Lessons "will be learnt" from the "extreme weather" that has affected large parts of England this month, the Prime Minister has said.
Asked for reaction to the DWP statistics on migrant workers, the PMS replied that firstly, none of these people were claiming benefits. We were talking about people who were coming here to work legally and made ...
Asked for more information on the Prime Minister's statement tomorrow, the PMS replied that journalists would have to wait for the statement. Put that Jacqui Smith had told the Select Committee that there was now...
Asked if anything in particular on floods came out of Cabinet, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the main issue in relation to floods in the last 24 hours or so was the Walham power station, where...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Floods, PM Statement and Migrant Workers
The Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Helicopter has airlifted two injured walkers to hospital in Fort William after separate accidents today.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a brief further statement to update the House on the serious flooding which is affecting central and southern England. COBR met yesterday evening and again first...
Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today outlined new measures to help the NHS improve childless couples' access to IVF treatment.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly today announced a capacity increase of 53% for peak hour commuter trains serving Leeds to meet the expected demand for rail travel.
Extra carriages will be provided to lengthen some trains from Nottingham and Leicester, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced today.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced extra capacity and improved reliability for rail passengers in the East of England.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has approved the £5.5bn Thameslink modernisation programme.
More carriages will be provided for Newcastle suburban services and longer Trans Pennine Express trains will operate in the North-East region, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced today.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly today announced a capacity increase of 41% for peak hour commuter trains serving Manchester to meet the expected demand for rail travel.
The South West is to benefit from greater rail capacity and more reliable services Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced today.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced extra capacity for Welsh rail passengers, including more than 20% extra capacity into Cardiff at the busiest peak times by 2014.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has approved a £120 million grant for the development of Birmingham's New Street station and additional carriages will be provided in Birmingham to help relieve crowding.
Just after two o'clock today Yarmouth Coastguard MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) received a 999 call from a 12 year old girl reporting that a man and a boy had fallen in the River Great Ouse at Godmanchester...
FUNDING OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Improved standards of service and planning for major structural changes have been achieved successfully in the Tribunals Service's first year, says its annual report published today.
Asked if the Prime Minister believed that the PAC report published today regarding some town centres being "no-go areas" was further evidence that licensing laws needed to be reformed, the PMS replied that...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the press that Cabinet met for about an hour and a half today. There was an update from Hilary Benn on the flood situation. There was a discussion led by Alastair Darling...
The Prime Minister has hosted a reception for 100 war widows at Downing Street.
John Aldridge's Review of Seasonal Flu Vaccination Programme
Today, Acas published its 2006/07 annual report which shows the number of people accessing good practice guidance on the Acas website at an all time high, with 2.7 million visits last year.
A railway that will expand to carry at least 180 million more passengers is at the heart of the Department for Transport's rail White Paper, published today.
Significant progress in protecting the vulnerable; a blueprint for delivering simple, speedy, summary justice addressing community concerns; and the increased use mediation to achieve justice are some of the highlights...
The escalating cost of policing the UK's airports, which includes additional counter-terrorism measures, will be the focus of debate for police authorities and police forces meeting at Heathrow next week.
All power stations can be converted to Buxton Geothermal Turbine Generators...
Transport links between the West Midlands and the East of England are nearly...
I'd like to see the government subsidise the cost of purchasing and/or...
Due to the current flooding in Yorkshire, the Midlands and the Avon basin. I...
The Government's discussion with the public about the country's future energy needs has moved up a gear with an extensive programme of nationwide consultative events arriving in Leeds today.
Ed Balls today welcomed support for the new engineering diploma - being introduced next year - from major employers including British Gas, JCB, RWE npower, and The Royal Academy of Engineering as the first draft...
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Press release in response to the Government's Housing Green Paper ‘Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable’.
We welcome the Government's housing green paper ‘Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable’.
“The lack of affordable housing is one of the most pressing problems...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet/COBR and Licensing Laws
Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the brave actions of the emergency services, armed forces and communities who have been battling floods this week.
Applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission continued to rise slightly with 1,051 applications in 2006-07 compared with 1,011 the previous year, according to the Commission's annual report, published today...
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Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced an initial package of measures to tackle inequalities in GP services in England and promised that the NHS Next Stage review, being conducted by Lord Darzi, would go ...
The Disability Rights Commission's Annual Report and Accounts 2006-2007 were published today. Laying the report before Parliament, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain said:
The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has arrived in Kabul on his first visit to Afghanistan. He has commented;
Dr Kim Howells today began his first official visit to Egypt since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. Dr Howells, FCO Minister responsible for the Middle East, will meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed ...
Commenting on the publication of the 10th Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls, Foreign Office Minister, Dr Kim Howells, said:
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Immigration Minister Liam Byrne today helped break the ground for a new removal centre at Gatwick.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today supported recommendations and guidance produced by a joint industry and regulator working group, designed to improve standards at petrol storage sites. The report, ...
18 July - Crime statistics in Canada: 2006 - Statistics Canada
19 July - Older people in the community - ILC-UK report
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Bexley Borough Council to the admission number of Bexley Grammar School.
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 26 July 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
The territory known as The Republic of Somaliland, formerly the protectorate...
Encourage the creation of broad-leaved woodlands from Green Belt and...
Within Sheffield and in particular the North West area of the city there is...
An increasing number of companies are subjecting applicants to psychometric...
ensure that temporary workers are paid the same pay as their permanent...
Good/bad governance should be reflected in the pay
Student Grants are back, and those unfortunate enough to attend university...
In the interests of cutting C.O. two emissions I believe it to be an...
Any college recruiting students from abroad will in future need to be registered on a new Home Office Sponsors' Register. To qualify for the register they will have to show they have been accredited by an approved...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate visited Evesham yesterday to see first-hand the impact of the unprecedented levels of flooding in the area. "...
Today the Prime Minister will set out a new agenda on social action and present his vision of a partnership in which government empowers and enables individuals and organisations working for positive social change...
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, today announced that a consortium including the Innovation Unit, ACEVO and Headshift has won the £1.2 million contract to deliver the new Innovation Exchange pilot...
Mr Timothy Hornsby and Mr George Loudon have been appointed as Trustees to the Board of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
New powers to make parking enforcement more motorist-friendly and consistent are being introduced, Transport Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
we lost our little boy at 22 weeks gestation due to cervical incompetance....
The Iraqis who have been working for the coalition forces as translators and...
Foreigners buy our company rights and intellectual properties and then we...
We are warned that damage to agricultural land, infrastructure and food...
Our area is called The Mahon and was once a lovely and quiet estate but it...
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life upon the Right Honourable Sir Robin (Berry) Janvrin GCB KCVO.
The Queen has been pleased to approve that Christopher Geidt CVO OBE, be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Gordon Brown has announced plans to "pay tribute to the people who represent the very best of Britain" every 24 July and to encourage more public service and social action.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Communities Minister Iain Wright today launched a network of 10 media training centres which aim to give hundreds of young homeless people the skills to take up jobs in the media and music industries.
To provide ground soak-away in order to ameliorate flash-flooding risk and...
Explanation Please give our Prime Minister a chance to prove good...
There are plans to build a £100 Incinerator in Leicestershire (exact site...
this includes harassment, anti social behaviour ect. Violence not included.
All government departments owe a duty of care to those affected by their...
The HSE burden us all continually with more and more legislation to try to...
I noticed while browsing this site that there were no links to versions of...
To bring in a law/or clause to stop investers buying up newly built low cost...
Weekend drunks getting into fights and footballers e.t.c. getting free...
The British people support, through their labour, the creation of vast...
Tonight’s panorama reported on the problem in Slough of illegal migrants...
So they know how to cook regardless of their gender or age. I realise...
In the spirit of enduring transatlantic co-operation, and to commemorate two...
Create a simple web site focal point where local people who not been...
The duty of companies to put the interests of its shareholders before the...
Irish skipper/ owner Denis McCarthy, 33, was ordered to pay a total of £18,600 in fines and costs for a series of offences in the Celtic Sea Hake Recovery Zone.
The UK skipper and Dutch owners of the 38 metre Dutch scallop dredger, Jacoba UK307 were ordered to pay a total of £47,000 in fines and costs by Brighton magistrates on Friday July 20th.
Asked if the Prime Minister would be taking a holiday in August, the PMS confirmed that he would be, but there were no details. ...
Asked further about the Prime Minister's meeting with Ban Ki Moon, the PMS replied that it was the first time they had met since Mr. Brown had become Prime Minister. They mainly covered Afghanistan in their meeting...
Asked where things stood with regards to 24 hour drinking, the PMS replied that the DCMS had conducted a survey of licensing authorities in November 2006, which was one year on from implementation. Separate to that...
Asked for information on the Intelligence and Security Committee's (ISC) Report on rendition, the PMS said that it was an ISC report, not a Government review, but was being published by the Cabinet Office on their...
Asked further about the flooding review and how did the Prime Minister see links with climate change, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) explained to journalists that Hilary Benn announced on the 12th July in ...
Gordon Brown has hosted a breakfast meeting at Downing Street to discuss how City leaders can use their talents to address the challenges of today's society.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Flooding, Intelligence and Security Committee Report on Rendition, 24 Hour Drinking, UN Secretary General and Holiday
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Woolworths Group plc (Woolworths) of book wholesaler Bertram Group Limited (Bertram).
Introduction The annual statistics on National Insurance Number (NINo) allocations to overseas (non-UK) nationals entering the UK are released today. The statistics are available via a report on the DWP website ...
The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has welcomed the return to Bulgaria this morning of the medical staff, imprisoned in Libya since 1999.
Local Authority Housing Income and Expenditure 2005-06 to 2007-08
A report of the Living Well with Long-Term Conditions Open Space Events held in 2007
Copies of the 2007-08 edition of the Tax Benefit Reference Manual (TBRM) are today being deposited in the House of Commons Library.
HM Treasury publishes the TBRM annually. It is a technical manual detailing...
Guidance on how the Data Protection Act 1998 applies to the use of biometric data in schools is published today by the British Education Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA).
Biometric data are ...
I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Ministry of Defence's annual report and accounts 2006-07. It combines the Department's annual performance report and departmental resource accounts in a...
The review of controls on the import of animal products for the financial year 2006-07 has been laid before Parliament today as required under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002...
On 17 October 2006, the Government published its response to the Health Select Committee Report on NHS Charges (Cm 6922).
The Government responded to the 22 recommendations made by the Committee on areas...
I am pleased to announce that the annual report of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will be published and laid before Parliament today.
This is the third annual report from the IPCC. ...
I wish to respond to the publication entitled "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals—Great Britain—2006, which is being presented as a Command Paper (7153) today. Copies will be placed in the ...
I will make a statement on this matter in due course.
Today I am announcing a new set of Cabinet Committees. I have strengthened the system by re-casting it to focus on the Government's priorities and, in doing so, have reduced the total number Committees. I have...
I have today laid "The Government Car and Despatch Agency" annual report and accounts 2006-07" before Parliament, copies of which are available in the Libraries of both Houses.
On 15 March 2007 we published the review of the Independent Living Funds that had been conducted by Melanie Kenwood and Bob Hudson and I said that I would provide an initial response to the report before recess...
People claiming incapacity benefit are entitled to receive national insurance credits for periods when they are unable to work. Such credits count towards accrued entitlement to state pension, incapacity benefit...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire) has made the following Statement.
On 15 March 2007 we published the review of the Independent Living ...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.
People claiming incapacity benefit are entitled to receive national...
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jane Kennedy) has made the following Written Statement.
Copies of the 2007-08 edition of the Tax Benefit Reference Manual (TBRM) are today...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate visited Evesham yesterday to see first-hand the impact of the unprecedented levels of flooding in the area. "...
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Press release to accompany Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate's visit to flooded areas in Evesham.
AD (Qualification Directive, family member) [2007] UKAIT 00065 (23 July 2007)
This judgment is in seven parts, namely Part 1 - Introduction; Part 2 - The Facts; Part 3 - The Present Application; Part 4 � Are the Proposed Amendments Consequential on the Preliminary Issues Judgment? Part...
These proceedings concern arbitration claims under sections 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising from an arbitration award in relation to the Connect Project.
On 27 December 1995 Mr Tahmassebi, the claimant in these proceedings, was informed by his employer Bank Mellat (accepted, for the purpose of these proceedings only, as being the predecessor of the defendant, Persia...
On 22 June and 13 July 2007, I heard submissions from the parties on an application by the first defendant, WestLB AG ("WestLB") to consolidate the existing proceedings, i.e. claim number 2004 Folio 134, ("the ...
ANDREW NICOL QC: This is an application for judicial review by Sopha Chantrat against the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department refusing her leave to remain in the United Kingdom in decisions...
MR JUSTICE MITTING: There has existed for many years a disagreement between householders to whose properties access is gained by Old Roar Road, St-Leonards-on-Sea and the owners of the land on which Old Roar Road...
DEPUTY JUDGE: This is an application for judicial review of a decision of a Social Security Commissioner, Mr Commissioner Jacob, given on 29 November 2006. Permission to review that decision was granted by Forbes...
The Claimant, Lydia Playfoot, is now aged 16 and was until very recently a pupil at Millais School in Horsham, West Sussex ("the School"). She left the School at the end of the Summer Term after the completion...
Introduction. The Claimant ("Ashwell") has an interest in certain land situated to the west of Cambridge known as the Barton Road North site ("the site"). In these proceedings Ashwell makes the following two applications...
LORD JUSTICE HOOPER: The Attorney General seeks leave to refer to this court as unduly lenient sentences passed on three offenders. We grant leave.
These are the Court's reasons for dismissing the appeal against conviction of James Andrew Wallace. The appellant was convicted before Judge Stokes Q.C. and a jury in the Crown Court at Nottingham on 15 September...
At the conclusion of the hearing we said that we would be allowing the appeal and quashing the appellant's conviction for manslaughter. We now give our reasons.
On 10 November 2006 the Crown Court at Wolverhampton before His Honour Judge Dudley and a jury the appellant was convicted of sexual assault. He appeals against conviction by leave of the full court. The only ground...
This appeal relates to the ways in which an assured non-shorthold tenancy is created under the Housing Act 1988 ("the 1988 Act").
In the field of social security, primary and secondary legislation are notoriously labyrinthine. Sometimes the substantive entitlement to a statutory benefit is clothed in complexity and can only be determined ...