The consumer champion for water customers in England and Wales has warned Macquarie Bank that it will have to improve on the performance of previous owners RWE if it wants to gain consumer confidence as well as ...
Tony Blair met with the Chief Executives of the Strategic Health Authorities to discuss the situation in the NHS.
Zurich/Switzerland, October 17, 2006-Continuing its worldwide call to action, the New7Wonders World Tour visited Stonehenge yesterday as the seventh of the 21 finalist monuments in the campaign to choose the New...
The Text of the Right Honorable Lord Robertson's speech, delivered at the James Smart Lecture this year (2006) in London. The topic was 'Keeping Law and Order Internationally'.
John Healey MP, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, announced today that the UK has submitted its application to the European Commission to retain a derogation that allows for the use of 'red diesel' in private...
Defence Procurement Minister Lord Drayson today launched the Defence Technology Strategy (DTS), and unveiled the Ministry of Defence's plans for encouraging innovation to support the UK's front line forces.
Today sees the publication of Gill Bennett's unique biography of Desmond Morton, a former officer of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), who became Churchill's personal intelligence adviser throughout...
Local authorities in England were today invited to run pilots testing out different voting methods at the May 2007 local elections.
Energy companies, high street banks and consumer finance companies were challenged today (Tues) by Climate Change and Environment Minister Ian Pearson to develop low-cost finance schemes to help boost take-up of...
A new era of enhanced energy security for the UK was ushered in today by Prime Minister Tony Blair with the official opening ceremony of the Norwegian Langeled pipeline, set to deliver up to 20% of the UK's average...
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The latest edition of the annual cross-Government report Opportunity for All is published today to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Economic reform in Europe is vital to the prospects for growth and jobs in the UK. The challenges of globalisation mean that all EU member states must pursue real structural reforms to create a Europe that becomes...
This statement is issued in conjunction with the Minister for Industry and the Regions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge).
In September 2005, the Secretary of State for Culture...
Schools must be safe places for both pupils and staff. Incidents involving knives and other weapons in school are rare, but we need to give headteachers stronger powers to act if they suspect a knife or another...
The General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will be held on 16-17 October in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary...
Today the Government launch Northern Ireland's first European strategy, 'Taking Our Place in Europe.'
The strategy maps out a framework for Northern Ireland's engagement with Europe. Its challenge is to...
The PM answered questions today during his monthly media briefing from inside Number 10. Topics include the medical treatment of British troops serving overseas, Muslim women wearing the veil, faith schools and ...
New figures published today show a significant increase in the number of children doing at least two hours PE and school sport each week, exceeding Government targets to revitalise sport in schools, and help tackle...
The new London Mercantile Court has opened its doors in the Royal Courts of Justice at the Strand. The Mercantile Court operates a separate list within the Commercial Court following rule changes that came into...
Put that British Energy had shut down two reactors because they had cracks in the boilers and had this had an effect of the government's nuclear policy, the PMOS that we relied on the view of scientific experts ...
Asked why Nigel Griffiths had said that the CPS had said there was not sufficient evidence to proceed when the position at No10 was not to comment, the PMOS said that he suspected that this had followed the Financial...
Put that the PMOS's characterisation of the Guardian story this morning was somewhat different from Ruth Kelly's who had called it a sensible monitoring of activities, which sounded a lot like spying, the PMOS said...
Asked whether Adam Ingram was right to say that we needed a national debate on Iraq and Afghanistan, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he had not seen the comments so he could not talk about...
Outlines the appropriate use of the SIMD 2006
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2006: Technical Report
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2006: General Report
Consumer Minister Ian McCartney has announced plans to boost consumer representation and provide people with a single point of contact for dealing with consumer issues.
CPI falls to 2.4%, RPI up to 3.6%
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: MOD-Iraq & Afghanistan, School Monitoring, Peerages Police Inquiry and Nuclear Power
New Consumer Direct Centre Opens in West Midlands -
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. We have a gallery of images from the event.
The claimants are father and daughter. The father was suspected of sexually abusing her when she was very young. He was not allowed to see her for many years. The allegation was later held to be unfounded, ...
This is an action for infringement of two patents relating to the formulation of cyclosporin, which is a pharmaceutical of particular utility in producing immunosuppression in recipients of allogenic organ transplants...
The Rugby Football Union wishes to stage an extra International match this year. It is to take place against the All Blacks on 5th November, of course, at Twickenham where it will be the opening match of the rebuilt...
This application (which was heard at the same time as the AstraZeneca case in which we have just given judgment) is an application for permission to appeal from a decision of Morison J in the Commercial Court in...
This is an application for permission to appeal, on notice, with appeal to follow if permission is granted. The application for permission to appeal is in itself highly contentious, for the respondents submit that...