Following the declaration of a state of emergency, the Foreign Office has amended its travel advice for Bangladesh to advise against all but essential travel.
Asked by ITN if the Prime Minister agreed with the Department of Health (DoH) that the MRSA targets should be delayed or dropped, the PMOS asked who in the DoH had said that. The journalist said that there had been...
Asked for further information on the Prime Minister's speech tomorrow, the PMOS replied that the speech was a strategic overview of defence for this country since World War II. It was looking at the choice that ...
Asked by Gallery News if huge success though they were, were we anticipating any scepticism on the education figures, the PMOS said that the question was as neat an encapsulation of the lobby philosophy as he had...
Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in Joan Ryan, the PMOS said: yes. Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in Tony McNulty, the PMOS said: yes. Asked why, the PMOS replied that with regards...
Asked for further insight into the Cabinet's discussion on Iraq, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that it was led by the Prime Minister, Margaret Beckett and Des Browne. As the Prime Minister ...
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that Alan Johnson had briefed his colleagues on the GCSE results which showed that the number of secondary schools that did not meet the GCSE threshold...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cabinet, Iraq, Home Office, Education Figures, Prime Minister's speech and MRSA
Britain's servicemen and women perform "the most critical, difficult and dangerous role for the country" Tony Blair has said, as he welcomed extra investment in their accommodation.
Ministers announce review of contractual arrangements
The amount of dental activity commissioned by the NHS is continuing to rise, according to new statistics released today.
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
3800 new-build single-living bed spaces will be delivered under the next phase of the MOD's Single Living Accommodation Modernisation project (Project SLAM), announced today by the Prime Minister during a visit ...
Tony Blair will deliver the sixth in his series of keynote speeches about Britain in the 21st century this Friday.
Jim Fitzpatrick, Employment Minister, today announced the Government's proposals to increase workers' holiday entitlement from 20 days per year to 28.
11 January - State of social care 2006 - CSCI report
11 January - Arab communities and citizenship - ESRC research
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Ofwat today welcomed the appointment of two new members to the Board of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat).
The role of faith based groups in ensuring people have access to welfare services will be of growing importance over the coming years said Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Jim Murphy.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has appointed the Honourable Mr Justice Mitting as Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, in succession to the Honourable Mr Justice Ouseley, with effect from...
Extra investment and reform are helping win the fight against coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new report from the Department of Health.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health
Orders in the twelve months to November 2006 rose by eight per cent compared with the previous twelve months, and orders in the three months to November 2006 rose by two per cent compared to the same period a year...
This document reports on the autumn 2005 consultation on the retention and disposal of health records and describes next steps.
Asked what the Prime Minister's comments were regarding the current situation in Somalia, if the Prime Minister supported the US and how that squared with the EU's position, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister...
Asked if there was any view on the exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal's comments that the existence of Israel had to be acknowledged, the PMOS said it would be best to wait and see exactly what he had said...
Asked, with regard to PMQs today, if there was any indication of an announcement of a timetable for Basra in general, the PMOS said that Operation Sinbad was just over half way through, progress had been made though...
Asked if the Prime Minister believed that Ministers' should take responsibility for departments and the decisions taken in departments, in particular with reference to what Nick Clegg has said, the Prime Minister...
Tony Blair has spoken about reports that records of crimes committed abroad by British residents were not entered into the police database.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Home Office, Iraq and Troops, Hamas and Somalia
Manufacturing: 0.1% three-monthly rise
The Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, today issued the following statement:
Following the publication in November 2005 of "Transformational Government - enabled by technology" Cm6683 and the publication in March 2006 of the Transformational Government Implementation Plan, I am today ...
There has been some concern over the arrangements set out in Annexe E which was published along with the St. Andrews Agreement. The Government are therefore issuing a new statement in relation to national security...
Attached are DTI revised figures for the United Kingdom's stocks of civil plutonium and uranium as at 31 December 2005 in the Libraries of both Houses, replacing those figures deposited in the Libraries on 22...
After a review of vehicle record services, I have decided to centralise the UK vehicle record in Swansea from late 2008. This will result in a better service to the public and will save approximately £...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office is today, following the publication in November 2005 of Transformational Government—enabled by technology (Cm 6683) and the publication in...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Boundary Commissions Act 1992, requires...
The Commission today published its review of the first year of Summary Information Returns (SIR) which charities with income over £1 million are required to submit. With public interest at an all-time ...
Reforms to the legal aid system will ensure good quality advice is available for the most vulnerable groups of people, Legal Aid Minister Vera Baird will say in a Parliamentary debate later today.
Schools Minister Andrew Adonis today praised London schools' best ever GCSE results, showing that state school pupils in the capital lead the rest of the country for the third year running.
Schools Minister Jim Knight today congratulated schools for achieving the highest ever GCSE results for English and maths.