The British Government is deeply concerned by the violence along the Blue Line and calls for restraint by all sides.

Philip Fletcher has been appointed as Chair of the new Water Services Regulation Authority (WSRA).

Top environmental consultant Dr Robin Bidwell has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA) with effect from 14 February 2006 Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks announced...

Asked if the Prime Minister recognised the account by Phillipe Sands concerning a meeting between the Prime Minister and President Bush prior to the war in Iraq, the PMOS said that Phillipe Sands had had enough ...

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the recent protests by people concerned about the printing of satirical cartoons featuring Islamic iconography, the PMOS said that as he had said yesterday, it was...

Asked if the Prime Minister was glad that John Prescott had finally seen the light on education reforms, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) complimented the journalist on her objective and neutral phrasing...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Education, Danish Cartoons and Iraq

Review of international prescription charging systems.

Consumers, business and the UK economy will be the winners from a close working partnership between the OFT and the Trading Standards Service, said John Fingleton, OFT Chief Executive and Philip Collins, OFT Chairman...

A new award-winning computer system that gets court information to victims, witnesses of crime and crime fighters much quicker has been launched in the Humber area.

A new award-winning computer system that gets court information to victims, witnesses of crime and crime fighters much quicker has been launched in Sussex.

Digital TV broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers are being urged by the government not to promote or sell those set top boxes which waste energy.

Foreign Office Minister for Europe, Douglas Alexander MP, will visit Bulgaria and Romania on 6 February 2006. The visit underlines the UK's ongoing support for both countries' accession to the EU.

Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services White Paper published

Don't miss your chance to pose a question to Dr David Colin-Thome, a GP who works as the government's director for Primary Care. Ask him about any aspect of the new health White Paper this coming Monday.

This week included the launch of the Health White Paper and a major international conference on the rebuilding of Afghanistan.

The EC Egg Marketing Standards Explanatory Leaflet:EMR1

A joint operation involving ships from the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary has resulted in the seizure of some three and a half tonnes of cocaine from a cargo ship in the south-west Caribbean. The drugs would...

NHS hits key target on waiting

Main Points This Month

Asked about the possible Gazprom takeover of Centrica, the PMOS referred the journalist to the DTI....

Asked whether the Prime Minister had seen similar information to that described by Lord Carlile in his report, which said he had seen information on the real and present danger of shocking terrorism, acts involving...

Asked, in light of the today's BNP court ruling, whether Ministers were studying the laws to see if there was a worrying and potentially inflammatory gap, the PMOS said that he recognised the seriousness of the ...

Asked what the Prime Minister meant when he said "The vision is the one I share with Europe's founders: an ever closer union of nation states, cooperating, as of sovereign right, where it is in their interest...

The Prime Minister has today appointed Richard Wilkin LVO MBE as a Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities - January 2006

The Department for Constitutional Affairs today publishes figures for mortgage possession actions entered in the county courts of England and Wales for the fourth quarter of 2005.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Speech on Europe, Race Relations and Incitement, Carile Report and Gazprom

My right hon. and Noble Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor has made the following written ministerial statement."The recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hirst, concerning...

On 2 September 2004 a RAF Canberra T4 aircraft of 39 Squadron crashed at RAF Marham during a training sortie, resulting in the deaths of the two pilots, and serious injuries to the navigator.The RAF Board of Inquiry...

Following my oral announcement to the House on 8 November 2005 on proposals for the future of the five business units of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA), the Trade Union consultation period is over, and...

I am announcing today new guidance on enforcement and planning for site provision to address the problem of Gypsy and Traveller sites in inappropriate locations. This guidance sets out to address the shortage of...

Today I am announcing an updated estimate of the cost of identity fraud to the UK economy.In 2002, the Cabinet Office undertook a study into the nature and extent of identity fraud and estimated that the total cost...

I am today launching a consultation process on the Government's draft "Strategy for Sustainable Construction Report 2006". The strategy is an update of the existing "Building a Better Quality of Life" produced by...

Today the Department for Transport has published the Route Utilisation Strategy for the Brighton main line. This Strategy has been designed to improve the journey experience for the majority of the users of this...

Humans have caused a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on earth. If we are to stop this trend we must stop the unsustainable use of the world's natural resources. And if we are ...