The Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, commenting on the election of the UK to the UN Human Rights Council said:

Victims of sexual violence in Bristol , South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire and Swindon received a boost today thanks to a share of £1.25million funding for voluntary and community organisations throughout...

Following the appointment of Vera Baird QC MP as a new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, ...

The world's leading economies, including the US, Australia, China and India, must develop a strong international framework so that urgent and ambitious action to combat climate change can take place, the UK's lead...

Tony Blair has spent time with neighbourhood wardens in east London alongside Ruth Kelly, his new Communities and Local Government Secretary.

Competition Commission invites evidence

The owners / master of a Dutch fishing vessel were fined a total of £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,800 for fishing illegally in British waters.

The owners / master of a Dutch fishing vessel were fined a total of £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,800 for fishing illegally in British waters.

Tony Blair answered questions from journalists today in his monthly press conference. We have the transcript and a summary of the topics covered.

The Prime Minister today announced the re-appointment of the House of Lords Appointments Commission until the end of the year, pending further discussions on House of Lords reform.

The funeral of Bill Roberts, believed to be one of the last veterans of the Royal Flying Corps from World War One, was held today in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

In a speech to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, minister for health and safety, today, insisted that Britain must make further improvements to its health and safety...

For the first time the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today met the newly established Local Government Panel (LGP) made up of elected members.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes the clarification and amplification that the third progress report into the explosion and fire at the Buncefield oil depot provides.

Stimulating debate and political engagement is the aim of a series of pamphlets that will be launched today by Democracy Minister Bridget Prentice.

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Luca Carlevarijs, View of the Molo, Venice, looking west. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting...

Recommendations put forward following an independent review of the UK's BSE controls were today largely accepted.

It is unlikely that pollutants emitted after the Buncefield Oil Depot explosion of December 2005 had widespread impacts on air quality at ground level, a report published today has confirmed.

New Health Minister highlights that good infection control goes hand in hand with good financial management

As part of the FCO's commitment to ensure a safe and successful tournament, staff at the FCO, the British Embassy in Berlin and the Consulate in Dusseldorf participated in a live exercise to test our responses to...

Asked about a letter from the Iranian President to President Bush, the PMOS said that as the Americans had not yet received the letter, it was difficult to have a view on it....

Asked whether the Deputy Prime Minister would face questions in the House, the PMOS said that Mr. Prescott would be accountable to Parliament. Because of the two new departments, and the changes in his role, it ...

Asked if it was a correct interpretation that the next Labour Party conference would be the Prime Minister's last one, and that he would leave office in 2007, the PMOS reminded people what the Prime Minister actually...

Asked why Prime Minister Siniora had been to visit the Chancellor yesterday, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that he did not know. Prime Minister Siniora would speak to the Prime Minister ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Prime Minister Siniora, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Letter to President Bush

The OFT has announced today that it will refer the supply of groceries by retailers in the UK to the Competition Commission (CC) for a market investigation.

The Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport have today announced that the Joint Search and Rescue - Helicopter (SAR-H) Project is entering into its next stage. Together the Ministry of Defence (MOD) ...

On 19 April (official report col.13WS), my rt. hon. friend the member for Derby South reported on progress in making full payments under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) in England and announced that partial...

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On behalf of my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and ...

The Desert Rats - recently returned from operational duty in Iraq - demonstrated HOME RAT, their new and improved welfare system they adopted on Op TELIC, to the Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram today.

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I am very pleased to announce to the House that the Ministry of Defence has awarded the Project Allenby/Connaught contract to Aspire Defence Ltd. for the redevelopment and provision of services to Aldershot garrison...

Today the Department is placing copies of a report on "The Industry Forum Adaptor Programme" in the Libraries of both Houses.The report is published by the DTI in collaboration with the Industry Forum Network, and...

On behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) has today announced its phase 16 programme of work.The authorities that will be inspected are: ...

The movement of people and labour into local communities is, and always has been, absolutely essential to our economy, including the rural economy.