Foreign Office Minister Lord Triesman will travel to Cyprus tomorrow to review the continuing evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon. Lord Triesman said today:

The Government has taken a major step to making Britain the world's creative hub. A report - Nurturing Creativity in Young People - is published today and follows an independent Review, led by the leading educationalist...

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Champion race driver Damon Hill brought a touch of Formula 1 glamour to central London when he arrived in a high-performance car to show Tony Blair.

New powers to allow banks and building societies to remove the credit cards of customers cautioned for, or convicted of, buying indecent images of children online were agreed in Parliament yesterday.

Text messages to tell witnesses when they are needed in court, a virtual court, Money Claim On Line, that issues more individual money claims than any other court in the country, and a pioneering Community Justice...

RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS PRESS OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL ON TRIBUNALS

Environment Secretary David Miliband this evening will signal that the Government will look more radically at the option of tradeable personal carbon allowances in a bid to combat rising emissions from the domestic...

Following the publication of a report into the future of Remploy, Minister for Disabled People Anne McGuire announced the company will be given support to modernise so it becomes financially sustainable and can ...

Asked whether the Prime Minister supported moves for an immediate ceasefire, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had all the way through stated that he would like to see the conflict stop now. He had also been...

Asked what was happening with the Immigration and Nationality Department (IND) today, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said, without getting ahead of the Home Secretary's statement this afternoon, ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Home Office Reforms and Middle East Crisis

The Charity Commission, the regulator for England and Wales' 190,000 registered charities, today published its annual report for 2005-06. The report reflects how the Charity Commission's new strategy is already...

A scoping review of existing literature and research findings of housing for older people. This report will inform the Scottish Executive's Review of Older People's Housing (ROOPH)and help identify the future requirements...

Following his appointment in the Budget to advise on the opportunities for transforming the delivery of public services, to report to the Chancellor by the Comprehensive Spending Review as announced on Thursday ...

A new industrial partnership has been formed to meet the challenges of maintaining within the UK key skills in missile development, an area in which the Defence Industrial Strategy identified declining investment...

Released by the Cabinet Office on Behalf of the Davidson Review

The Civil Service has today published the first four Capability Reviews for the Home Office and Departments for Constitutional Affairs, Education and Skills, and Work and Pensions, along with a summary paper on ...

New powers to allow banks and building societies to remove the credit cards of customers cautioned for, or convicted of, buying indecent images of children online were agreed in Parliament today.

The Roman Catholic Church of St William of York in Stanmore, Harrow, has been Grade II listed, Culture Minister David Lammy announced today.

Lord Warner today confirmed the arrangements for the NHS Summary Care Record Taskforce.

The Middle East, health services and human trafficking were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. You can read the transcript of today's session, or watch the broadcast again, on our website.

The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs Esq, QC on his appointment as a Justice of the High Court.

The Commission propose to make no further changes to their recommendations for parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester and, today, confirm their revised recommendations as their final recommendations.

A scoping review of existing literature and research findings of housing for older people. This report will inform the Scottish Executive's Review of Older People's Housing (ROOPH) and help identify the future requirements...

Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander has today asked the Highways Agency and local highway authorities to work together to tackle congestion and improve journey time reliability on the M25 and the local roads around...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission closed 1,012 cases against an intake of 938 applications in 2005-06, according to its Annual Report which is published today.

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell announced a series of measures today designed to give maximum opportunity for businesses UK wide to benefit from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell today cited the 2012 Olympics as a "unique opportunity" for tourism, as she launched the widest ever consultation of the industry.

The annual report and accounts of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) were published today.

Asked about the figure of 5000 people that the Prime Minister had mentioned in his statement and would happen to the 10,000 left behind, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that people needed to ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: G8 Statement

In his report on the "Review of HMRC Online Services", published at the Budget in March 2006, Lord Carter of Coles recommended that, for 2007-08 and subsequent returns, the income tax self assessment filing deadline...

I am today setting out further details of the Government's implementation strategy and dry run for Home Information Packs (HIPs).The aims of the HIPs programmeThe aims of the Government's reforms to the home buying...

I can announce that the contract for foil production of 12 Nimrod MRA4 aircraft has been placed with BAE Systems. This is the culmination of many years of hard work by BAE Systems and its supply chain, and builds...

It is normal practice for Ministry of Defence to publish before the summer recess a report giving a detailed account of the low flying training that has taken place in the UK Low Flying System for the previous training...

I would like to confirm the details of the force package that we currently plan to deploy to Iraq at the next routine roulement of UK forces in November 2006.The lead UK formation, currently 20 Armoured Brigade, ...

In July 2005 DEFRA asked the Countryside Agency, working with English Nature and the Rural Development Service, to advise the Government on ways to improve access to the English coast. We asked for that advice to...

We acknowledge that there are pressures with regard to the waiting times for audiology services. Considerable progress has been made in improving the provision of audiology services although we accept that there...

In my written statement of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 43-44WS I said that 20 heavily indebted poor countries had had 100 per cent. of their debts to the IMF cancelled in January 2006, and another, Cameroon...

The annual reports of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Revenue and Customs Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, Treasury Solicitor and the Crown Prosecution Service have today been published ...

The accessibility of our cities is key to their economic growth and success. It is therefore important that local authorities take responsibility for addressing the problem of road congestion, and the impact on ...

The Department is to release guidance on appraisal and modelling for local road pricing schemes. The guidance will advise scheme promoters in their preparation of business cases involving road pricing and can be...

I announced on 5 June that the DWP would introduce a "right to work" condition into Jobcentre Plus's National Insurance Numbers allocation and decision making process for employment related applications from July...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.I announced on 5 June that the DWP would introduce a "right to work" condition into Jobcentre Plus...

The annual reports of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Revenue and Customs Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, Treasury Solicitor and the Crown Prosecution Service have today been published ...

Tony Blair has looked back at the St Petersburg summit and the talks the leaders held on Africa, energy and world trade. You can read his Commons statement, or see a gallery of G8 images, on our website.

Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQ session. You will be able to watch the broadcast live here from 1200 BST.

The Tate purchased art from serving trustees without permission, the Charity Commission has announced today following an in-depth review. The Commission has found that the acquisitions were in the interests of the...