Tony Blair has called the manner of Saddam Hussein's execution "unacceptable" - but warned it "should not blind us" to the ex-Iraqi dictator's crimes.
Tony Blair says the Government will invest an extra £485 million investment to update run-down council homes and give residents more power.
Tony Blair welcomed Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to Downing Street, saying that the relationship between the two countries was a strong one, based on "shared values and international interests".
Give everyone a chance to affect the governing of the UK. The internet and...
America where going through the same trouble with crime as we are now. There...
We, DEED NOT BREED, are a group of animal lovers, dog rescues and charities...
These Regulations should be implemented as they would outlaw discrimination...
The existing taxation system destroys family life by putting undue strains...
Prices for London Transport services have risen yet again, if paid by cash....
Eric Sykes has entertained the British Nation for longer than I,ve been...
The Mosquito and other similar ultrasonic devices are designed to deter...
In recognition of their significant value to local communities and tourism,...
Asked what the Prime Minister was saying to members of religious faiths who were concerned by the effect to their religious freedoms, imposed in their view by the sexual orientation regulations, the PMOS replied...
Put to him that Tower Hamlets had made quite clear that their provision was perfectly adequate to meet the needs of any parent who had a child with special needs, and that Ruth Kelly believed this was not the...
Asked if the Prime Minister had reacted to the new video of Saddam's corpse, the PMOS replied that he had not seen the reports. Repeating what was said last week, he said that something clearly went wrong and that...
Asked for more details on the statement on Northern Ireland that the Prime Minister was due to make on Wednesday, the PMOS replied that the statement was about setting out the distinct separate roles of the police...
Asked if the Prime Minster believed that it was impractical to expect people to give up cheap flights, the PMOS went over what this country, led by the Prime Minister, had done in terms of climate change. We will...
Asked to give journalists a flavour of what was on the agenda of the Prime Minister's meeting with his Japanese counterpart, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that it would be a wide-ranging...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Japanese PM, climate change, Northern Ireland, Saddam, Special Schools, and Sexual Orientation Regulations
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) at Cambridge University and David Lammy, Culture Minister, today launch a novel animation DVD to help young children with autism.
Success in tackling NHS fraud has meant an extra £811 million has been spent on patient care in over the last seven years, the Department of Health revealed today. This is equivalent to 53,000 kidney transplants...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, today joined Ministers from across Government at the Stowe Youth Centre in Westminster to launch a discussion paper entitled "Policy Review of Children and Young People...
The Queen has approved two ministerial appointments in DWP and the House of Lords.
Tony Blair teamed up with celebrity chef Lesley Waters and Environment Secretary David Miliband to help promote British produce today.
Lord McKenzie of Luton has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Lords) at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Environmental Report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Location / Relocation of Fish Farms Draft Programme Proposals Final version after consultation
On 19 December 2006, the Department for Constitutional Affairs published The Freedom of Information Act 2000—Statistics on Implementation in Central Government: July to September 2006.
This is the seventh...
Legislation governing public service pensions requires public service pensions to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension). ...
The Government's Child Trust Fund initiative is designed to strengthen the saving habit and ensure that at age 18 every young person will have access to a financial asset. The scheme will also help bring financial...
My noble Friend, Baroness Ashton, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following written ministerial statement:
"On 19 December 2006, the Department for Constitutional Affairs published...
Members will wish to be aware of the outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention held in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December 2006.
On 8 December...
I suffer with a condition called fibromyalgia, I know many people who suffer...
If they have a genuine reason, let them apply legally. The moment they try...
Dear Prime Minister, Please reduce urban speed limits and improve the...
The Government proposes to allow the banks to share details of 33 million...
Since long before the tragic Ipswich murders, women (and men) have put their...
I am a Paramedic. We are very often called to residents of flats where we...
Why bother changing the clocks? Greenwich Mean Time is valid all year round...
could we please stop the television companies from using premium rate...
Why not give a discount on council tax to encourage people to recycle, easy...
This would go against the fundamental rights of Christians to disagree with...
Automatic numberplate recognition technology is used to monitor and track...
we are only paying taxes for the wars and the government need to stop...
We find the yearly hike in the cost of living appaling and unfair and...
Recently, the public have become disillusioned with politicians due to...
its unfair and unjust that local councils are going to charge us for our...
i have 2 children with special needs , but as i am retired on ill health...
We believe that under the freedom of information, communities should be able...
'...Return television licence fee payments to the Post Office network' -- Bobby Harbisher
Reducing the periodicity of the UK MOT to comply with the minimum EC...
We petition the Prime Minister to reduce the level of overseas aid and in...
Giving this power to the government has simply politicised the ancient...
Until the government of the People's Republic of China can respect human...
The PM seems to find time to swan around with the Bee-Gees on his holidays...
the PM should accept it is disgraceful that Members of Parliament are...
Many Londoners would like to know how 'we' voted for the Olympics to be...
The ever-increasing size and cost of the state is stifling the growth of the...
It has been said that the large population of Immigrants, (particularly...
Hello and welcome to my petition. This petition is to petition the...
We cannot afford another farce like that created by the Derbyshire Police...
I have one son living with me, I pay my ex almost 1/2 my income in CSA &...
Make funding available to all citizens, including home owners, so that they...
I, along with many other people are sick and tired of the behavioural...
Lesley Garrett has been connected with classical music ( esp. opera for all...
As the owner of a small business I already pay more for my Business Rates...
The European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) is a new proposal from the European Commission designed to facilitate the transfer, accumulation and recognition of learning outcomes. The...
Delivering for Health: Delivering for Mental Health: Using self help in Primary Care and Community Based Services
Employers who refuse to pay the minimum wage could face a £200 fine for every worker they had underpaid, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling announced today.
Resident groups on council estates in England are to be given new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour and take day-to-day control of council services.
Consumer Direct, the government's telephone and online advice service, received more complaints about second hand cars bought from independent dealers than for any other specific goods or services in 2006.
Asked if Ian Paisley was right when he said that there was no set date to transfer policing to Northern Ireland, the PMOS said that he did not brief on personal conversations between the Prime Minister and the ...
Asked why the Prime Minister was being so quiet recently; why did he let the Chancellor go on Sunday AM; why was he not doing the PLP; why was he so shy about commenting on Saddam Hussein's execution, the...
Asked if we could expect anything on Wednesday after President Bush's speech on Iraq, the PMOS replied that as he had said this morning, the US would decide what they would decide, and would announce accordingly...
Asked to clarify the Government's policy on special educational needs, as journalists had been told that it was not the Government's policy that special educational schools should be closed, however, the Government...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Private Schools, Northern Ireland, Saddam's Execution and Play
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: SEN schools, Iraq, Prime Minister and Northern Ireland
Tony Blair says the Government will invest an extra £485 million investment to update run-down council homes as part of a programme to raise the standard of all social housing.
Tony Blair says we can all help combat climate change by making small changes to our lifestyles - including at Number 10. Find out more about his Sky News interview.
New rules on school admissions in England will mean that all children, regardless of background, have a fair and equal chance of taking up a place at their preferred school under the new mandatory School Admissions...
Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Ltd v Webster [2006] DRS 4200 (20 December 2006)
Playboy Enterprises International Inc v Hughes [2006] DRS 4149 (28 December 2006)
This is an appeal by the claimant local planning authority against a decision of an inspector appointed by the defendant Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to allow an appeal by Princegate ...
This matter concerns an application for judicial review of a decision by the defendant, London Borough of Southwark, to issue eight notices pursuant to section 11 of the London Local Authorities Act 1995 requiring...
This application raises the question whether a statutory instrument, the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000.726, "the Regulations") lawfully amended inter alia s.170 of the Road Traffic...
This appeal brings into focus the competing interests that exist between two entirely legitimate public concerns in relation to child support. The first is to bring home to separated fathers their continuing financial...
On 7 June 1995 the Council of the London Borough of Hackney ("Hackney") granted a ten year lease ("the Lease") to Mr Grant, the Defendant, of premises at 71 Broadway Market, Hackney. The property consists of a ...
This is an appeal against the decision of His Honour Judge Fysh QC, sitting in the Patents County Court, in an action involving a claim for patent infringement and a counterclaim for revocation of the patent in ...
For the second time in this action, this court has had to consider the exercise by the court of its discretion under powers conferred by the freezing order. On the first occasion, now reported as Dadourian Group...
This is an appeal by Mr and Mrs Winter against Judge Rich's order in respect of costs of preliminary proceedings before the Lands Tribunal.
A party to a written construction contract has a statutory right to refer a dispute arising under the contract for adjudication. This is the effect of section 108(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration...
The question which arises in this appeal is whether a Greek judgment, published on 22nd October 2004 in favour of the appellants, should be recognised by the English courts. Tomlinson J has held [2006] EWHC ...
Mr Paul Simms, the defendant in the action and the appellant in this court, is a former senior partner of Bower Cotton, solicitors. Bower Cotton was dissolved on 30 April 2000, and thereafter Mr Simms and Mr Michael...
The claimants, Scottish & Newcastle International Limited, sold cider to the defendants, Othon Ghalanos Limited. The cider was loaded into containers in Hereford, and shipped at Liverpool for Limassol in Cyprus. ...
In August 2002 the appellant, Mrs. Susan Rowlands, and her family were living at 90 Eastham Road, New Ferry on the Wirral peninsula. The house across the road, No. 89, was occupied by a group of people who, from...
This is an appeal from a decision of Lewison J, who, on 23 February 2006, gave summary judgment for the claimants, Roche Products Limited and Roche Diagnostics GmbH (together "Roche") in a trademark infringement...
Mr Norman Girling was born on 27 July 1943. Between 1956 and 1983 he was convicted of a considerable number of criminal offences. On 25 September 1984 he was convicted of murdering his partner, Edith Gorton. ...