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This week the Prime Minister held his first press conference since reshuffling his Cabinet, and followed up with the first in a series of letters to each Secretary of State outlining key strategies. We have news...

Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne and General Sir Mike Jackson, the Chief of the General Staff attended the inaugural parade of the new Special Forces Support Group at RAF St Athan in Wales yesterday.

Low timber prices, the effects of climate change, and a shortage of skilled workers must not prevent England's trees, woods and forests from creating benefits for everyone, Forestry Minister Barry Gardiner said ...

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF FARMING AND COUNTRYSIDE EDUCATION (FACE)

The owners and master of a French twin trawler, Jacques de Thezac, were fined a total of £1600 and ordered to pay costs of £1,557 for fishing illegally in British waters. The court ordered forfeiture...

Speaking on the first anniversary of the events in Andizhan, Uzbekistan, Minister for Europe Geoff Hoon said, "Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who died in the tragic events which took place...

Put that last time President Chavez visited in 2001 he saw The Queen and the Prime Minister, but this time, he was not doing so, and was the complete breakdown of communication with a major oil producer a good thing...

Asked if the Human Rights Act had been abused by some criminals and lawyers, the PMOS replied that as he had said yesterday afternoon, first and foremost, we had to address the question that had been raised by legal...

Asked what the Prime Minister had said about pensions, the PMOS replied that what reflected the Prime Minister's view was that we needed to take a step back and recognise that deciding the future of pensions was...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that when the Prime Minister arrived in Vienna, he had met the Taoiseach informally. He then went to a session with Prime Minister Bachelet of Chile...

Tony Blair has been in Vienna for talks between the leaders of the European Union and Latin America. World trade and energy were at the top of the agenda.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: EU-Latin America Summit in Vienna, Pensions, Human Rights Act and President Chavez-Latin America

Summer Driving 2006 is a handy guide for families using the roads during the summer months, particularly the school holidays. The Highways Agency, which manages motorways and major A roads in England, produced the...

New figures show A&E departments giving patients the fastest access to treatment

The UK and Mexico today signed a bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) in Vienna. This agreement will offer investors, shareholders and both governments a mechanism for bilateral protection...

Tony Blair has asked David Miliband, the new Environment Secretary, to make the "urgent" problem of climate change a top priority in his new post.

Keria, a four-year old Springer Spaniel, and her handler, Lance Coproral Yvonne Watson, are working hard finding illegal weapons of war in an effort to reduce the tensions that are present in Iraq.

Ground-breaking initiative offers better and faster access to talking therapies

The Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, today announced that she would be appointing a Special Representative on Climate Change.

Asked if John Hutton was "frozen out" of this morning's meetings and kept in an anti-room in Downing Street after being told he was not required, as was reported in the Evening Standard tonight, and did ...

Asked about Dr. Reid's recent statement about the Afghan hijackers, and did it reflect anything that was said in Cabinet and was there going to be anything done about it, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (...

Supporting wave and tidal energy in Scotland - a consultation on amending the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order - 2006

The Department for Constitutional Affairs today publishes statistics for company winding up, and creditors' and debtors' bankruptcy petitions issued in the High Court and county courts of England and Wales during...

If the challenge of climate change is to be met then no part of British society will be unchanged, David Miliband Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said today.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Human Rights and John Hutton-Pensions

Social Worker Posts and Vacancies: April 2006

The Competition Commission (CC) has formally cleared the anticipated acquisition of Ottakar's plc by HMV Group plc through Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd, after concluding in its final report that the merger would...

The Government are grateful to the Intelligence and Security Committee for its Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 (Cm 6785). Following consultation with the committee over matters that could...

I am today laying before Parliament the Department of Health's annual report for 2006 (Cm6814).Copies have been placed in the Library.

I am pleased to announce the publication of the Construction Industry Training Board annual report and accounts for 2004–05 financial year. This document is now available in the Library.

In addition to my appointment of Eileen Bell MLA (Alliance) as Presiding Officer to the Assembly under paragraph 3(1)(a) of schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 2006, I have today appointed Jim Wells MLA (DUP) ...

I am grateful to the Intelligence and Security Committee for their report into the "London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005" (Cm 6785). Following consultation with the Committee over matters that could not be published...

I am today able to announce the publication of the Department for Work and Pensions departmental report. The report provides details of the Department's performance in 2005–06 against its public service agreement...