New impetus is needed if a multi-agency initiative to develop a domestic violence strategy for London's criminal justice agencies is to be successful, the Metropolitan Police Authority said today (15 November).

UK Environment Secretary David Miliband today welcomed the UN's plan to help developing countries benefit from clean energy technology.

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Put that there was no mention of Trident in the Queen's Speech, and did we still expect something by the end of the year, the PMOS said that there would be an exhaustive process of analysis and the Prime Minister...

Asked where we stood on 90 days, and would we be bringing that debate back, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) reminded journalists that we had always said that we believed that 90 days was the right...

People suffering with respiratory illness are set to benefit this winter from a pilot scheme being introduced by the Met Office, designed to improve patient well-being.

The Competition Commission (CC) has published draft undertakings following its report into the completed acquisition by Railway Investments Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of English Welsh & Scottish Railway ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Detention Powers and Trident

Following action by the OFT, a premium rate prize promoter and its director have given undertakings to the High Court that they will not publish misleading prize draw advertisements or promote unlawful lotteries...

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

'Counter-Terrorism: The London Debate' is the Metropolitan Police Authority's programme of community engagement to counter terrorism.

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh will pay a State Visit to the United States of America in May 2007, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will visit Uganda in 2007.

Statutory Proposals to Close Willerby Carr Lane Infant and Junior Schools and to Establish a New Community Primary School in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire.

6 November - New direction for disability services - DADH plan

9 November - Preventative care: Scotland - SE programme

9 November - Neighbourhood security and urban change - JRF report

13 November - British-Pakistani men from Bradford - JRF report

This consultation seeks comments on proposals to amend Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA), and proposals for species to be listed on an order made under Section 14A of the Act.

Today's Queen's Speech announced that the Government will legislate during this Parliamentary session to reinforce the independence, integrity and quality of statistics produced in government. The Financial Secretary...

Trade barriers within the European Union were dealt a fatal blow today as the European Parliament agreed the EU Services Directive. The landmark agreement will be worth up to £5 billion a year to the ...

Her Majesty the Queen set out her Government's policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session today, including measures to reform pensions, child support and welfare.

Foreign Office Minister, Kim Howells MP, in reaction to this morning's attack on Sderot said:

Measures to deal with climate change and provide "strong, secure and stable" communities lie at the heart of this year's Queen's Speech.

14 November - Supporting service users - JRF report

Receipts and Payments Acoount 2005-06

Summarises the results of the 2004 Scottish Retail Development Survey.

Summarises the results of the 2003 Scottish Retail Development Survey.

Next week you'll be able to question Beverley Hughes about all aspects of the Government's childcare policy. Take part in our webchat.

The Government has called on the egg industry and retailers to ensure that the eggs they are selling are correctly labelled.

Today's Labour Market figures show that: * Employment is up by 192 thousand this year. * The number of people who are not looking for a job (the "economically inactive") is falling, and is down by 75 thousand over...

Rate falls to 74.5% in 3 months to Sept 06

Pay growth falls in year to Sept 06

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists about the Prime Minister's video conference with the ISG earlier today. The PMOS said that he was not going to brief in any way the discussion as a...

Tony Blair took part in a video conference where he shared his ideas for the future of Iraq and the Middle East.

Next week you'll be able to question Beverley Hughes about all aspects of Government's childcare policy. Take part in our webchat.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq Study Group-Middle East

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on Lord Mayor's Speech

You'll be able to watch coverage of this year's Queen's Speech live on our website from around 1130 GMT today.

This action arises out of a collision between the vessels ELEFTHERIA and HAKKI DEVAL which occurred in restricted visibility on 6 June 2004 in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles off the Algerian Coast.

Parents who claim that they were the victims of a miscarriage of justice in previous care proceedings relating to their three older children, and who are now embroiled in care proceedings relating to their fourth...

LORD JUSTICE JONATHAN PARKER: This is an appeal by Peter�Field, the defendant in the action, against an order made by HHJ�Reid�QC in the Guildford County Court on 14�February�2006 granting Keen Phillips...

The appellants in this appeal are the victims of a fraud, and the respondent is a Nigerian bank to which they paid money on the instructions of the fraudsters, for onward transfer to the account of a client of the...

This appeal is about mixed supplies of goods or services for the purpose of value added tax ("VAT"). In some circumstances they will be treated as a single supply but in other circumstances they will be treated...

Mr Avraamides and his wife (the respondents) brought an action against two individuals, Mark Colwill and Stephen Martin (the appellants), seeking to hold them personally liable for failures in the refurbishment ...

As was observed by the Law Commission (Limitation of Actions, Law Com No 270), claims by victims of child sexual abuse pose particular problems for any limitations regime. The acts giving rise to the cause of action...

The concept of limitation of action has always been difficult to apply in relation to industrial disease or injury that is insidious in onset and gradual in development. In its present form, but following earlier...

Stafford has taken steps to address its previous negative culture, but there is still much to do, said Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of a full announced inspection of the prison.

Small Business Minister Margaret Hodge today gave a double boost for Women's Enterprise as she announced not one, but two, Chairs to lead a new Task Force for Women's Enterprise. The unique arrangement will bring...