Eight valuable paintings, stolen by a Dorset man who forged the will of an art collector, can now be officially passed to the nation, following a criminal and confiscation investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (...

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has today published decisions on requests to vary the admission arrangements of all Portsmouth Community and VC schools, all Portsmouth RC VA primary schools, and the two Portsmouth...

Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, today asked local authorities across the country to step up their efforts to work in partnership with Muslim communities to tackle extremism.

Campbell Robb appointed new Director of the Office of the Third Sector The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Campbell Robb to be Director General, Office of the Third Sector (OTS) in the Cabinet Office...

Tony Blair met with Jose Manuel Barroso in Downing Street to discuss the forthcoming informal EU summit.

10 October - Health profile and challenges for England - DH reports

The Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor was saddened to learn of the death of His Honour Judge Derek Stanley, who died on 9th October 2006.

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, today announced that freight forwarders will be removed from the scope of FSA insurance regulation, in a move that will decrease regulation on the industry and help...

British Nuclear Group Sellafield Limited was today fined £500,000 plus costs of over £67,000 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety law. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought...

Ed Miliband, Minister for the Third Sector, today marked the start of National Giving Week by announcing plans to establish a new centre of excellence to lead research into philanthropy and charitable giving.

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's proposal to make a prescribed alteration, by the addition of a sixth form, to Eston Park School, Gillbrook...

Schools are able to screen pupils for weapons using "arch" and "wand" metal detectors, breaking new ground in protecting pupils and staff from violent crime, it was announced today.

1 October - Launch of the Primary Review

10 October - Health profile and callenges for England - DH reports

12 October - Annual Health Check ratings for NHS trusts - Healthcare Commission

12 October - Electronic monitoring of adult offenders - PAC report

13 October - Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Commitee's report - ACMD report

16 October - Anti-Social Behaviour Intensive Family Support Projects - DCLG report

Government Connect (GC) has received a major funding boost of £10m to be used towards installation and running costs for the GCSx solution - as well as the running costs of the Government Gateway for local...

This document sets out Scottish Minsters' strategy to strengthen relations with the USA

Holcombe Moor Heritage Group from Bury in Greater Manchester is this year's winner of the MoD's annual Sanctuary Conservation Award.

Victims of domestic violence will be better protected and supported by police using new techniques and good practice pioneered during the Government's first ever domestic violence enforcement campaign (DVEC), the...

The Government today set out its commitment to build on the success of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act's first year and indicated how it might address the costs of dealing with FoI requests.

The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) issued a handbook for public sector staff today giving guidance on how to use human rights in their work.

Health Minister Lord Warner today urged the NHS and local councils to offer patients access to GPs, health services and social workers under one roof in new 'super-centres', as part of a drive to bring down the ...

A domestic security alarm company has had its consumer credit licence removed after being found to be a serious risk to consumers.

Asked what was on the agenda for the Prime Minister's meeting with President Barroso, the PMOS said that it was in the run-up to the EU Informal Summit. Therefore, it would be those issues that would be discussed...

Asked for further information on Ruth Kelly's meeting today, the PMOS said that Ruth Kelly was meeting with the local authority leaders. She would be addressing the issue of extremism across the board, and she would...

Asked if Alan Johnson's move on quotas for faith schools amounted to a change in heart by the Government, the PMOS replied that he was not going to get into the detail of it, as it was for the department...

Asked for a response to the passengers on the British Airways flight sixteen years ago in Kuwait and for which there was now a call for a public enquiry in a letter from Norman Baker, the PMOS replied that we...

Asked to confirm if the UK would be making a Naval contribution to the UN forces, the PMOS replied that there was a discussion going on at the UN, and that discussion should be allowed to take place. This would...

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed that the teaching assistant at the centre of the current debate regarding the wearing of veils should be sacked, the PMOS replied that what the Prime Minister believed was that...

Asked if tomorrow was the first time that Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley had sat around the same table for talks, the PMOS said that they had sat at the same table at Stormont, and at St. Andrews at a...

Put that when he was asked last week about any contact the Prime Minister had had with the White House regarding General Dannatt's comments about troops in Iraq, but Tony Snow said there had been, the Prime Minister...

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Peter Gordon Atkinson MA to be appointed Dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Worcester.

Tony Blair joined his Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg at the official launch of a pipeline which will supply up to a fifth of the UK's gas.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq-Troops, Northern Ireland, Veils, Naval contribution to UN Forces, British Airways, Faith Schools, Ruth Kelly meeting and President Barroso meeting...

A new centre to collate and distribute intelligence across NATO is launched by Adam Ingram, Minister for the Armed Forces, and General James Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire...

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The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Peter Gordon Atkinson MA, Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral, to be appointed Dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed...

HM The Queen has appointed District Judge Douglas John Field, 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...

Scottish Ministers' strategy for strengthening engagement with the USA. It articulates clear medium-term objectives and a regional focus.

This report documents the evaluation of a Scottish Executive consultation on Best Value in Public Services that was undertaken by the Public Service Reform Group during 2005/06.

This report documents the evaluation of a Scottish Executive consultation on Best Value in Public Services that was undertaken by the Public Service Reform Group during 2005/06.

Half of mums of under 5's are in employment

New national guidance is set to transform the way councils procure temporary staff which could deliver savings of up to £100 million a year on local government's annual temporary staff bill.

This document sets out Scottish Ministers' strategy for strengthening engagement with the USA. It articulates clear medium-term objectives and a regional focus.

- Demo schemes will look at how to end long trips to large hospitals for many minor procedures - - Move could cut lengthy and unnecessary hospital stays and save NHS cash -