Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells arriving in Kathmandu at the start of official visits to Nepal and India, has made the following statement:

This page links to the releasable responses to the 'mesothelioma' consultation - "proposed amendments to section 1(2) of the damages (scotland) act

Ryan Giggs and Sir Bobby Charlton joined Tony Blair in the shadow of Old Trafford to celebrate the launch of a new sports facility. While in the north-west the PM also visited a new hospital site.

A former Revenue & Customs officer and his accomplice have been ordered to repay £157,531.78 after pleading guilty to cheating the public revenue and money laundering. Both men are currently serving jail...

The Competition Commission (CC) has welcomed backing from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) for action it has taken to separate two businesses following a completed merger, pending its decision on whether the...

Ensuring that consumers get a better deal from legal professionals remains the primary objective for ministers leading the legal services reform programme. This was made clear in a response to a report by the Parliamentary...

Asked if there was a response to the CIA report on terrorism, the PMOS said that as the Prime Minister had pointed out yesterday it was worth taking a step back and recalling that Afghanistan and 9/11 were before...

Asked to what extent the Prime Minister would raise the fact that the Taleban and Al Qaeda used Northern Pakistan as a stronghold, the PMOS said that journalists could take it as read that all aspects of the war...

Asked for a reaction to the Michael Stone verdict, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Department of Health were putting out a statement. Rosie Winterton would say that there were lessons...

Downing Street and the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter have joined forces to ask children across the country what it means to them to be growing up in the UK.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Michael Stone, Musharaf and CIA Report

The Ministry of Defence today welcomed the completion of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's (HMIC) first inspection of the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch (RMP (SIB)). The HMIC released...

Jamie Pike has been appointed as Chairman of the ABRO Board, Minister for the Armed Forces the Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP announced today. Jamie Pike, currently Chief Executive at Foseco plc and also a non-executive ...

Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire, today announced Elaine Noad as the new Chair of the Disability Employment Advisory Committee (DEAC). The Disability Employment Advisory Committee was established in 2003...

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.

Parents with learning disabilities are to be given a new book to help them care for their child.

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on linked proposals to close Lea Infant and Junior Schools and establish an Islamic Faith primary school on the same site in Slough, Berkshire. The...

Insolvency Bulletin

Report on the current state and threats to Scotland's soil resource

Review of Greenhouse Gas Life Cycle Emissions, Air Pollution Impacts and Economics of Biomass Production and Consumption in Scotland