Gordon Brown and Education Secretary Ed Balls were joined by a group of schoolchildren and children's writers at 10 Downing Street today for the launch of the National Year of Reading.
Tuesday 8 January - Thursday 10 January
New plans to look at long-term pay settlements for public sector workers will help maintain stability in the economy, the Prime Minister has said.
Gordon Brown has pledged to do everything he can to tackle knife and gun crime in Britain.
Commemoration services to be held this year will mark the contribution made by members of the Armed Forces in operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland.
The economy, public sector pay and crime were top of the agenda at today's PM press conference. We'll have the full transcript and podcast later this afternoon.
Anne McGuire, Minister for Disabled People, will be in 10 Downing Street for a live webchat on 11 January at 12:30 GMT.
The Minister of the Cabinet Office, Ed Miliband, has appointed the first non-executive directors of the new Statistics Board, after consulting Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The first of a new fleet of winter service vehicles for England's motorways and major A roads will be on the road in time for next winter following the award of a £45m four-year framework contract, the...
Asked why the Government felt the need to crackdown on strikes in the Prison Service, the PMS replied that we would have to wait for Jack Straw's statement to the House of Commons later today. original source.
Asked for more detail on how people would be targeted for screening, would there for example be a letter going out to every man over sixty, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister was the Prime Minister, he was ...
Asked if the Prime Minister had a message of support for the new England football manager, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had written to Mr Capello to wish him well. Asked for a copy of the letter, the ...
Asked for more information on the new Chief of Strategy, when did the Prime Minister first meet him, and did he know him well, the PMS replied that the press notice largely spoke for itself. As the Prime Minister...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by informing Lobby that the Prime Minister attended a meeting earlier today held by David Miliband and Douglas Alexander with senior members of the British-Pakistani community...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Pakistan, Chief of Strategy, Fabio Capello, Health and Prison Service
Gordon Brown, accompanied by Chancellor Alistair Darling, will be taking questions from journalists in a Downing Street press conference from 12:00 GMT today.
Ed Balls joined the Prime Minister, children, writers, and reading champions at 10 Downing Street today to launch the National Year of Reading. He called for every employer, school, library, college and local authority...
The second National Planning Framework (NPF2)provides an important vehicle for the national debate about the sort of place we want Scotland to be. It will guide Scotland's spatial development to 2030, setting out...
Reflects the content of the Environmental Report, which in turn describes and evaluates the likely significant environmental effects of the National Planning Framework 2 Discussion Draft.
Professor Sir John Tooke published his report on Modernising Medical Careers "Aspiring to Excellence" on 8 January 2008. This paper focuses on the actions we are taking forward in Scotland.
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement.
The Crown Agents Holding and Realisations Board (CAHRB) was established...
I am today publishing a consultation "Review of 'Call In' Directions" which sets out proposals aimed at reducing the number of planning applications automatically referred to Government for consideration of whether...
Today I am publishing and laying before Parliament a draft of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. The Bill will help to ensure the security of the nation's most important...
With the expiry of the call-out order made last January, I am reporting that a new order has been made under section 54 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 so that reservists may continue to be called out into service...
The Crown Agents Holding and Realisations Board (CAHRB) was established by the Crown Agents Act 1979 to separate the assets and liabilities of the realisation account dealing with the 1974 losses of the unincorporated...
On 19 December 2007, the Ministry of Justice published a Consultation Paper, which sets out proposals to increase court fees paid by public authorities in child care and adoption proceedings to reflect the full...
Ensuring the UK's copyright laws are fit for the digital age is the focus of a consultation launched today by Lord Triesman, Minister for Intellectual Property.
Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd & Ors v Department of Education for Northern Ireland [2007] NIQB 116 (21 December 2007)
L2 and O, Re [2007] NIFam 12 (20 December 2007)
Health And Social Services Trust v PM & Anor [2007] NIFam 13 (21 December 2007)
On 19 December, I handed down the principal judgment in this case. The relevant neutral citation number is [2007] EWHC 3027 (TCC). Following adjustments for VAT and interest, the net result was that the Claimant...
This is an application by the defendant in these proceedings, Visto Corporation, for a stay of a revocation action pending the outcome of EPO opposition proceedings in relation to the patent in suit.
MR JUSTICE MITTING: The claimant is a citizen of Iraq and is now aged 24. He lived in Mosul. He is a Kurd. On 3rd June 2002, he arrived in the United Kingdom illegally and claimed asylum on the following day...
LORD JUSTICE THOMAS: There is before the court an appeal by way of case stated from the decision of District Judge Nicholas Evans, sitting at Westminster Magistrates' Court, on 22 February 2006.
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: This is an application to extend an Interim Order of Conditions on Dr Tate. He has consented to it being extended for another 12 months until 7th December 2008 and I am perfectly happy to ...
On 12 July 2006 Collins J., it seems somewhat reluctantly, granted the Claimant permission to bring Judicial Review proceedings against the Defendant. He said:-
Consultation