Gordon Brown has welcomed the King of Jordan and his wife, Queen Rania, to Downing Street.
7 Nov - Cancer and obesity in women - BMJ report
Today (November 7 2007), the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, formally announced that the Law Society's complaints handling arm - the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) and the Solicitors ...
Issued on behalf of the DPTAC
Put that Bev Hughes had suggested in the past that flexible working should actually be extended to all workers and were the Government considering taking that course of action, as there was a risk of childless people...
Asked if the slogan "British jobs for British workers" would continue to be used by the Prime Minister, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought, for the reasons that he had set out in his speech to the TUC ...
Asked if there was any update on inheritance tax documents being released if an FOI request was made, the PMS said that it would have to be considered and there was no update. original source.
Asked if the Prime Minister had regarded the Governor of the Bank of England's recent comments as helpful, the PMS said that he had nothing to say on the matter except that as had been said repeatedly, the Prime...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any view on how long terrorists should be held without charge, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister's view was the Government's view, which was set out very clearly in July. Based...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled press that Lord Drayson would be taking leave of absence from the Government to pursue an opportunity to compete in the US Le Mans motor racing...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Lord Drayson, Counter-Terrorism, Bank of England, Inheritance Tax, Jobs and Flexible Working
Economic Secretary and City Minister Kitty Ussher rejected a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach or pan-European regulator for financial services, saying that either would not have the flexibility needed to allow...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears unveiled thirteen sub-regions that are drawing up proposals to boost jobs, transport, investment and housing through greater co-operation today.
450MW offshore wind farm planned for Irish Sea
In 2006, we commissioned a survey of rural dentists, carried out by the British Dental Association. The survey identified issues of concern and some alternative approaches to providing ...
Consultaion responses
A Protocol amending the exchange of information within the United Kingdom's (UK) Double Taxation Convention with New Zealand was signed in London today.
13th licensing round opens for onshore oil and gas exploration.
1 Nov - Homelessness: strategy - Swedish government report
2 Nov - Aviation noise: attitudes - DfT report
2 Nov - Environment: public attitudes - Defra report
2 Nov - Crime mapping - HO report
5 Nov - Low carbon Britain - ippr reports
Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
The PM has paid a visit to a primary school and childcare centre in East London today.
The board of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have appointed...
This is mainly in responce to the recent and on going crisis at Atherstone...
When chasing money.Only allow contact by written letter.
With all the monies paid into taxes, maybe more of it should be used in...
i personally am a 14 year old boy who is still in education, and earlier...
Explain why Renal Cell Carcinoma patients are being failed by their own...
Why should childless families for whatever reason pay Child Benefit through...
The endless stream of new initiatives to educate the uneducatable and employ...
Once again the Government of Pakistan has let the people of Pakistan down....
I ask the prime minster to ban smoking vending machines in all public places...
Too many minorities are being alienated, and 'hatred' of minorities is...
In the UK there are literally thousands of preserved emegency vehicles owned...
According to the Downing Street web site, " The UK is committed to the "...
We do not believe that this policy is necessary but is actually harmful to...
The Planning system in Northern Ireland is in no fit state to promote...
Since crime has fallen so dramatically since local police forces were cut...
Road humps, chicane, narrowing of roads, speed cameras and unneccesary...
This petition makes the point that this would create more jobs; so does the...
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abolish interest being...
How many times has it happened to you? The band, the show, that sporting...
At the moment a fare to Glasgow from London can cost no less than £100 - £...
It is in accordance with Option B of the Highways Agency Route Management...
My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in February and chemo did not work for...
DfT Mottram ByPass Public Inquiry should be halted because of Highways...
Oil companies make billions in yearly profits, yet the price of fuel...
The Armed Forces Minister, Bob Ainsworth, today announced the appointment of Dr Susan Atkins as the first Service Complaints Commissioner (SCC). Dr Atkins will take up her role on 1 January 2008. The SCC has been...
Cleaner, greener van fleets could be a reality on our roads, thanks to a new Department for Transport fund outlined by Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today.
Put that the Phillips Report suggested going ahead with a formula on more state funding for parties in elections, and asked if it was on the basis of the Phillips Report that the Government was proceeding, the PMS...
Asked to flesh out what sort of things we were looking at in terms of citizenship, the PMS replied that there was not much he could say at the moment. We had asked Lord Goldsmith in July to look at a number of issues...
Put that there was not a great deal in the Queen's Speech on counter-terrorism, the PMS replied that we had not suggested that this was the opportunity to bring forward new detailed proposals on counter-terrorism...
Asked when the Prime Minister would be publishing his proposals on Inheritance Tax, the PMS replied that if someone put in an FOI request then that would be looked at. But as the Prime Minister had made clear, the...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by reminding Lobby that the Prime Minister had said in the House that it was our intention to extend up the age range of the statutory right to request flexible working...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Flexible Working, Inheritance Tax, Counter-Terrorism, Immigration and Party Funding
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Businesses across Britain are already benefiting from the cost and time saving measures brought in as part of the new Companies Act, Competitiveness Minister Stephen Timms told a business audience in London today...
Free nursery education for every three and four year old, backed by £340 million was announced today by Children's Minister, Beverley Hughes.
We'll be taking part in this forward-looking conference exploring the vital contribution that parish and town councillors make to community governance, leadership and empowerment.
A member...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have agreed a restructuring of their IT outsourcing contract in response to HMRC's aim to significantly reduce IT running costs by 2011.
Postcomm, the independent regulator for postal services, has launched its latest publication 'A sustainable customer focussed network', which makes recommendations for the future of the...
MF (Rule 60, correction, R1 procedure) Palestinian Territories [2007] UKAIT 00092 (15 September 2007)
Benfield (Trading As Autoroute Circuits) v Life Racing Ltd [2007] EWHC 1505 (TCC) (13 July 2007)
MR JUSTICE AIKENS: This is a claim for the judicial review of the decision of Stafford Magistrates' Court made on 28 September 2006. The decision was to adjourn a trial of one charge against the claimant. The...
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: In this application for judicial review, the claimant challenges the defendant's decision to make a temporary traffic regulation order ("the Temporary Order") under s.14(1)(b) of the Road Traffic...
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: In this rolled-up application for permission to apply for judicial review (and for judicial review if permission is granted) the claimant seeks a declaration that an order made by the defendant...
LORD JUSTICE LATHAM: This is an application on behalf of the applicant, Petrit Bushi, for an adjournment of his appeal which has been listed today for some time on the grounds that so far the solicitors acting ...
LORD JUSTICE LATHAM: This is an application for judicial review of a decision of the 21 February 2007, when the applicant was committed at the Plymouth Magistrates' Court to 344 days' imprisonment in relation to...
MR JUSTICE BURTON: This claim arises out of an inspector's report delivered in September 2004 after a Local Plan inquiry held between January and March 2004, relating to housing requirements in the area of the ...
MR JUSTICE BURTON: This has been an application by Mr K against the Halton Borough Council. It is a somewhat unusual case which has its own set of facts. That is not to say that the decision depends on those ...
LORD JUSTICE LATHAM: This is an appeal from a decision of District Judge Evans on 12 April of this year in which he sent the appellant's case to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to consider a request...
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: This is an appeal against a decision of a Rent Assessment Committee, on 9 December 2005, that the registered fair rent for premises 5A Mount Pleasant, Wembley, Middlesex should be £525...
MR JUSTICE BEATSON: This is an application for the judicial review of the continuing failure of the London Borough of Hackney to provide the claimant with copies of a penalty charge notice issued in respect of ...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: The claimant in this case is Algerian. He was born on 25 December 1979. He came from a part of Algeria which was caught up in the civil war which was raging in the 1990s, and at the end of...
This appeal is an interlude in hard fought litigation being case managed by Lightman J in the Chancery Division. It stems from a car dealing relationship between Mr Albon in England and Naza Motor Trading Sdn Bhd...
HM The Queen has appointed Andrew John Bright QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned...