The Cabinet Office today published a discussion paper to invite further views on the tender for a partner to deliver the second phase of the Futurebuilders Fund - to distribute £65m of funding to third...
28 May * 2 Para battle for Goose Green and Darwin. This was the first major battle of the conflict. 2 Para were split into three rifles companies (A, B and D). The terrain was unfamiliar and was to be covered at...
There is currently a huge percentage of cars being driven with non-...
The history of Hillsborough begins with the deaths of 96 people and the...
Us country people shall not stand for the ban on fox hunting 2004. We want...
Our roads are overcrowded and driving requires concentration, patience and...
Sea birds, especially the common gull, have taken to infesting our cities,...
At school people are being taught to pass an pre-defined exam. They are not...
Just because a victim of careless/dangerous driving isn't actually killed...
According to details given in Radio Times, about a play dealing with the...
All local authorities are currently obliged to provide a service for dealing...
Allow Americans resident in the UK the same driving licence exchange as...
Ban job agencies using spoof adverts, since these serve no purpose other...
Nowadays there's nothing to show for the huge tax contributions made by law...
If i work self employed or even on my own home, we have had to send of for...
'...(1) reject Cornwall County Council's bid for unitary status; (2) affirm his support for the principle that political power should be exercised by democratically elected representatives at the most local competent...
We regularly read and hear complaints by militant atheists about the "...
I think it is wrong to give someone benefits after they have had over 3...
This petition is designed to ensure that people who pay for training are...
In 1988 an agreement was reached that voltage levels across Europe should be...
Provide free biodiesel and LPG conversions for people with older cars and...
Taxes seem to target and hurt the middle classes and average income earners...
for example, every week on a wednesday. No vehicles (except buses and trains...
Excessive funds are being diverted to unproductive speculative investment in...
insted of allowing ASBO youths to sit around waitting for there asbo's to...
The minimum possible punishment for those caught stealing bandwidth (e.g....
It does seem that Royal Mail has itself a little monopoly over the private...
More and more accidents are happening, this is due to the younger driver. To...
Why are honours being dished out like sweets to self-absorbed celebrities...
At least 5 or 6 times a day I am getting 'silent' calls from annoying call...
Britain has lost its identity. St Georges day is now celebrated by drinking...
Change the law, so that Juror's on trials MUST be legally informed of their...
Acknowledge the part played by both the late Mo Mowlem & John Major in...
Mothers to be entitled to 1 years maternity leave of which 6 months is full...
Companys are using the UK to host there servers/data servers, to take...
Customers of utility companies are feeling increasingly powerless to...
The winners of the UK Intellectual Property Office's THINK kit competition have been announced today by the Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks.
In response to further questions, Mr Straw said he would not speculate on any position, disposition or P45 that might await any Minister on June 27. He referred to the answer he had given earlier to Sir Nicholas...
He was asked if he thought that Control Orders, in their current form, had "run their course". Mr Straw said that was a matter for the Home Secretary to propose, because he was much closer to the regime ...
The Leader was asked if he had been helping to secure agreement on an amendment to a Private Member's Bill being promoted by David Maclean MP, to ensure that MPs' expenses were made public. He said that he had offered...
Asked if there was a timescale for a Bill, Mr Straw said that none had been announced. The Home Secretary had referred to proposals in general terms in the House earlier. Asked if the programme was sufficiently ...
The Leader announced that business for the week after the Whitsun recess would be: Monday, June 4 - second reading of the Legal Services Bill [Lords] (Bridget Prentice and Vera Baird, for the Government); Tuesday...
Asked whether there were any plans for the Prime Minister to have dinner with the Queen, the PMS said the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) had said at briefing this morning that the Prime Minister had ...
Asked (although the journalist admitted he knew it was a process question) whether the Prime Minister intended to nominate Alex Salmond to become Privy Councillor, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said she was...
Asked (although the journalist admitted he knew it was a process question) whether the Prime Minister intended to nominate Alex Salmond to become Privy Councillor, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said she was...
Asked (although the journalist admitted he knew it was a process question) whether the Prime Minister intended to nominate Alex Salmond to become Privy Councillor, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said she was...
Asked (although the journalist admitted he knew it was a process question) whether the Prime Minister intended to nominate Alex Salmond to become Privy Councillor, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said she was...
Tony Blair welcomed some green-thinking readers of Take a Break magazine to Downing Street on Tuesday.
To mark Africa Day on 25 May Lord Triesman, Foreign Office Minister for Africa, will speak at the African Union Day Celebrations at Cityhall at 1830. He will say:
The Health and Safety Commissioner, Professor Sayeed Khan received a distinguished service award at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) Awards Gala Dinner at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole...
Ed Balls, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, speaking today at the opening of the new Bristol Institute of Public Affairs, launched the evaluation report of the second Saving Gateway pilot and outlined the Government...
In Sussex many A&E units are being closed and the ones that are not being...
Methane produced by cattle is a 10 fold stronger greenhouse gas than carbon...
Provide chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans with the following...
Allowing 2 foreign players only will encourage each football teams youth...
I have searched for a job for over six months and I would very much like to...
If a student leaves school or 6th form college and gains employment they...
The denuding of shingle banks in the English Channel, to feed among others...
Time to make our voices heard. There are to many needless deaths these days...
In October 2006, the Office of National Statistics announced that it is...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Justin Welby to the Deanery of Liverpool.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Alex Salmond, the Palace, Forthcoming Business, Counter-Terrorism, Freedom of Information, Control Orders and the Deputy Prime Minister.
Grants for people who want to install micro-wind turbines and solar panels on their homes will be available again from 9am on Tuesday 29 May.
17 May - Student-centred learning and disadvantage - Education Foundation
21 May - Poverty and disadvantage among prisoners' families - JRF report
24 May - Teacher effectiveness - RSSS report
24 May - Drug use in the family - ANCD report
24 May - Criminal assets available for seizure - HO report
Parents are being given more power to help make every school a good one as key education reforms come into force today.
The Met Office is continuing to forecast cold, wet and windy weather during the Bank Holiday weekend. After a mainly fine start, heavy rain, strong winds and much colder weather will set in across many parts of ...
We all want a gorgeous green garden full of colourful blooms to relax in when the summer sun is shining.
The Hydrography Unit of the MCA's Navigation Safety branch have released a selection of files for download to the general public which provide information regarding some of the MCA's bathymetric multibeam surveys...
Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks will launch Cracking Ideas - the largest ever project to encourage today's primary school children to become the inventors of tomorrow.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Justin Welby to the Deanery of Liverpool.
Many young musicians are disappointed with the cost and tax on musical...
'...prevent MPs becoming exempt from the freedom of infomation act' -- john kilgallon
The PM has called for an end to the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan and neighbouring Chad.
DWP Minister Lord McKenzie today called on employers to play their part in aiding social inclusion for disabled people. Employers play a crucial role in ensuring that disabled people are able to play a full part...
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, has made the following Written Statement.
The United Kingdom signed the joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative...
Stansfield Road E16 is a cut through road for motorists who want to get from...
sandford is a small village in dorset, but on the main a351 road to the...
politicians are answerable to the general public so any cost`s incured out...
The current Polish government, led by twin brothers, Lech and Jaroslaw...
I believe I speak for our nation when I say that the people of Britain want...
In the United Kingdom I beleive that all non essential Business should have...
Cancer touches everyone in the UK at sometime in there life. So Why-not Use...
Expand the evidently popular 'e-Petitions' service to the 'referendum'...
I petition most urgently the Prime Minister to keep in focus Madeleine...
When the smoking ban kicks in across England (as has already happened...
State school teachers and LEA staff (such as educational psychologists) are...
The immigration system in this country is much too strict for skilled...
The rules and regulations on telephone selling are widely flouted, causing...
We as children ourselves, believe that we should have a Ministry set up, for...
Grants worth £3m to modernise and enhance the competitiveness of England's fishing industry have been awarded following an assessment panel.
Economy rose by 0.7% in Q1 2007
0.8% quarterly rise into March
The United Kingdom signed the joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters on 24 May 2007. The text of the convention is published on the websites of both organisations...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intends to publish on 29 May, for consultation, her proposed changes to the draft revision of the Regional Spatial Strategy for...
The Royal School of Military Engineering Public Private Partnership (PPP) project has for some time been assessing a range of options for the relocation of two units that fall within the scope of the project, ...
The new edition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's code of practice for infertility clinics has been approved and laid before Parliament today. The code has been placed in the Library and copies...
The Assets Recovery Agency's annual report 2006-07 and annual plan 2007-8 have been laid before Parliament today.
The annual report covers the agency's fourth full year of operation and provides an assessment...
Seizing criminal assets delivers a wide range of benefits, from depriving criminals of capital to reducing the incentives for crime and the harm caused by crime, as well as promoting fairness and confidence in...
I am today informing Parliament of an ongoing police operation to locate three British citizens who are believed to have absconded from Control Orders on Monday night.
It is believed that these individuals...
On 19 February 2007 I announced the allocation to police authorities in England and Wales of an additional £25 million of capital for 2006-07, which came from money originally held back for restructuring...
On 15 March 2007 I informed Members of improvements to the process by which notice is given to the House when Ministers plan to make an oral statement.
I set out plans that wherever notice had already been...
On 29 January 2007, I announced a way forward on the issue of faith-based adoption and fostering agencies and the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007. As I set out at that time, the interests of...
On 26 February 2007, I issued an intervention notice under section 42(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 in respect of British Sky Broadcasting Group's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV plc. This meant ...
The following statement provides information on the Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 21 and 22 May 2007, at which I represented the UK.
Day 1 Monday 21 May
The Council opened with a progress...
The regional funding allocations (RFAs) process has, for the first time, given regions a say in decision-making about transport schemes that affect them at the regional and local levels. In July last year, the...
I am today announcing the publication of a report on future reform of the trust port sector. More than 50 ports in England and Wales are trust ports; independent statutory bodies, governed by unique local legislation...
New health guidance published today is advising pregnant women or those trying to conceive to avoid alcohol.
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