The Prime Minister will today announce, at a reception at 10 Downing Street, a commitment to a year long programme of activities and events to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the...

New measures to improve health and waste services unveiled

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 25 January 2007 at 10.00 a.m.

For too long charities have been the open holes of tax swindling criminal...

To ban the sales of all cosmetics tested on animals (even if tested on...

Housemate Shilpa Shetty has been repeadetdly verbally abused by fellow...

To ensure that customers can no longer deny that they are aware of the...

Improve the UK's outdated political system. The current system of democracy...

To become a qualified Architect one must study for a minimum of 7 years yet...

Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's speech to the CBI, and was this why he would not attend the Iraq debate in the Commons, the PMOS said that as people knew, it was not the Prime Minister's...

Asked for further information about the abolition of slavery reception tonight, the PMOS informed people that that it was about signing up to the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking which had been ...

Asked for a view about Catholic adoption agencies, the PMOS replied that everyone recognised that there were sensitive issues involved. The Department was considering those and would announce a decision in due course...

Asked what the current view was on the Home Office being split up, the PMOS replied that what had changed was the increasingly complex nature of terrorism and the challenge faced by terrorism. On the basis of that...

Asked how the Prime Minister felt about the way in which Ruth Turner was treated, the PMOS replied that as people knew, we had consistently refused to give a running commentary on this investigation. Despite all...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that this was a deeply disturbing report about events which were totally wrong and which should never have happened. The fact that they did was a matter...

Ed Miliband, Minister for the Third Sector, today put almost £1.5million behind plans to host 40,000 scouts from 216 countries at this summer's Centenary World Scout Jamboree.

New powers to set up Joint Waste Authorities will help local authorities work together to achieve better-integrated and cost-effective waste services, Local Environment Minister, Ben Bradshaw, announced today.

The MOD has published the latest release of ongoing monitoring of the mortality of 1990/1991 Gulf Veterans. The figures cover the period 1 April 1991 to 31 December 2006.

It is clear from recent responses from the Home Office that the issue of...

i would like to see helen duncan, the last woman to be tried as a witch in...

Give the power to the people and let the law be the law!!!

It is nonsensical to construct a roundabout and install traffic lights. The...

UK Registered vehicles are charged Road Tax, Excessive Tax on our Fuel....

We are supposed to be a United Kingdom. How many people are there who only...

450 hour courses are cheaper courses at college which fit in round peoples...

The provision of the hard shoulder is an expensive and wasteful use of...

How absolutly disgusted i was , when i boarded a bus and was charged £2 to...

The government proposes to legislate to allow sharing of personal data...

'...severely reduce the number of flights taken by the Prime Minister and his government and offset those flights considered necessary.' -- Jenny Stafford

Humans are the largest users of the worlds energy, so it follows that the...

If the Prime Minister really thinks that Global Warming is a man-made...

Encourage the building of more skyscrapers. This will enable the density of...

We live in an area where alot of horses share the roads, we think that horse...

The latest DWP Guidelines and PACE are still directing the Health Service to...

Wheely Bins are a Proven Fire Hazard and a Risk to Elderly, Disabled and...

More and more footpaths are being damaged and obstructed by illegal parking...

In my personal situation Speech and Language therapy has been taken away...

For 48 years the US has subjected Cuba to sustained interference in its...

'...exercise cabinet government (to encourage all those who are obese and unfit in this country to adopt a healthier lifestyle).' -- rj mansfield

Marching around at 140 paces a minute, creating visual displays while...

Give R J Mitchell [ designer of the Spitfire } a knight hood in the birthday...

My elderly, recently widowed, father was persuaded to change his electricity...

The existence of dual fuel discounts is a recognised bias against green...

Recent press articles have highlighted this amendment which will allow...

The governments response to the petition to cut inheritance tax raises two...

This petition is to change law, so that all agency staff will work a...

All migrants to the UK who stay for a period of longer then 8 months or...

I want to feel safe in my home and on the streets. Law and order in our...

Family pets are important members of the family. They are living beings and...

This government has raised the council tax to grossly inflated levels while...

The PM has appointed Mr Tom Dixon and Mr Edwin Davies to the Board of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Davies with effect from 1 February 2007 and Mr Dixon with effect from 1 November 2007.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Police Ombudsman's Report-Northern Ireland, Police Inquiry, Home Office, Adoption Agencies, Abolition of Slavery Reception and Iraq Debate

Today the Economic Secretary, Ed Balls, published the draft money laundering regulations for consultation, alongside his speech to the FSA financial crime conference. The regulations are designed to ensure the UK...

Motorists face tough new penalties for breaking the law by using a hand-held mobile phone while driving from February 27 2007, Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander announced today. From that date, the fixed penalty...

giving money to them doesn't help, so everyone must pull together to help...

The Alternative Curriculum engage disadvantaged and at risk young people, to...

Suffolk Middle Schools are under threat to be closed down in favour of a Two...

The lack of state support for the natural family of husband, wife, and...

Msn is the worst place. more people in secondary schools are getting bullied...

more and more people are emagrating to britain every year. we need stricter...

MP's keep their titles irrespective of criminal convictions, Lester Piggott...

I am astonished that with a reputation as a country of animal lovers the...

All benefit should be classed as income and taxed accordingly and it should...

The Ombudsman for Estate Agents’ (OEA) code of practice, to which all member...

The government, since the early 1990's has supported the Investors in People...

If the forward thinking of the Transport for London department, and other...

The NHS and other services are seemingly snowed under with targets, quotas...

For example Gordon Brown is suddenly a passionate environmentalist...why?...

There are many taxes that we are forced to endure that are supposed to...

Introduce a system similar to New Zealand where new drivers must allow a...

It has become apparent in recent years that we face a growing problem with...

This mature healthy oak tree is being needlessly threatened by developer A J...

Development is the cornerstone of economic growth. Airports are the key...

A petition to fast track the additional runway for Heathrow to: help...

Removal of the state religion and changes to religious state funded schools...

A petition to scrap the new air flight tax grab introduced under the guise...

Take the case of: A student with Aspergers (aged 19), drops 2 A levels but...

Software written using public funds should have it's source code published...

I think it's fairly self-explanatory but I feel, very strongly, that each...

Many households would like to contribute more to recycling only being...

Christopher Lee has had an amazing career in film since the 1940's. He is...

the local councils have a huge waiting list of people needing bigger...

We went to war in iraq without our MP's being allowed to vote on it. We...

I feel that awarding these valliant soldiers honours for their heroic act is...

We say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!public borrowing is increasing because people are...

It is clear from recent responses from the Home Office that the issue of...

A great deal of companies are still using VOC's or ozone depleting...

How annoying is it to open your favourite magazine when ever other page you...

Country residents that live in areas along unsalted roads and tracks, and...

I am working as a doctor in this country and am fast seeing that this work...

Dr. Alan Storkey has a plan to use coaches to provide a regular and fast...

Give mothers of young children (from birth and under 12) an option to work...

The bigotry demonstrated to the Indian actress on 'Big Brother' is appalling...

If I had to pay 0.1p per email it would be OK for all the emails I wanted to...

At the time of the Scottish Widows demutualisation in 2000, the company had...

Mark Coleman is facing deportation back to Zimbabwe. We are about to deport...

This contract will be the largest PFI/PPP project ever undertaken by the...

hundreds of innocent people are put on police bail without charge with very...

I feel that the 300th year of celebration of the United Kingdom is being...

To allow motorcycles and Scooters to use bus lanes without penalty at any time.

Many European countries impose this charge to use their road networks by...

lets everyone sign this, the licence should be scrapped because when the...

If the reforms are brought into action. It is widely predicted that many...

You stand up in Parliament and discuss Big Brother because the word 'racism...

People at Harlow in Essex will be able to pop into their local shopping centre as a way of tackling misery crime in and around the town.

Speech by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, today announced the appointment of Dr. Tim Stone as senior advisor to lead the development of arrangements for the costs associated with potential...

One year on from the launch of the Government's Respect Action Plan, major progress is being made in the drive to tackle anti-social behaviour and create a modern culture of respect.

LONDON, UK - Shell Canada Limited President and CEO Clive Mather will visit London on 12 February to deliver an exclusive briefing designed to provide insight to UK companies looking to internationalise their business...

Most nhs hospitals use private parking companies to regulate the use of car...

The planned massive increase of ATM's charging us to obtain our own hard...

Recognise that Sharia Law is incompatible with Secular Democracy and Ban all...

The Prime Minister has appointed Mr Tom Dixon and Mr Edwin Davies to the Board of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Davies with effect from 1 February 2007 and Mr Dixon with effect from 1 November 2007 for a period...

"The key to tackling anti-social behaviour successfully lies in local communities," said Tony Blair on the first anniversary of the Respect agenda.

A few weeks after New Year's Day is a time when attempts to quit smoking often fail, but a new NHS advertising campaign is encouraging smokers to give the habit a final send-off.

The Byker estate in Newcastle has today been listed Grade II* by Culture Minister David Lammy, following advice from English Heritage.

Provides information about travel within Great Britain by Scottish residents, including average number of journeys per person per year, modes and purposes of travel, and distances travelled

An Oxfordshire biotechnology company is set to develop a new low-cost 'next generation' biofuel, with £250,000 funding from the Department of Trade and Industry-led Technology Programme and £...

HM The Queen has appointed Stephen Richard Davies to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned him to the Midland...

Young people and women living in the tsunami hit Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu will learn new skills to open up fresh opportunities for employment with the announcement today of a Big Lottery Fund grant of...