Four men and a woman were jailed for a total of 12 years at Birmingham Crown Court today for their part in a conspiracy to obtain more than £250,000 by stealing and altering giro cheques for benefits paid...
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by introducing a law to prevent the incumbent of the position of Prime...
RM has not released thier annual report showing profits or losses. Being a...
Every year, on the sea floes of Canada harper and hooded seals are killed...
Markets within the Bluetongue Control and Protection Zones will be permitted from midnight Sunday 14 October. The movement of susceptible animals from within the Control and Protection Zones to approved slaughterhouses...
Mr Nicholas Cannon OBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda in succession to Mr Jeremy Macadie who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Cannon will ...
Earlier today HM The Queen dedicated the Armed Forces Memorial (AFM) in Staffordshire. The memorial contains the names of almost 16,000 service men and women, regular and reserve, killed on duty since the end of...
Currently the national speed limit is 70mph on all motorways, but this the...
To allow private hire vehicles to be able to pick up and drop off passengers...
"over the years thousands of women have been imprisoned in the United...
'...make it a criminal offence for members of parliament and civil servants to lie to the electorate' -- ian silversides
The turbines could provide up to 100% of Lotus’ electricity needs. Excess...
Lawyers must have Professional Qualifications but anyone can currently...
This petition is to reduce speed cameras in the uk.
SME business already have to pay 32.5% corporation tax whilst the big...
In one fell swoop the Chancellor and Prime Minister have disincentivised...
The current benefits system makes it very difficult for people with cancer...
We oppose that ID cards, an unpopular goverment policy, should be paid for...
'...apply Inheritance Tax rules equally to each and every heir, regardless of the marital status of their parents.' -- Caroline Thompson
The subject of drama has long been incorporated under the subject of english...
The Cow Lane bridge at Didcot is a hazard to all users because it is too...
In this country we do not elect our Prime Minister. We vote for MPs, and...
According to NHS figures published recently, tattoo removal in the UK by the...
Cults can be damaging to individuals, can break up families and often are...
To sack Secretary of state for Business and Enterprise, John Hutton for not...
'...ask the indigenous population of this country if they actually want a multi-cultural society' -- John Crowther
Asked if the Prime Minister was taking any interest in the settlement given to former Chief Executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Rose Gibbs, the PMS said the Prime Minister was being kept informed...
Asked about the Culture Secretary's visit to Battersea Arts Centre to publicise the DCMS CSR Arts settlement and whether there was any frustration that the focus had been on tax this week and not the spending being...
Asked for words of congratulation for Doris Lessing and Al Gore, the PMS said that a statement regarding Doris Lessing had been issued last night. The PMS had also congratulated Martin Evans who had won the Nobel...
Asked to characterise how the Prime Minister viewed the current relationship between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, the PMS replied that it was businesslike.Asked if the Prime Minister would reply...
Asked if the Prime Minister was worried by suggestions that children of primary school age were under too much stress, the PMS replied that there had been a statement released by the Minister for Children, Beverley...
Put that the changes made to capital gains tax would harm small businesses and was any thought being given to rethinking the changes, the PMS replied that Andy Burnham had dealt with the issue that morning and as...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by reading out a statement to the assembled press on Burma by the Prime Minister, following the UN Security Council statement:"I applaud the leadership and responsibility...
The Prime Minister has marked the celebration of Eid-al-Fitr by sending his best wishes to British Muslim communities.
Gordon Brown has attended the dedication ceremony of a new national memorial for the armed services.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Burma, Capital Gains Tax, Kids Under Stress, Scotland, Doris Lessing and Al Gore, Comprehensive Spending Review and Misc
Common Housing registers - what's happening in Scotland
Three companies that claimed to have signed up businesses to advertisements which were to appear in a variety of publications designed to support the work of the emergency services, including the Air Ambulance Service...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal by Nottinghamshire County Council to close Greasley Beauvale DH Lawrence Infant School and Greasley Beauvale Junior School and to establish...
New chief executive for the met office
To hold an Olympic Event on either side of the Humber Bridge. Allowing...
A laptop was lost or stolen from a Nationwide employee containing...
In a recent report, Angola spent as much money as it received in foreign aid...
Simple, really. For the disingenuous and apparently illegal invasion of Iraq...
If it hadn't been well known media names involved with the TV Quiz frauds,...
The No 1 priority for all hospitals should be cleanliness. This is a basic...
The state of the nhs is disgusting it is past pouring money into the system...
There is a tendency amongst politicians of all hues to conflate England and...
We are sick and tired of having to put up with people using their mobile...
Royal Mail operate a crucial part of the national infrastructure on a...
English Farmers are receiving compensation from DEFRA, but Scottish & Welsh...
Currently, when a cat is found dead on the road - the countils in England...
RAF Gaydon is a former Royal Air Force station in Warwickshire in the UK....
Specifically, listening to the narrative while watching the clock and trying...
Dunsfold Park airfield was built by the Royal Canadian Army during World War...
It is now increasingly difficult to understand what is being displayed in...
With no cost to them. Currently any foreign national must be resident in the...
Put that an obsession with meeting Government targets contributed to the death of 90 people, the PMS said that Alan Johnson had made the case for the Government very clear this morning when he rejected that assertion...
Put that something had happened over the weekend which meant that the £8 million funding for Scottish farming was withdrawn, it was asked whether the Government would review its protocol of information...
Put that if the Prime Minister did not like what was concluded in the talks at Lisbon, or later Brussels, presumably that would mean that there was no need for a referendum, the PMS said that the Prime Minister ...
Asked what would happen in the second phase of Overwatch and whether or not this was something the Prime Minister and Robert Gates would discuss, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said, without going into specifics...
Asked what had happened to the letter David Miliband had promised about the red lines, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) referred the journalist to the Foreign Office.Asked about the Prime Minister's position...
The Prime Minister has welcomed the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Al Gore for his work on climate change.
Parents are being reminded: kids do as you do, not as you say, as part of a new THINK! road safety campaign aimed at driving down child road casualties, launched today by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick.
The UK and the United Arab Emirates have announced a partnership aimed at helping more children from developing countries gain access to education.
Government investment in the arts is set to be boosted over the next three years, with the announcement of an extra £50millon going to the Arts Council England by 2011.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today amended its Travel Advice for the Bundibugyo District in Western Uganda. We have withdrawn our advice against all travel to the district. The travel advice now reads...
Imagine being asked to perform a series of tasks everyday, such as being...
Millions were exported from West Africa into slavery in the 1800s The West...
Last weekend,I was caught out by badly managed Rail Replacement service in...
This act will make it a criminal offence for any politician to lie whether...
Currently, IB students (as a prime example) are give much higher grade...
The new tax limit discriminates against single people, the new allowance...
Inheritence tax is theft! Scrap it on the family home however much it is worth!
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When donating blood, you are forbidden if you are a man who has participated...
it is totally possible to do this , it is an endless supply of energy that...
let us the tax payers have a say who runs this country, give us back our...
Considering the amount of work that Alan does to promote nature, the...
Vehicle manufacturers are increasingly supplying new cars without spare...
this would enable him to understand the relative poverty that many hard...
Britain needs some identity in the age of globalisation, a public holiday...
as a victim of domestic violence i think that the law is not strict enough...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on the European Union
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Mr Robert Ian Martin to be President of the Social Security and Child Support Appeal Tribunal with effect from 1 November 2007.
Responding to the first ever formal statement by the UN Security Council on Burma, the Foreign Secretary David Miliband said:
The Highways Agency is backing an innovative cross-border campaign to try to cut death and injuries among young road users in Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway.
A South African prize draw promoter has given assurances to the OFT that it will no longer send misleading prize draw mailings to UK consumers.
The Scottish Government's views on the options for modifying or replacing the proposed planning gain supplement, as set out in the Department for Communities and Local Government's Green Paper, Homes for the Future...
In a written ministerial statement of 10 October 2006, the previous Economic Secretary undertook to report to Parliament on a quarterly basis on the operation of the UK's asset freezing regime. This is the fourth...
A review of the multiple injury lump sum element of the armed forces and reserve forces compensation scheme has been undertaken over recent weeks. The purpose of the review was to ensure that the scheme's intent...
The General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will be held on 15 October in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and I will represent the UK...
The chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of NHS foundation trusts) announced last week that, in accordance with section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, Monitor...
The 95th Session of the International Labour Conference 2006 adopted a new Convention 187 and Recommendation 197 on a Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health; and a Recommendation 198 - The Employment...
NEW THINK! CAMPAIGN TARGETS PARENTS FOR FIRST TIME
A machine which cleans windows and bathrooms designed by pupils at a Newport school has come out on top in prestigious competition to find the inventors of the future.
A machine which automatically walks and feeds your dog designed by pupils at a Brampton school has come out on top in prestigious competition to find the inventors of the future.
This document is available as a download only Minutes of the third meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 7 December 2006.
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) today welcomed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report and reaffirmed its continued commitment to helping in the fight against crime by taking the profits out of the control of...
I have before me two applications. The first is an application of 7th August 2007 by Mr Kryton Lendoudis ("the defendant") to set aside an order of Mr Justice David Steel made on 24th May 2007 whereby he ordered...
This is an application on the part of the Defendants, Holystone Overseas Ltd ("Holystone") to vary an order for a freezing injunction obtained by the claimant Pacific Maritime (Asia) Ltd ("Pacific") pursuant to...
MR JUSTICE HENRIQUES: On 22nd June of this year in the Crown Court at Worcester, the applicant having earlier pleaded guilty to a count of exposure he was sentenced to an extended sentence of six years' imprisonment...
This is an appeal by the appellant Coleman and an application for leave to appeal by Petch against orders of Openshaw J pursuant to s.276 and paragraph 6 of schedule 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Coleman...
The subject matter of this appeal is a libel action being tried in stages by Gray J. without a jury. The claimant is Mr Michael Charman, a former detective constable in the Metropolitan Police force. He claims...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Mr Robert Ian Martin to be President of the Appeal Tribunals with effect from 1 November 2007.