Competition Commission invites evidence

JOINTLY ISSUED BY DEFRA AND DTI

At the start of Responsible Business Month, Hilary Benn and Ian McCartney will today launch an FCO-produced, anti corruption film ' Crimes of the Establishment'.

Lord Triesman, Overseas Territories Minister, is hosting the eighth meeting of the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) commencing on 21 November at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The event will...

A ban on the production, marketing, import and export of cat and dog fur within the EU was proposed by the European Commission today.

Sexual Health Strategy first Annual Report

The consumer champion for England and Wales today welcomed as 'common sense' new Government proposals for consultation on more widespread metering in seriously water-stressed areas.

Covering letter, draft statutory instrument, guidance notes and respondee information note

A proposal by the Water Saving Group to give the green light to water metering, where that is the best way of saving water in areas of serious water stress, has been given the Government's go-ahead for public consultation...

A £19 million package of new schemes to tackle overcrowding in London was announced today at a major international homelessness summit, by Housing Minister Yvette Cooper and the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone...

A new insolvency procedure that will provide debt relief for people in England and Wales who owe relatively little, have no income and no assets to repay what they owe and cannot afford to make themselves bankrupt...

Guidance booklet for making day surgery the norm

Consultation Paper

SPEECH BY ECONOMIC SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY, ED BALLS, MP, TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' HALL, LONDON EC2, 20 NOVEMBER 2006

Using criminal intelligence smarter will be the role of 800 new immigration officers announced today by the Home Office to boost the fight against immigration crime.

Licensing green energy links from offshore renewables

Asked if the Prime Minister had been questioned by the police, the PMOS said that the Middle East was a bit far for the police to travel. Asked if that was why the Prime Minister was in the Middle East,...

Asked, following a poll in the Financial Times which showed an even split between pro, against and unsure supporters for nuclear power, what the Prime Minister would say on the matter in the coming week, the PMOS...

Asked if there had been any discussions between the Prime Minister and President Musharraf regarding extradition treaties being signed between Britain and Pakistan, the PMOS said that it had not come up in discussions...

Asked about the report that costs for the Olympics had risen to £8 billion, the PMOS said that the issue was primarily a matter for the Olympic Delivery Authority, and then a matter for the Department for Culture...

Asked what was the importance of the coming NATO Conference in Riga, the PMOS said the Prime Minister attached importance to the conference, but the best time to talk about it would be when we were there. People...

Asked why the Attorney General was not satisfied with the evidence presented to him for the case for 90 days' detention when the Prime Minister had seen the evidence the last time it was raised, and that the Prime...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: 90 Days, NATO Conference, Olympics, Pakistan, Nuclear Power and Police Inquiry

JIM KNIGHT ANNOUNCES REGIONAL PRIMARY CAPITAL PROGRAMME PATHFINDERS

More metered customers on low incomes are paying less for their water, according to new information published by Ofwat today.

Two new members have been appointed to the Council of Food from Britain (FFB) by David Miliband, Secretary of State, for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the other three United Kingdom Agriculture Ministers...

Tony Blair says the prospects for an Afghanistan free of the Taleban and al-Qaeda are "better and brighter".

The Prime Minister has today re-appointed Ms Helen Alexander CBE as a Trustee of the Tate Gallery. The term of appointment will be for four years from 13 January 2007.

England's nine new youth climate change champions will meet Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chief Scientist Sir David King today (Thur)

- NAO report finds 8/10 people satisfied with their GP out-of-hours service -

£4.0bn current budget surplus October

"The Parole Board deeply regrets the circumstances that led to the death of Naomi Bryant and the fact that she was murdered by a man who had recently been released from prison on life licence following a Parole ...

Tony Blair has praised the "tremendous co-operation" of Pakistan in the "global struggle" against Islamic extremism, following talks with President Musharraf.

Tony Blair has told soldiers in Afghanistan that British people have "pride and respect" for the work they are doing.

MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: This is an application for permission to apply for judicial review of a decision of Mr Recorder Dawson, sitting at the Snaresbrook Crown Court on 20th September 2006, to extend the custody ...