Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today welcomed the inaugural meeting of the new Iraqi Council of Representatives in Baghdad.

Asked if there were any lessons learned, the PMOS said that we could not have been more involved than we were. As he had said yesterday we had communicated with the Palestinians on a regular basis warning them precisely...

Asked about the air assault on Samarra, the PMOS said that as it was an ongoing operational matter so he would not give a commentary on it....

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) ran through the detail of the announcements made by the Prime Minister at his monthly press conference. First, honours: The way the honours system worked at present...

Tony Blair spoke about the government's public sector reform agenda during his opening remarks to the conference.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Honours and Peerages, Iraq and Jericho

More of the Army's Armoured Vehicles are to be upgraded in response to the changing nature of the threat to our Armed Forces around the world, Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram announced today.

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today published a consultative document seeking comments on proposals for the Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

Eighty previously licensed North Sea blocks that are inactive are to receive a shake up in the the 24th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round announced today by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks.

Copy of responses to the consultation on the Radcliffe Report on the Review of the Agricultural and Horticultural Levy Bodies.

Supermarkets offering grocery shopping online have agreed to give customers better price information, following action by the OFT.

Key milestones for the Home Information Pack programmes are published today, setting out what Government and industry need to do to ensure that Home Information Packs are successfully launched to consumers on 1 ...

Students residing in accommodation managed and controlled by universities and colleges of higher and further education, will benefit from the Government's drive to improve management standards of Houses in Multiple...

Defence Secretary John Reid today heaped praise on UK Forces in Mazar-e-Sharif, as the UK formally handed over responsibility of the Provincial Reconstruction to Sweden.

Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement, today named QinetiQ as the Preferred Bidder in a programme that will provide all subsonic aerial targets for the Armed Forces for the next 20 years.

The Government today reaffirmed its commitment to tackling inequality and creating opportunities for all, as Home Office minister Paul Goggins announced funding for work to promote race equality and community cohesion...

A range of measures to enhance protection of the vulnerable and provide greater assurance to the public were laid before Parliament today.

A review of Remploy Ltd will look at how to open up more employment opportunities for disabled people, announced Minister for Disabled People Anne McGuire today.

Tony Blair was asked about Iran, education, free bus travel and pensions among other subjects during this month's Q and A session.

A week-long exhibition showcasing the ground-breaking home designs in the Design for Manufacture competition - the Government's challenge to build a good quality home for a construction cost of £60,000...

The Pensioners' Incomes Series 2004/5 is published today.

The latest quarterly statistics on War Pensions were published by the Ministry of Defence today.

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Impact of Sanctions for Lone Parents: Findings from Qualitative Research

New Year slowdown in sales growth

We are today issuing our response to the third annual report from the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV, (SHIAG) published in October 2005. A copy has been placed in the Library. The response is...

In her report published today, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has found that some of the information issued by the Department for Work and Pensions and the then Department of Social Security on the security of occupational...

Palestine, pensions and education were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. You can watch the broadcast again on our website or read the transcipt.

Tony Blair will answer questions from journalists today from inside Number 10. His monthly press conference will begin at 1200 GMT.

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