The Prime Minister was joined by the Terrance Higgins Trust at Downing Street this evening in recognition of their work in fighting HIV/AIDS.
The Competition Commission (CC) has decided that Tesco will be required to sell the site it acquired when it bought a former Co-op store in Slough. In its final report, which is published today at www.competition...
Mick McGeogh is one of the most respected, admired and inspirational figures...
Asked if there had been any progress on the Sudanese situation, the PMS replied that it was best to keep in touch with the Foreign Office for exact details of where we were. Consular officials were able to visit...
Asked when the Prime Minister knew that Jon Mendelsohn knew about David Abraham's covert donations, the PMS replied that this was a question about Labour Party funding, and was not for him.Put that the Prime Minister...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by reading some words from the Prime Minister in response to General Musharraf stepping down as Chief of the Army Staff:"I welcome the decision by President Musharraf to...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Pakistan, party funding and Sudan
A Swiss company that sold land in Southern England as part of a scheme which left investors owning useless plots bought at inflated prices has been ordered into compulsory liquidation.
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) working in partnership with the Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) and Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland (PPS) has successfully concluded a criminal confiscation...
Beverley Hughes: Minister for Children and Youth Justice As the law stands...
Currently diesel is subject to a higher rate of tax then unleaded fuel which...
I am shocked to find out that commercial premises such a restaurants do not...
many councils charge around £300+if a person who lives in one area and dies...
the residents of Bracknell Forest have for many years campaigned to have...
ICT and the Internet have the capacity to significantly reduce road traffic...
I also request that more emergency dentists be open, and more NHS dentists...
By comparison to many other European Countries, Britain has fewer public...
by creating more affordable housing in villages for young families. Then...
A below inflation or staged pay rise is a pay cut. Is it fair that one...
The NHS is failing patients in deprived areas, according to a new study....
This is in opposition to a petition asking for their use to be available to...
The threshold above which individuals start to pay the higher rate (40%)of...
As many people have seen in the press, HM Customs have lost discs containing...
Governments of all persuasions have tried to lay out some general principles...
'...to encourage the energy companies to offer affordable alternatives such as solar energy instead of fossil fuels.' -- adrian marchant
'...ask the prime minister to bring about an act of parliament.whereby in the near future all housing will have greener alternatives to fossil fuels.eg solar energy,underground heating.offering the public a viable...
It is time a public stand was taken for the family.
The results from work carried out in relation to Kensington High Street...
The current income threshold for WTC to a single person seems to be around £...
Royal Air Force Station Uxbridge is in the London Borough of Hillingdon. In...
More & more people are being diagnosed with Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS) or...
There are few traditions in this country that still convey the true meaning...
The BBC have just shown UK fisherman dumping dead fish because it is illegal...
The Chancellor believes the disks have not fallen into the wrong hands....he...
Our understanding of the human genome is increasing every day. Many...
As many segments of the UK teenage population seem to believe school is both...
In the event that private information about 25million people has been lost...
The Government are hell bent on forcing taxpayers to file returns online,...
In order to provide protection from identity thief as a result of the Child...
'...publicly call on Pakistan's military dictatorship to release Imran Khan and the thousands of other people ( lawyers, human rights activists, judges and opposition party members) illegally held by the military...
Millions of people are having to change their bank details to avoid possible...
The loss of personal personal data in 25 million child benifit records "in...
The Government should make free credit checks available to all those people...
In the US there is more than 1 taser attack per day by police and security...
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Increasing numbers of UK Citizens experience problems whilst using Paypal UK...
Face Mugabe. This government repatriates the most deperate people to this...
Too much change by politicians with little understanding has led to a...
Middlehurst School is a special educational needs school in Stoke-on-Trent....
Andy Priaulx has won the european touring car championship in 2004 then the...
Please introduce rules preventing NHS managers and executives who have...
Better State pensions in the UK and not by means tested, The UK have the...
Many people seem to be having problems with their utility providers or...
The major Pub Cos were investigated by the Office of Fair Trading in 2004/05...
Circuses and other entertainment shows that exploit animals for human...
Stoke-on-Trent high schools are set for massive regeneration with a plan to...
Since the early seventies ‘the Undercroft’ (the sheltered area beneath the...
The original idea of GAMSAT was to provide an aptitude test for Graduates to...
The recent loss of 25 m records, including that of children was a serious...
PIRLS shows that English children are reading less outside of school and that brighter children's performance has dropped since 2001
SPOLIATION ADVISORY PANEL RULE THAT THE OWNER OF THREE PAINTINGS BY SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS, NOW AT THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART IN LONDON, DID NOT LOSE POSSESSION OF THE WORKS BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF THE NAZIS...
Scottish Summary of the International Reading Literacy Study
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has obtained a Civil Recovery Order for £60,000 against two students who sold counterfeit designer Tiffany jewellery and high-value designer handbags on Internet auction...
Milton Keynes is now the largest town in the United Kingdom without city...
There are a number of companies that offer large savings on mobile phone...
As a passionate and proud Welshman, I feel many of our historical hero's are...
State pensions in this country are considerably less generous than in most...
This seems the most humane method to give greys contraceptive rather just...
The London Astoria is one one of many music venues in London, but each and...
• Bosnia is now in its worst political crisis since the Bosnian war ended....
We ask the PM to make sure all hospitals have changing facilities for the...
This petition is set out in order to obtain a guarentee from the British...
David Healy should receive a knighthood for breaking the goal scoring record...
Sign the petition to make wheelchair provision the same accross the UK so...
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is planning on privatising nursery care in...
Currently there is no set standard for PCSO's and we the public undersigned...
the MRSA crisis wasn't as prevelant when nurses uniforms were in house -...
If global climate change is at the heart of the world's problems, then...
The current 'war on drugs' in many countries is an immoral quest which will...
Gordon Brown answered questions on the armed forces, education, alcohol and capital gains tax in his weekly PMQs session.
London house prices experienced a greater fall than any other region in October, according to the latest monthly figures from Land Registry.
Managers of licensed premises may get a reprieve from having to apply and pay for an amended licence if they are only making a slight change to the way their business is run as long as there is no impact on the ...
I strongly disagree with the fact that Over Time worked is also taxed. Tax...
I propose that real ale is taxed at a lower rate to lager and imported beers...
Approve all plans for runways and increases in airpot sizes for all...
We must STOP rainforest destruction for any reason. Rainforests are...
95% of more than 11,000 respondents in a public vote opposed the plan for GM...
Whether or not we question, how and why there is a UK military presence in...
Fishing Discards It has come to my notice that large numbers of fish are...
It has long been established that the health of women improves and that of...
Good news that the government is bidding for bigger cod catch allowances for...
There are approximately 3,500 people killed on the UK roads each year - that...
It now cost £2 if you want to use a bus anywhere in london and greater...
To have the benifits system revised in cases of the general public who would...
Now 76 and happily retired, Derrick has been mine host at the Perseverance,...
Fairport Convention is an institution that has seen many of the UK's finest...
A new training programme designed to help nurses get their patients ready for work following an injury, disability or period of ill-health, is launched today by Lord McKenzie, Minister for Health and Work, and the...
Radical reforms to modernise the tribunals system in England and Wales were set out in a consultation by the Ministry of Justice today.
Knowsley's streets have moved a step closer to benefitting from £32.7million in Private Finance Initiative investment, Transport Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
The first Annual Report on the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regime, published today, highlights substantial progress since Sir Stephen Lander's review of the regime of March 2006.
We propose that Rural Areas are allowed to sell their fuel subject to the...
I propose that central government, local authorities and energy providers...
Allow Children to be Children longer, it seems that Children are going to...
Currently, local authorities will charge to provide white crossover or 'H'...
These days there are much too many adverts broadcasted on daytime television...
Asthma medication is needed by asthma suffers much like diabetes medication...
the content of antenatal classes is out - dated and often ad hoc. The UK has...
why should a child who is brought up in a single parent family do without...
We call upon the Prime Minister to reject the proposed 53 question...
and to consider Jamie Oliver for an award, such as the OBE, for his work in...
After seeing this shocking insight into the terrible condition of care for...
This is to petition our Prime Minister and his cabinet to pressure the...
Despite the law banning docked tails, dogs are still be advertised for sale...
Streatham has three overground stations. one of them could be transformed...
force all office buildings to turn off lights at night. fines could be...
Japan kills more than 1,000 whales a year in the Antarctic and also the...
The average compensation per hour worked of a public sector employee now...
Gordon Brown will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQs session beginning at 12:00 GMT.
Death rates highest for routine workers
Life expectancy continues to rise
Children Looked After Statistics 2006-07 Publication
I am today announcing that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will be rolling out pre-trial witness interviews (PTWIs) throughout England and Wales. The rollout will be completed by April 2008.
The use...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Peter Hain) made the following Statement.
Mental health conditions are now the single biggest cause of both absence from work and...
I attended the EU Education Council to represent the UK on behalf of DCSF and DIUS.
Ministers discussed the following issues:
European Qualifications Framework—Political Agreement
The council...
In the Fourth Cohesion Report, published on 30 May 2007, the European Commission assesses the impact of cohesion policy at community, national and regional levels in the European Union. The report also identifies...
I am announcing today levels of funding to local authorities to support the implementation of ContactPoint and providing an update on the implementation timetable.
Some £40 million will be made...
In the white paper "Planning for a Sustainable Future", published on 21 May 2007, we set out a wide-ranging package of proposals for reform of the planning system.
Planning is critical to protecting the...
I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. My right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for International Development...
The Government's response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report on allergy has been laid before Parliament (Cm 7255). It is available in the Library and on the Department's website at:
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for intellectual property and quality attended the EU Education Council to represent the UK on behalf of DCSF and DIUS.
Ministers...
Today the Government are announcing their timetable for the introduction during 2008 of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007.
From autumn 2008 the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2008 ...
I am today announcing the publication of a consultation document to inform the Strategic Plan for Reducing Re-offending from 2008-11. The consultation period runs from today to 18 February 2008, and the Strategic...
I will attend the second Transport Council of the Portuguese presidency which takes place in Brussels on 29-30 November.
The Council will be asked to agree conclusions on taking forward the Galileo satellite...
Today I am announcing the distribution of a package of funding of more than £4 billion to improve local transport outside London over the remaining three years of the Local Transport Plan period. An...
Mental health conditions are now the single biggest cause of both absence from work and people claiming incapacity benefits. Around 40 per cent. of people currently receiving incapacity benefits are doing so ...
The Government should: - 1. Establish or utilize UK testing sites where...
At present the Home Office are in charge of the CoA system and require a...
We are concerned about Truck Drivers who transport Palletised goods across...
With the current aversion to the use of plastic carriers issued by...
The UK Government must take action to insist that the Serbian authorities...
We the public call upon the Prime Minister to increase defence spending to 5...
we are sick of paying £5 for 20 ciggerettes its an outrage if there was no...
I have no object to the use of the word "partner". However my wife is my "...
British Born Olivia Newton John has for over 35 years plus entertained us...
- new provision to help charities merge goes live
DACLI v. TURKEY - 28888/02 [2007] ECHR 981 (27 November 2007)
O'DOWD v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 34622/04 [2007] ECHR 990 (27 November 2007)
BRECKNELL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 32457/04 [2007] ECHR 989 (27 November 2007)
ZIT COMPANY v. SERBIA - 37343/05 [2007] ECHR 978 (27 November 2007)
SIKA v. SLOVAKIA (No. 4) - 44508/04 [2007] ECHR 991 (27 November 2007)
BARISIK AND ALP v. TURKEY - 29765/02 [2007] ECHR 977 (27 November 2007)
SARKOZI v. HUNGARY - 40354/04 [2007] ECHR 980 (27 November 2007)
REAVEY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 34640/04 [2007] ECHR 985 (27 November 2007)
DZITKOWSKI v. POLAND - 35833/03 [2007] ECHR 993 (27 November 2007)
TURCAN v. MOLDOVA - 10809/06 [2007] ECHR 996 (27 November 2007)
POPOVICI v. MOLDOVA - 289/04 [2007] ECHR 984 (27 November 2007)
KAROLYNE BALOGH v. HUNGARY - 1107/04 [2007] ECHR 979 (27 November 2007)
WOJCICKA-SUROWKA v. POLAND - 33017/03 [2007] ECHR 988 (27 November 2007)
DAVID v. MOLDOVA - 41578/05 [2007] ECHR 987 (27 November 2007)
JOVICEVIC v. SERBIA - 2637/05 [2007] ECHR 998 (27 November 2007)
TIMPUL INFO-MAGAZIN AND ANGHEL v. MOLDOVA - 42864/05 [2007] ECHR 976 (27 November 2007)
MCGRATH v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 34651/04 [2007] ECHR 995 (27 November 2007)
KOLLATH v. HUNGARY - 15509/05 [2007] ECHR 983 (27 November 2007)
MATIA v. SLOVAKIA - 33827/03 [2007] ECHR 992 (27 November 2007)
MCCARTNEY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 34575/04 [2007] ECHR 994 (27 November 2007)
FO & Ors (Service of notice of decision) Nigeria [2007] UKAIT 00093 (26 November 2007)
Hill, Re Application for Judicial Review[2007] NIQB 97 (19 November 2007)
Bradley, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 98 (20 November 2007)
Dax, Re Application for Judicial Review[2007] NIQB 96 (23 November 2007)
Smith & Ors, Re [2007] EWHC 90088 (Costs) (23 October 2007)
The first defendant is head of a large corporate group. I shall refer to it and its group as "B&D". The second defendant ("B&DE") is a subsidiary of B&D.
�������� This is a renewed application by the claimant, heard orally in London on 29 October 2007, for permission to appeal the Order of His Honour Judge Simpson sitting at the Mayor's and City of...
C (A Child) v XYZ County Council & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1206 (23 November 2007)
This is an appeal from an order made on 6 July 2006 by His Honour Judge McKenna sitting in the Birmingham County Court in proceedings brought by the appellant, Miss Sharon James, against Mr Peter Thomas. ...
This is an appeal against the judgment of HHJ Mackie QC, sitting as an additional judge of the Commercial Court, who handed down a judgment on 28 November 2006, now reported at [2007] 1 Lloyds LR 171. The appeal...
The claimant, at that time a sapper in the Royal Engineers and a trained heavy vehicle driver, was grievously injured, and his fellow serviceman in the passenger seat killed, when a convoy in which he was driving...
This case is concerned with the construction of a long term interruptible gas supply agreement (the GSA) entered into between British Gas (BG) and Premier Power Limited (PPL) on 1 April 1992 under which gas was ...