Responding to the municipal elections in Nepal on 8 February, Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells, MP, said today:

NATO must press on with its transformation if it is to survive in the future and the NATO Response Force is to be a success, UK Defence Secretary John Reid said today.

Following the bombing in Hangu, North-Western Pakistan, on 9 February, Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells, MP, said

Asked if the Prime Minister shared the Home Secretary's views that the Opposition were in danger of weakening the powers that dealt with terrorists, the PMOS replied that he would rather not talk about the opposition...

Asked for some information about the changes to the Whips' Office, and why were they moving the Whips' Office from the Cabinet office to the Privy Council, the PMOS replied that because it was something that had...

Asked if it would be fair to assume that the CSA would be rebranded and have a new name after the latest review, the PMOS said that the question was a legitimate one, but people would have to wait until...

Asked if the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) was able to confirm the day when the Education Bill would be published next week, the PMOS replied he could not. What we had said all along was that it would...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Education, CSA, Whips' Office and Terror

Scotland's Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease Contingency Plan - February 2006.

The British four-man bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics in Turin will have an all-military crew, it was announced today. It will comprise three Royal Marines and an RAF airman.

Kenya and the UK have renewed a highly-valued agreement which allows British soldiers to conduct essential training in Kenyan Forces training areas, the Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram announced today.

Asked how we were tightening up security of our embassies following the violence over the Danish cartoons, the PMOS said that the Foreign Secretary had outlined our position on the cartoons, but it was best if he...

Asked why the authorities hadn't dealt with Abu Hamza sooner, the PMOS said that the problem in terms of the case were to do with evidence. The important thing was that prosecution had been brought and the other...

Asked to describe the Government's position with regards to the CSA, the PMOS said that we had to go back to what the Prime Minister had said in the House where he had been very clear that we should not...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) gave the journalists a preview of what the Prime Minister intended to say at the Education seminar today. He would say: "Today's seminar shows the growing interest...

More enforcement, better computer productivity and improved debt recovery lie at the heart of government plans to improve the Child Support Agency.

Tony Blair has said the government must put its trust into teachers and parents and give them the freedom to provide the best education for all children.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Education, Child Support Agency, Abu Hamza and Danish Cartoons

A massive increase in the total amount of visible unpaid work carried out by offenders in the community was announced today by the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke.

A powerful new computer system to share information to track and trace individuals wanted as part of criminal investigations was officially launched today by Police Minister Hazel Blears.

Defra has found an error in legislation following a review of the cattle and pigs Artificial Breeding Controls (ABC) Regulations which meant that the department does not have an adequate legal basis to charge for...

FARM ANIMAL WELFARE COUNCIL

Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson today announced the re-appointment of three commissioners to the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).

John Hutton today signalled a radical redesign of child support in the UK as well as a package of measures that will get tough on parents who shirk their responsibilities.

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Dr Andrew Pocock has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe in succession to Dr Roderick Pullen who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Dr Pocock will take...

The OFT is to review undertakings given by BAE Systems plc following its acquisition of Marconi Electronic Systems from the General Electric Company plc in 1999.

Reforms to introduce a more sustainable market for publicly-funded criminal defence services are proposed today by Lord Carter of Coles as part of his review of legal aid procurement.

Ministers and industry chiefs discuss pharmaceutical industry investment in the UK

A fashion entrepreneur who founded her own company and helps support young designers predominately in disadvantaged communities was awarded an honorary MBE by Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson yesterday.

Asked that if the Government got its way, and the Bill reached royal assent, would it be retrospective, the PMOS said it tended to be the case that such legislation was not retrospective. The PMOS suggested that...

Asked if the Prime Minister would be voting next week, and also, what was he doing between now and then to win people over to the argument, the PMOS relied that in terms of voting, as he had said this...

Asked what was the purpose of the Education seminar tomorrow, the PMOS said that the seminar would build on a smaller seminar that was held at the DFES two weeks ago for organisations that had an interest in becoming...

Asked why was the taxpayer funding the Prime Minister's trip to South Africa for the Progressive Government summit, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that in terms of Progressive Government, that...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Progressive Government Trip, Education Seminar, Voting and Glorification-Terrorism

A stocktake of current policy and practice relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) people at local authority level in Scotland that provides a baseline for the policy and practice of local authorities...

A stocktake of current policy and practice relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people at local authority level in Scotland that provides a baseline for the policy and practice of local authority...

Guidance for local authorities policy and practice, following a stocktake of current policy and practice relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people at local authority level in Scotlandthat ...

Fishermen charged with some fisheries offences could face fixed penalty fines rather than a court appearance, a Defra consultation suggests today.

Orders in 2005 rose by seven per cent compared with 2004, and orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by 12 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by seven...

Deficit narrowed to £4.4 bn in Dec 2005

The Competition Commission (CC) has today published draft undertakings, which, if finalized, will allow either Deutsche Borse AG (DBAG) or Euronext NV (Euronext) to acquire London Stock Exchange plc (LSE) subject...

As set out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) programme is a significant planned investment in a new integrated approach to afloat support, combined with investment...

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner) has made the following written ministerial statement today."The annual accounts of NHS Direct 2004–05 and any accompanying comptroller and auditor general...

I have agreed to the proposal to fit out the new Thameslink station at King's Cross St. Pancras. Work is already underway and the station will be ready for passenger use at the end of 2007.The new state of the art...