The Committee on Standards in Public Life is holding its eleventh public hearing, in London on Thursday 21st September 2006, to take evidence as part of its Review of The Electoral Commission. The hearing which ...

People nearing the end of life will be able to do so in more comfortable and modern buildings thanks to a £50 million funding boost to pay for better facilities in hospices. The Government is allocating the...

Met Office forecasters are warning that, over the coming days, western Europe, including the British Isles, could feel the effects of an ex-tropical storm, with the potential for prolonged heavy rain, unseasonably...

The Metropolitan Police Authority today welcomed publication of the latest MPS crime figures which reveal a 6.9% fall in overall crime in the capital in the last five months compared to the same period last year...

The UK, Gibraltar and Spain have today concluded a landmark agreement on a range of cross-cutting issues affecting the Rock and its citizens.

Asked if there had been any contact from the Metropolitan Police yet, the PMOS said that he was not aware of any change to the position....

Asked what our position was in regard to Romania and Bulgaria's EU accession, the PMOS pointed out that, first and foremost we had to have a decision at a European level on accession. Secondly, on migration this...

Asked about the intensive talks with the parties, the PMOS said that there had been a very good meeting with the Taoiseach at Chequers on Friday. Looking ahead there were two main points to think about. We had clearly...

Asked about the policy reviews, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that it was a party matter and was being dealt with through them. As he understood it the aim was to produce a consensus about ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Policy Reviews, Northern Ireland Talks, Romania and Bulgaria and Police Inquiry

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Wave Ruler has swooped on a Caribbean drug smuggling boat - in one of the biggest interdiction operations of all time.

Environment Secretary David Miliband has called for applications to become members to the following authorities:

West Kilbride Craft & Design Town in Scotland has today been named as the UK's capital of enterprise, as the winner of the DTI's Enterprising Britain 2006 competition. The competition, which launched in January, ...

Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, today announced his intention to appoint Zenna Atkins as the first Chair of the new Ofsted Board.

Careless youngsters are putting their passports at risk, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) warned today.

Social exclusion Minister Hilary Armstrong today visited Mencap in Preston to mark the announcement of almost £1m of funding to increase volunteering by those at risk of social exclusion.

Guidance to assist local authorities and their partners in drawing up a strategy to address street prostitution

An updated and revised strategy to screen wild birds for the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was announced today. The strategy has been developed by Defra in partnership with the devolved administrations...

From Monday 18 September 2006 the new law on child car restraints comes into force. Children aged under 12 who also measure less than 135cm (4' 5") will have to use the right child restraint when travelling in cars...

HM The Queen has appointed Mr Simon Staley Brown QC, to be a Specialist Mercantile Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned...