A new 'Rhodes scholarship' type scheme to attract the best of world science to the UK will be confirmed by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling in a major speech today.
Three fraudsters who stole 37 identities and attempted to unlawfully obtain £357,000 in tax credits were today sentenced to a collective prison term of ten and a half years.
Asked for further comment on today's Daily Telegraph story that hospitals were wasting £2.5 billion a year, the PMOS replied that what the Telegraph had missed was that this was about improved NHS productivity...
Put that General Richard Shirreff had said in an interview today that his aim was to get the security in Iraq to be "good enough", and was that Government policy as well, the PMOS rewound the clock back ...
Asked for an agenda of the Deputy Prime Minister's trip, the PMOS said that in Japan, the Deputy Prime Minister would meet the newly elected Prime Minister, and other senior politicians from the new administration...
Asked if John Reid's chairing of the EU meeting was a moment that could be taken to clear up the Romania and Bulgaria, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that as people knew, there had been discussions...
Tony Blair has seen how ground-breaking science is helping track down serious criminals, on a visit to a forensic science laboratory in London.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Interior Ministers Meeting, Deputy Prime Minister's tour of the Far East, Iraq and Hospitals
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published today its report into the fire that broke out on a cabin balcony on board the Bermuda-registered cruise liner Star Princess on 23 March 2006.
The Home Secretary, John Reid, today announced three new commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Mr James England, Mr Ewen Smith and Ms Julie Goulding have been appointed by Her Majesty the...
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are a proven way to identify and manage violent and sexual offenders, Gerry Sutcliffe, Under-Secretary of State for criminal justice and offender management said...
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally decided that the completed merger between two clinical waste services firms will damage competition.
Damaging pollution from petrol fumes, which once leaked into the atmosphere whenever car tanks were topped up, will be captured and recycled as fuel under air quality rules which have come into effect in October...
Tackling wide variation could deliver benefits for patient care and better value for money
Mr Andrew Soper has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique in succession to Mr Howard Parkinson CVO who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Soper will take up his new...
European leaders have expressed a "very, very strong desire" to take action on climate change, including airplane emissions, Tony Blair has said.
Tony Blair has held talks with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih in Number 10 where they discussed the current situation in Iraq.
Consultation paper on the Proposals for Charities Reorganisation Regulations Consultation paper
The number of diagnostic blood tests designed to identify bovine TB in cattle more quickly is being significantly increased from today in England and Wales.
The Government today announced how E9.6 billion of European Structural Funds will be distributed across the United Kingdom over the next seven years.
The Queen has been pleased to approve that the Earl Peel GCVO DL be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain.
The Competition Commission (CC) has concluded that the joint venture between Stagecoach and Scottish Citylink could lead to higher fares and reduced service levels for their coach passengers on the Glasgow-Aberdeen...
I will be representing the United Kingdom at this month's Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg. The Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Ross Finnie, will also attend.
The presidency...
Charges to cover the costs of local enforcing authorities in regulating processes which are subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC)) were introduced in April...
I will represent the UK at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on 23 October.
At this Council, the Finnish presidency will be seeking political agreement on the proposed directive on ambient air quality...
The hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Mr. Moore) has replaced the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) as a Member of the United Kingdom delegation to the...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Grant (UK permanent representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Luxembourg. My right...
The celebration of Eid is a time to reflect on the "immensely valuable" contribution that Muslim communities have made to our national life, Tony Blair has said.
This is an appeal from the decision of HHJ Oppenheimer sitting in the Brentford County Court on 20 April 2006. It is brought with leave of the High Court granted on 4 July 2006. The Judge gave judgment in favour...
This is the trial of a preliminary issue, namely, whether the Defendants are liable to the Claimants in respect of one or more of three causes of action; breach of contract, interference with trade and procurement...
MR JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER CLARKE: I have before me an application by Celtic Resources Holdings plc ("Celtic") to continue a freezing injunction against Arduina Holdings BV ("Arduina") granted by me without notice ...
MR JUSTICE LLOYD JONES: This is an application for permission to apply for judicial review by Ms Linda Ireneschild who seeks to challenge the legality of a number of decisions of the defendant authority, the London...
On 9 August 2005 at a General Court Martial held at Colchester (Assistant Judge Advocate General Seymour) the appellant pleaded guilty to unlawful low flying contrary to section 51 of The Air Force Act 1955 (charge...