was a small number of sex offenders to be teaching children, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that original questions were about the number of cases in ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Ruth Kelly's statement, Rendition Flights, Drugs Classification, Reshuffle and France's Nuclear Plans

Tony Blair has met with a number of Britain's city leaders to discuss how they can become more involved in dealing with deprivation in their areas.

Tony Blair has toured the Aylesbury estate in the Southwark area of the capital to see for himself the vital work being done through the New Deal for Communities programme.