Asked if the Prime Minister or the Government thought that the content of blogs should be controlled, the PMOS replied that he was not aware of nay proposals for a change of policy regarding blogs....

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that the cost of hosting the Olympics was escalating, the PMOS said that in terms of the costs, DCMS were the department that dealt with that, and we were not going to give...

Asked if the Deputy Prime Minister had attended Cabinet, the PMOS replied that he had. Asked if there had been a spontaneous show of support for the Deputy Prime Minister, the PMOS said that routine business had...

Tony Blair says the 2012 Olympic Games will "showcase London at its best" as he took part in a celebration in Trafalgar Square.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: John Prescott, Olympics and Blogs

Annual Report 2005-06

Competition Commission invites evidence

The number of whales and dolphins stranded on UK shores has dropped between 2004 and 2005.

ISSUED BY THE DTI ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Jim Fitzpatrick, Minister for Postal Services, today announced the appointment of Professor Stephen Littlechild and Simon Prior-Palmer to the Postal Services Commission, Postcomm. These three-year appointments, ...

Review of Scottish Ports policy - questions on devolved matters

In response to concerns raised by OFT, Dell Corporation Ltd will change its terms and conditions to make them fairer to consumers.

My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls) has made the following Written Statement.In July 2005, the Government announced that a second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) would be undertaken...

Asked to confirm whether another British soldier had been killed in Afghanistan, the PMOS said that he was aware of reports but he would rather not say any more until the MOD were ready to release details. He took...

Asked what the Prime Minister had meant when he said he would look into the issue of bail in the United States for the "Natwest 3" and how that squared with the promise not to interfere in the legal process...

Asked if he could shed any light on the Deputy Prime Minister's day, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Deputy Prime Minster's office had issued a statement and he had nothing to add to...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Deputy Prime Minister, Natwest 3 and Afghanistan

There is to be no change to the current Sunday shopping hours, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling announced today.

Orders in the twelve months to May 2006 rose by nine per cent compared with the previous twelve months, and orders in the three months to May 2006 rose by four per cent compared to the same period a year earlier...

Manufacturing: 0.7 three monthly rise

As the government publishes details of how it wants to help people on benefits get back into work, we are holding a webchat with the welfare minister Jim Murphy. Make your voice heard from 1230 BST.

In July 2005, the Government announced that a second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) would be undertaken, reporting in 2007. Ten years after the first CSR, the Government have shown that a strong economy and...

Further steps in delivering our commitment to help communities tackle bad landlords and long term abandoned empty properties come into force tomorrow.We continue to encourage councils to work with residents and ...

I am pleased to inform the House that I have carefully considered the responses to the public consultation which took place between 9 August and 5 October 2005 about the temporary event notice regulations made under...

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, represented the UK at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on 27 June.The Council adopted a political agreement on the proposed...

In my oral statement of 22 June, I promised to keep the House informed of the Rural Payment Agency's (RPA) progress in making payments under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme (SPS.) I can report now on the position...

Since my last written statement in November 2005, there has been excellent progress on providing debt relief for poor countries.Under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) proposed by the G8 in 2005, the...

I have today arranged for copies of Jim McDonald's Thirteenth Annual Report for 2005 to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.The Report of the Independent Assessor continues to provide valuable reassurances...

UK Trade and Investment announced today, at its launch of the UK Inward Investment 2005-06 Report, that there were 1,220 direct investments in the UK by foreign owned companies between 1 April 2005 and 31 March ...

Letter confirming Ministerial decision following consultation

Key witnesses including the Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister for Wales, representatives from the four main political parties, electoral administrators, and the Electoral Commission are giving evidence today...

- 3,500 GP practices already participating in practice based commissioning - PCTs report savings of over £1 million by giving GPs greater control over spending - - Patients receiving more care for long...