Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn said today, speaking from Jerusalem

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Asked if there were to be any special guests or slide shows, the PMOS said that the questions hadn't been asked with the necessary respect but there were no guests or slide shows....

Asked if there were to be any special guests or slide shows, the PMOS said that the questions hadn't been asked with the necessary respect but there were no guests or slide shows....

Please find attached a selection of photographs from the Booktrust Children's Christmas Party, hosted today at 11 Downing Street by the Chancellor Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah.

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Pressure by the Metropolitan Police Authority for the police to rethink the use of special stop and search powers is having an effect.

Better promotion of the unique strengths and expertise of the UK's financial services sector are on the agenda today at the first meeting of UK Trade & Investment's Financial Services Sector Advisory Board (FSSAB...

Asked if the Prime Minister had bought his mother-in-law's Christmas present yet, the PMOS replied that there were some issues that were too dangerous for him to get involved in! The PMOS added that the important...

Asked if we would be sending a Ministerial representative to General Pinochet's funeral, the PMOS said it would be a matter for the FCO to decide....

Asked if there was any view on the Russians' behaviour post-Litvinenko, for example, their getting the BBC World Service off air etc, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister had made it clear that there should ...

Asked if the Prime Minister had any misgivings about the idea of forcing the NHS to break even by next April, or was it a Treasury idea, the PMOS replied that what was important was that a) we recognised that...

Asked to comment on the Ambassadorial appointments mentioned today in the papers, the PMOS replied that the FCO had put out a statement, so journalists should speak to them. Asked by the Evening Standard if we were...

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Put to the PMOS that the Foreign Minister's meeting about Turkey today was a "crunch" meeting, the PMOS replied that decisions would not be taken until the end of the week. Our position on Turkey remained...

Put that the Prime Minister had said in the past that family was central to social policy, and did he also now think that marriage was as well, the PMOS said that he had to be careful to not get...

Asked for further details regarding the Prime Minister's announcement on cutting red tape for businesses, the PMOS replied that we had said that we were going to set a target for each department to cut regulation...

Asked what the Prime Minister hoped to achieve in the Middle East, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that above all, what the Prime Minister wanted to do was identify where the problems that were...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Police Inquiry, Armed Forces and Washington Visit

The Prime Minister has launched a government-wide action plan identifying over 500 ways to reduce red tape.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Press Conference and Policy Inquiry

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Middle East, Red Tape, Social Policy, Turkey, Police Inquiry, Ambassador Appointments, NHS, Russia, General Pinochet and Christmas Presents

As part of the Government's unprecedented dedication to reducing red tape, Defra have today published their second Simplification Plan, 'Maximising Outcomes, Minimising Burdens', which clearly shows continued commitment...

Feedback on the Government's Public & Patient Involvement Plans

4 December - Post-release experience of prisoners - AIC report

4 December - Science in Defra - OSI review

December - Saving' hospitals costs lives - ippr report

5 December - Emergency care and heart and stroke services - DH reports

5 December - Poverty and social exclusion - JRF report

7 December - Monitoring anti-social behaviour - NAO report

Waste should not be incinerated. If rubbish is burnt fine particulates are...

The current system is unfair to childless couples and single people and also...

Having recently received an email asking me to sign the a petition to scrap...

(Everybody in the UK has the same rights and freedoms). This petition is in...

In recent years, Leeds has gone from being a pleasant and well-reputed...

The rheumatology and dermatology clinics are currently provided by Newham...

Should we be doing something to ban Halloween? Should we really be sending...

Petition to force the government to U turn on plans to replace some Accident...

Smoking is dangerous to both human society and our environment, children are...

This restrictions will create a discrimination against Romanians and...

At present no one is being held responsible for the criminal behaviour of...

Increases in tuition fees act as a disincentive to encourage students to...

The recently introduced changes in licensing law have produced an...

Brides without Borders is a group of UK citizens who have fallen in love and...

Patients with very serious chronic physical illnesses can be very isolated...

The start up costs of increasing the the use of carbon neutral derived...

The Prime Minister is urged to give his immeditae attention to the terrible...

In the last 18 months, i have known two wonderful, beautiful women who have...

The logo's (or DOGS) that are displayed in the corner of TV screens are...

The residents of Hatfield Broad Oak and other Essex villages are being...

Provide tax-break incentives for individuals who use road worthy vehicles...

The EU is ending the right of pleasure boaters to use rebated gas oil as a...

Ken Livingstone has done more to ruin London than anyone in my living memory...

with the gap between the have and have-nots getting wider with each passing...

there has been enough tests carried out by individual councils to prove...

This would encourage more use of small bikes and ease road congestion it has...

It is proposed that the existing Type A hangar, 1928 Operational ready room...

Romano Prodi and Angela Merkel recently attended the opening night at La...

The persons signing this petition fully support The Prime Minister in his...

Boxing Day is historically a day when large numbers of the public travel to...

Allow people to start voting at the age of 16 for prime minister and local...

Rural post offices are the lifeline and centre of community in thousands of...

Too often Motorway Matrix signs give wrong information. They are not...

If a trust owns more than one hospital, the current lack of funds results in...

Require the RELGIOUS Establishment to represent their case by a legal...

This petition is intended to drive the government to press for legislation...

Cradle the influence of drugs, especially on minors, in society. Derail the...

Where there is motorway congestion HGV's should be restricted to nearside...

To require the Department of Transport to issue instructions that all Gatso...

Too frequently, qualifying as either a barrister or a solicitor depends upon...

I welcome the new law to outlaw smoking in public places. Anyone who thinks...

Every year an estimated 700,000 people are trafficked into the UK for sexual...

The Prime Minister will launch a government-wide action plan this afternoon identifying over 500 ways to reduce red tape.

Tony Blair has hosted a meeting at Downing Street with some of the UK's biggest businesses to discuss ways of persuading the public to join the battle against climate change.

Baroness Amos will be here on December 14 from 1600 GMT to answer your questions on multiculturalism, integration and diversity.

A government-wide action plan identifying over 500 ways to reduce red tape was unveiled by the Prime Minister today. The government 'Simplification Plans' will save business and the third sector over £...

Defra today launched a consultation exercise on the principles that will help shape future policy on the sharing of responsibilities and costs in relation to animal health and welfare.

NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson today set out the priorities for the NHS over the next year, with a greater role for local NHS staff to decide and deliver on local health and healthcare improvement targets.

Measures will save business up to £700m a year

A delegation of prominent Afghans is visiting London and Manchester between 10-15 December.

Systematic method for considering the likely environmental effects of plans and programmes.

UK consultation on possibilities for Better Regulation in Plant Varieties, Seeds and Seed Potatoes - link to Defra website

National Statistics released today show that new cases of homelessness have fallen by nearly half since their recent peak 3 years ago.

Contents: 1. New Principal EC VAT Directive 2. Definition of biodiesel in Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979: Further Guidance 3. Motor and heating fuels - Revised Public Notice 179 4. Motor and heating fuels - Revised...

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend John Lawrence Pritchard MA M.Litt, Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow, for election as Bishop of Oxford.

Government announces £17m support for £34m aircraft wing programme

The next step in the Government's drive to increase microgeneration begins today as Phase 2 of the DTI's Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) opens.

Responsibility and Cost Sharing for Animal Health and Welfare: Consultation on Principles

The Charity Commission today announced its commitment to reducing the administration burden it puts on charities by at least 25% over the next three years.

The Prime Minister has unveiled a government-wide action plan identifying over 500 ways to reduce red tape.

Factory gate inflation rises to 1.8%

Deficit narrowed to £3.9 bn in Oct

Updated Version available of Immunisation Guide

On the appointment of new heads of mission to the British Embassy in Washington, the UK's Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York and the UK's Permanent Representation to the European Union at...

IPPR have today released a report that looks at the scale and nature of British emigration. Lord Triesman, Foreign Office Minister for Consular Affairs, welcomes the report;

Consultation responses.

Statistical Release

* Statutory homelessness: 3rd quarter 2006, England - PDF version of the whole release (PDF 150 Kb) www.communities.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1505058

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend John Lawrence Pritchard MA M.Litt, Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow, for election as Bishop of Oxford.

Scottish Corporate Sector Statistics 2005 & 2006

Proposals to be taken forward through the UK Statistics and Registration Service Bill and other proposals to improve the use of, and confidence in, official statistics produced in Scotland.

Annual research exercise on the expenditure and revenue flows of government for Scotland

Report on the consulation on implementation of articles 7, 8 and 9 on the EU directive on the energy performance of buildings.

We've added a smashing new feature to all our MP pages, courtesy of Francis at PublicWhip You can now check out which way MPs tended vote on half a dozen key issues from the last Parliament (Iraq, Fox Hunting, ID...

Our good friends over at MySociety.org are close to launching Pledgebank, a new web and sms service which does what it says on the url. To help test the concept, they've set up a special TheyWorkForYou.com pledge...

At the top right hand side of every (ex)MP's page, we've added a simple new feature: email the page to a friend. Have a go, and let all your friends know how easy it is to keep tabs on what your former MP did and...

We're proud to announce that TheyWorkForYou.com has won the 'Contribution to Civic Society' award at the New Statesman magazine's New Media Awards. Thanks to the kind souls who nominated us. We enjoyed ourselves...

One of the many things our site does, probably without you realising, is to track the Register of Members' Interests, in which MPs are "to provide information of any pecuniary interest or other material benefit ...

For your use and enjoyment we've added Hansard for the House of Lords (their debates, written questions and ministerial statements, just like the Commons), and a page on each of the members of the House of Lords...

mySociety is running a call for proposals until 16th June. If you can come up with an idea for a useful site like this one, and it beats all the other ideas, we'll build it for free. Submit an idea or read and comment...

Just a brief round-up of what we've added since our last piece of news. We've added MPs' membership of select committees, taken from this official list, including membership history where we can work it out. Our...

Today, we launched an API (Application Programming Interface) to the data TheyWorkForYou contains. This lets other sites query our site for various bits of information, such as the constituency or MP for a particular...

I'm extremely proud to announce that TheyWorkForYou now covers the debates of the Northern Ireland Assembly from its creation in 1998 to its current Transitional Assembly status. Everything should integrate with...

Report presenting the findings from the Stage 1 review of the General Permitted Development Order as it affects householder developments.