Security in Afghanistan cannot be achieved by military means alone - economic development, good governance and the rule of law will all contribute to a lasting security environment, the Armed Forces Minister Adam...

As a London-wide voter registration drive gets underway to ensure more Londoners are registered to vote in time for the local authority elections in May 2006, Elections Minister Harriet Harman and Minister for Children...

AID PLEDGES OF MORE THAN US$10 BILLION

Education, health, Iran and climate change were on the agenda at this week's PMQs.

Consultation paper on Quailty Standards For Substance Misuse Services in Scotland

Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo today set out how, with the success of the tax credit system, the Government is responding to the challenge of the global economy: matching flexibility with fairness to achieve the...

HMS Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers, was officially launched today by the Countess of Wessex at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow.

The limits on payments and awards made to workers in employment rights cases will rise from today (1 February 2006) in line with inflation.

Asked to comment on the Guardian story on page 12 about Mark Thatcher's business dealings with a construction company in Oman, and if this was to happen to the Prime Minister's family today, would he resign over...

Asked if there was any kind of reaction to the Independent Monitoring Commission report (IMC), the PMOS said that what the IMC showed was that most of the signals and signs were positive. What that meant was a very...

Asked if we were aware that the Prime Minister had met Gordon Pritchard when he was in Iraq in December, the PMOS said he was aware. Put that Mr. Pritchard's wife seemed to think that the Prime Minister had exploited...

Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in himself, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said the journalist got ten out of ten for effort! The answer, however, was obvious. Asked "what the...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Religious Hatred Bill Vote, Iraq, IMC and Mark Thatcher

The report sets out the finalised model policies on the built environment and natural heritage, which are suitable for most local authorities to use in the preparation of new development plans.

Online Response Form - Review of NHS Prescription Charges and Exemption Arrangements in Scotland

The Treasury today announces that Dr Alan Greenspan KBE has agreed to be Honorary Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.

Dame Kelly Holmes was today named the first National School Sport Champion in a bid to get more of the nation's children involved in PE and school sport.

Top wildlife law enforcers from the UK, India and China are meeting in Delhi today to agree measures to stamp out illegal trade that is driving endangered species, including tigers, to extinction.

Corrected announcement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair.

NHS Trusts are set to benefit from the injection of £8million to develop innovative medical devices and procedures to improve NHS patient care.

Education, health, Iran and climate change were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. The transcript of today's session will be available here later.

Announcement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

A new and fairer compensation scheme based on table valuations comes into force for cattle in England affected by certain diseases.

British consuls from around Europe will meet in London today to discuss how to respond to record demand for support from British nationals across the continent.

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about reports that 114 senior police officers had lost confidence in Sir Ian Blair and what he thought about an early day motion calling for the Home Secretary to sack Sir Ian...

Asked if Stephen Byers was the sort of chap that the Prime Minister would like to see back in his Cabinet, the PMOS said that was a reshuffle question so he did not have to answer it. Asked whether the...

Asked if the Prime Minster would be voting on the Bill and why he thought it was so important to push through the legislation on threatening or abusive behaviour, the PMOS said he was not sure whether the Prime ...

Put to the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) that he had seemed to suggest people should not hype the hundredth British casualty in Iraq, the PMOS responded categorically that he had not said that. He had...

Tony Blair is answering questions from MPs in Parliament in his weekly PMQ session.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Religious Hatred Bill, Stephen Byers and Sir Ian Blair

OFT and DTI launch Scams Awareness Month

The Government is delivering on its pledges set out in its five year strategy for asylum and immigration published a year ago this month, which includes continuing to develop and strengthen measures to tighten UK...

The Downing Street website is hosting a webchat THURSDAY with Margaret Hodge MP, the minister responsible for welfare reform. Pose your question here.

A proposal to provide alternatives to the Scottish Qualification for Headship by offering candidates for headship as wide a range of development opportunities as possible to support their progression towards the...

At its meeting of 24 January 2006 the Economic and Financial Affairs Council took note of a presentation from the current Austrian and future Finnish presidencies on a work programme for ECOFIN for 2006.The Council...

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Baroness Ashton of Upholland) has made the following written ministerial statement."The Judicial Appointments Annual Report, covering the period 1 April...

I am pleased to announce to Parliament my decision on the future of the Met Office forecast production network.The Met Office has a responsibility to provide value for money to the taxpayer, to deliver the UK's ...

The Department is today publishing the report of the end to end review of the arrangements for the delivery of financial support to higher education students, and its collection from borrowers, in England. The start...

On 19 January 2005 the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced that payments under the new CAP Single Payment Scheme (SPS) were expected to commence in February 2006, well within the EU regulatory window of 1 December...

The Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) is a commemorative medal which the Government of Malaysia would like to award to eligible British citizens, for their service in Malaya or Malaysia between 31 August 1957 and 12 August...

This afternoon I intend to make an oral statement to the House to launch the latest in the Government's series of White Papers on the European Union, "Prospects for the European Union in 2006 and retrospective of...

I have today placed in the Library a copy of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2006–07 (HC 845). The report sets out my determination for 2006–07 of the aggregate amount of grants that I propose to pay...

The Afghan and UK Governments are signing a 10-year Development Partnership Arrangement at an international conference on Afghanistan in London on 31 January and 1 February 2006. At the conference the Afghan Government...

Along with Lord Rooker, I have deposited copies of the Annual Report and Financial Statements of Ilex URC Ltd. for the year ended 31 March 2005 incorporating the auditor's report in the Libraries of both Houses.

The Government have received a report from the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland on the Compensation Agency in Northern Ireland. The report has been published today.The Government welcome this...

The Department will be placing the figures for the United Kingdom's stocks of civil plutonium and uranium as at 31 December 2004 in the Libraries of both Houses. In accordance with our commitment under the "Guidelines...

The PM has met with Afghan President Karzai for a major international conference on the redevelopment of Afghanistan. Read Mr Blair's statement and see images from the event here.

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.