Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) Permanent Secretary Alex Allan today named ATOS Origin and Logica CMG as the successful providers for two new major IT contracts which will improve services for DCA clients...

Today, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton placed the family at the heart of the debate on welfare reform.

Asked if the Prime Minister talking about employment figures was actually because unemployment figures had gone up, the PMOS replied that as he had said yesterday, the Prime Minister was commenting on the overall...

Asked for further information regarding the Prime Minister's meetings with Bertie Ahern, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister was meeting the Taoiseach tomorrow morning. Asked for further information about whether...

Asked if the Prime Minister believed that relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq should be allowed to demonstrate outside the Labour Party conference, the PMOS replied that not only was it a party conference matter...

Asked if we would be withholding international aid indefinitely, the PMOS replied that what Hilary Benn had said was that what he wanted to see was improvements in the way the World Bank dealt with issues of corruption...

Asked if the Prime Minister shared the Chancellor's view that "they would always be friends", the PMOS said, of course. Asked if the Prime Minister had seen the Sky interview with the Chancellor, and did...

Asked if we were aware of any action that the Chief Whip might take against Clare Short as a result of her remarks earlier today, the PMOS said that he had not been informed of any action, as he...

Asked if the Prime Minister took the same view as that of a junior FCO Minister that the approach to Lebanon had been a mistake, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that people should look at ...

Asked if Des Browne had told the Cabinet about the 1000 Polish troops, the PMOS said that obviously, we welcomed the decision and announcement by Poland. It was, of course, a matter for NATO and NATO commanders ...

Asked for further information regarding the Prime Minister's meeting with the Taoiseach this morning, the PMOS replied that they reviewed what was the calmest, most trouble-free summer since pre-1970. This was illustrated...

Asked whether, since the Prime Minister's recent statement regarding the situation in Darfur was strongly worded, had he spoken to the government in Sudan, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister had been concerned...

Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right for the Party Chair and other political advisers to be involved in discussions about hospital cutbacks, the PMOS replied that the Department of Health this morning...

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on Geoff Hoon's words earlier today about his departure date from No10, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister had said what he had said...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Geoff Hoon, Hospital Cutbacks, Darfur and Northern Ireland

Contents: 1. VAT: proposed reverse charge accounting for businesses trading in mobile telephones, computer chips and certain other goods: update on timetable and dialogue with business 2. Business Briefs are changing...

Education and Skills Secretary Alan Johnson today announced the appointment of eight new members to the National College for School Leadership Governing Council.

HM The Queen has appointed District Judge Richard Polden, to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned him to...

Safer patients mean safer public - greater focus on protection

The Department for Constitutional Affairs has offered Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards the contract to run the Monitoring and Compliance Unit for the regulation of claims management services. The ...

Safer patients mean safer public - greater focus on protection

Findings from a UK-wide survey - part of a long-term research project canvassing the public's views about standards of conduct in public life - are published by the Committee today.

Performance inspection of criminal justice social work services in the Northern Partnership

This study aimed to determine the availability of information which is required by disabled people when planning a journey using public transport

Liverpool's Casbah Club, scene of The Beatles first-ever gig, is 'listed' by Culture Minister David Lammy