The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally decided that the proposed acquisition of a controlling interest in Academy Music Holdings Limited (Academy) by Hamsard 2786 Limited (Hamsard) would lead to a loss...
Today the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP, will travel to Jordan to participate in the 2006 Forum for the Future at the Dead Sea Conference Centre, which will bring together governments and civil society ...
The OFT has issued for consultation, final guidance on how it will give lenient treatment to companies and individuals who confess to cartel conduct. This guidance, which can be from the OFT website - www.oft.gov...
Asked as the pound was the highest it had ever been against the dollar since the ERM disaster has the Prime Minister raised this with the Chancellor, the PMOS said that as the reporter was inviting him to commit...
Asked if the UK would be sending any more troops to Afghanistan, the PMOS said in terms of Afghanistan the important thing to recognise was that as the Secretary General said yesterday, after the Nato meeting we...
Asked if there was any reaction to the courts decision this morning to extradite Babar Ahmad and Haroon Aswat to the United States to face terror charges, the PMOS said it was a matter for the courts but it did...
Asked if there was any mentioned at all, even in a side or in passing over the Chancellor's youngest son, the PMOS said no. As was made clear last night, this is a personal and private matter and any messages...
Asked if it was a full house in Cabinet today meaning was the Chancellor there, the PMOS said yes he was. Asked for a read out of Cabinet, the PMOS said that there had been a presentation by John Hutton...
Asked how concerned was the Prime Minister about the contaminated British Airways flights, the PMOS said, as he'd said before, this was a police investigation, it will be allowed to proceed as a police investigation...
Asked what his reaction to the Times story regarding the official from the US saying that UK and US relations were one sided, the PMOS said that much more importantly was that the State Department described the ...
Asked if the white paper, published on Monday, would be a consensus of the Cabinet view, the PMOS said yes it would be; the Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary have been speaking to Cabinet colleagues in detail...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Trident and White Paper, UK-US, Police Inquiry, British Airways, Cabinet, Fraser Brown, Extradition, Afghanistan and Exchange Rates
Tony Blair and Bill Bryson got together for a chat about two subjects they both care passionately for - science and education. Listen to our podcast.
New regulation of claims management companies came a major step closer today as the DCA published the rules that will apply to persons authorised to provide claims management services under the Compensation Act ...
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The UK's possible role in lunar exploration was just one of the subjects discussed today by the new Minister for Science and Innovation, Malcolm Wicks, and Dr Michael Griffin, Head of NASA.
The UK is gravely concerned by reports of heavy and prolonged fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army in Malakal, Upper Nile Region, southern Sudan over 27-29 November...
Following consultation with transport operators and groups representing operators and local authorities, the OFT has today published updated competition law guidelines on the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block...
Personalised learning is the key to modern education, Tony Blair has said, meaning a distinctive approach from school to school, child to child. Read the speech here.
Question the Government about all aspects of education policy when Andrew Adonis takes part in a webchat, on Thursday 7 December at 1700 GMT.
A new front in the Government's drive to make regulation simpler, more effective and better value for money has opened. The Better Regulation Executive in the Cabinet Office will deliver a number of actions, announced...
Health Secretary announces plans for Cancer Reform Strategy
Defence Minister Lord Drayson has appointed the Ascent Consortium, comprising the VT Group and Lockheed Martin, as the preferred bidder for the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS).
A new Explosive Waste Incinerator to remove tonnes of explosives from circulation in the Balkans will be opened by Minister for the Armed Forces, Adam Ingram, in Bosnia today.
Whilst still pitched at a strategic level, the West Edinburgh Planning Framework 2006 provides more detail about the location of additional investment planned for the area.
Accounts prepared pursuant to section 22(5) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 showing the Operating Account for the year ended 31 March 2006
Children's Minister Beverley Hughes has today set out the high expectations she has of Sure Start Children's Centres to tackle child poverty by improving the lives and prospects of under-fives and their families...
The Prime Minister and Education Secretary today announced that schools and colleges will offer more choices to young people over what they study post-16, by providing greater access to the International Baccalaureate...
An initial budget shortfall of £116m for 2007/08 was identified in June 2006, which the Metropolitan Police has worked hard to reduce. As a result, the budget gap is now predicted to be £16m.
Results from a recent HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) survey*, show that the UK's web users are utilising the internet to make their lives easier. A total of 86 per cent** of internet users find online banking more ...
Do you need a lawyer - and if you do, would you know how to get yourself the best possible deal?
Under Secretary of State Derek Twigg announced today that 25,000 mystery boxes full of Christmas goodies and gifts are being sent to members of the armed forces who are deployed on operations overseas this Christmas...
Children under four and pregnant women from low income households are to receive vouchers for free milk and fresh fruit and vegetables as part of a new scheme.
Sick and premature babies will receive faster and more coordinated care thanks to a new system that helps NHS staff find intensive care cots around the country.
Grants worth almost £4million to modernise and improve the competitiveness of England's fishing industry have been announced today.
This is a report of an e-mail survey of local authorities and housing associations which focused on the use of civil ASBOs in 2005/06. It forms part of a broader study examining the implementation of civil ASBOs...
7th edition of the annual Scottish Economic Statistics publication
Practical information, particularly about the criminal justice system, for families bereaved by homicide.
Leaflet to accompany the homicide information pack.
This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to headline farm income measures used in Scotland.
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer has appointed Charles Edward Hartley Twiss to be a Salaried Part-time Chairman of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) ...
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on sea passengers travelling on short-sea routes, for the third quarter of 2006.
The Department of Transport has today published National Statistics on the number of road goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe from Great Britain third quarter 2006.
The Department for Transport has today published, in Waterborne Freight in the United Kingdom 2005, National Statistics on freight traffic carried on UK inland waters, around the UK coast, to and from UK offshore...
The Competition Commission (CC) is to introduce measures to increase competition in the home credit market and lower prices for customers.
Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland 2005/06
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement.
I am today announcing my intention to transfer my responsibilities in relation to ...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement.
I am pleased to announce that from 1 December 2006 Sir Richard Tilt will serve a further...
For the first time since the star ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero star rated for adults' social services this year, showing that services across the country are improving. However, there...
Responding to the publication on Thursday 30th November 2006 of the NAO's report into the experience of British nationals affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, Lord Triesman said:
TRZCIALKOWSKI v. POLAND - 26918/02 [2006] ECHR 1002 (28 November 2006)
BUTA v. POLAND - 18368/02 [2006] ECHR 1000 (28 November 2006)
WROBLEWSKA v. POLAND - 22346/02 [2006] ECHR 1001 (28 November 2006)
The appellant, Mr. Martin Frank Stringer, appeals against an order made under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 (henceforth respectively a "section 91(14) order" and "the Act") made by His Honour Judge Mitchell...