Gordon Brown has spoken of the growing importance of the UK's relationship with China ahead of his visit to the country later this month.
Gordon Brown has held a roundtable discussion with entrepreneurs and small business owners today to learn more about enterprise culture in Britain.
Commenting on today's attack in Lebanon, Dr Kim Howells MP said;
UK Government in favour of tackling radicalisation by empowering local communities.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today revised its travel advice for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Due to the continuing decrease in violence we are no longer advising against all travel to parts of ...
Councils who lead the way in boosting jobs and opportunities in their areas will be up for an 'Oscars' style award.
The OFT's test case on unauthorised bank default charges has been delayed. The case was due to begin tomorrow at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, but has now been postponed due to the Judge's prior commitments...
Surely just because they have died, it does not make the tremendous work...
Since I have been in schooling from 1995 to the present, I have recognised a...
The collapse of the sub prime mortgage market is another example of banks...
Much as I love motoring and Top Gear, finding Jeremy Clarkson often very...
In my belief HGV's cause the biggest amount of problems on British roads and...
When a decision is made within a Government department and implemented, a...
Two new Aircraft carriers are currently under-construction for the Royal...
Asked for the Prime Minister's views regarding plans, promoted by Wendy Alexander, to support greater powers for Scottish Parliament, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought it was a good thing that the respective...
Put that the Prime Minister wanted pay to stay under the inflation target, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had said that he wanted settlements that were consistent with meeting our inflation target and that...
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the latest friendly fire story, the PMS said that it was best to check with the Ministry of Defence on the exact circumstances surrounding the story and that, until...
Asked what was said at Cabinet regarding Northern Rock, the PMS said that this issue was discussed in the context of a much wider discussion about the economy and the economic situation, lead by the Chancellor. ...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) started by telling the journalists that there were two main items discussed at Cabinet. Firstly, there was a general discussion on the economy led by the Chancellor; this included...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet, Northern Rock, friendly fire story, teacher's pay and Scottish Parliament
The Ministry of Defence has today released details of its project looking into the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on military personnel serving on operations.
New rules to improve the level of compensation awarded to the most severely injured military personnel will come into effect on 8 February, the Ministry of Defence announced today.
SPEECH BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, THE RT HON ALISTAIR DARLING, MP TO THE RSA (ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES & COMMERCE), LONDON WC2
Local Government Minister John Healey today announced £185m support for councils to help them unlock £4.9bn in efficiency savings, improve services and meet the rising expectations of their local...
Transport Secretary, Ruth Kelly, has today published decisions on whether Stansted and Manchester Airports will continue to have their charges regulated by the independent regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority...
Lord Digby Jones, Trade and Investment Minister, leads a delegation of 26 UK automotive companies and organisations to Auto Expo in New Delhi today. The Minister highlighted the crucial timing of this delegation...
Lord Digby Jones, Minister for Trade & Investment, today launched a new initiative to market the UK's advanced engineering capability in India.
A new report which for the first time spells out full details of every single major Indian transport project which British companies can invest in was launched by Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones in...
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has concluded its investigation into police activity around the death of Frank James McDougall, age 46.
To introduce the surcharging of MP's and ministers if projects that they are...
Councils are introducing traffic lights in increasing numbers when other,...
When a councillor is coming up for re-election he should be forced to...
We would urge the Prime Minister, in his dealings with Kenya during the...
Mobile phone companies have a deliberate policy of making the cancellation...
With the Digital Switchover happening in many areas of the UK already, I...
WE would like to partition the Prime Minister to investigate with the Local...
Cannabis is safe to eat but dangerous to smoke keeping Cannabis illegal...
this petition is set up to raise awearness of how important steam engine...
At the moment the clocks are altered around the last week in October and...
calculating the tax due for a person deceased is an unreasonable,...
It is scandalous that companies such as NPower and British Gas can pass on...
'...resign due to gross financial incompetence in running the British economy' -- Alex Wallace
We are taxed so much on fuel and we are told to use our cars less, so that...
The engine should be required to be powerful enough to be used in...
Compulsory redundancies need to be avoided by using voluntary redundancy as...
Currently, when children reach 16 across the United Kingdom they have to pay...
The student fare would provide those in full time further education with the...
HM Revenue have raised tax on memberships at many leisure facilities, due...
To allow health authorities to charge individuals for the use of emergency...
I feel very strongly about the issue of neighbours or any persons causing...
Two years after a general election there should be a referendum on whether...
It is time for a reduction in VAT on Energy Bills, including Petrol at the...
with ever growing tax bill, surely something ought to be done, how about one...
Ron Dennis, CEO of McLaren Racing, has presided over a company that has been...
It seems very Un-constitutional that when the acting PM leaves the post...
The only possible exemptions being Police and other Emergency Services...
Competition in the UK domestic energy market is not working. Most of our...
Bromsgrove District Council have decided to close the Bromsgrove Museum with...
In September 2000, the 189 countries of the United Nations unanimously...
With the recent discussion around the subject of devolution and the very...
Many local authorities now erect signs in the middle of the road which are...
Britain is under siege, with an increasing violent crime rate, whilst...
The use of asthma inhalers containing propellants with CFCs is being phased...
'...To allow those who are obese or smokers to use their national insurance and tax obligations to fund thier own health and pensions insurance, where the government or national health refuse to treat or fund them...
The Prime Minister. for all his faults, is only human and neither he nor his...
The point of restricting the trading hours of large stores on Sundays is to...
Frances Done CBE has been appointed as the Chair of the Youth Justice Board and will take up position from 1 February 2008, the Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and...
A second-time bankrupt who failed to pay debts of more than £45,000, while hiding his assets in secret bank accounts, buying one house in Spain and profiting from rental income on another has been sentenced...
The strongest schools and colleges in the country are being urged to export their formula for success and collaborate with weaker schools to bring standards up to the levels of the best.
The introduction of 'virtual' vouchers to enable some adults to fund their own informal learning is just one proposal being considered as part of a Government consultation launched today.
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Full agenda for visit by Stuart Burgess, our chair and the government's Rural Advocate, to Devon, to investigate financial inclusion...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting Devon to investigate issues of financial inclusion in rural areas.
Stuart will meet with local people...
The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon Nicholas John Gorrod Blake QC, on his appointment as a Justice of the High Court.
The Queen has approved that The Right Honourable George Reid be appointed as Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2008.
The project provides a comprehensive overview of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide, suicidal behaviour and ideation, in both key risk groups and the general population.
The Scottish Government has a vision for food in Scotland. We want to see everyone healthier, wealthier and smarter, with production making communities stronger, and consumption respecting the local and global ...
Dec: CPI at 2.1%, RPI down to 4.0%
The British Holiday & Home Parks Association and the National Caravan Council have agreed with the OFT, to offer fairer terms and conditions to consumers buying holiday caravans sited on holiday parks.
Children, Schools and Families Secretary, Ed Balls, today announced that he accepts the three-year pay recommendations of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) for a 2.45 per cent pay rise for teachers from September...
Leaflet detailing small business bonus scheme
The Scotish Government has a vision for food in Scotland. We want to see everyone healthier, wealthier and smarter with production making communities stronger and consumption respecting the local and global environment...
To assist further consideration of the National Insurance Contributions Bill, which was introduced to the House of Commons on 12 November, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is today publishing draft regulations...
The Government are today announcing the allocation of an additional £11.5 million to the Disabled Facilities Grant programme for 2007-08. The programme has proved to be highly successful with funding...
The Harrier GR9 and the Tornado GR4 are both currently providing invaluable support to our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have signed two contracts on 21 December 2007, appointing BAES as the Prime Contractor...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with the agreement of HM Treasury, has determined that it would be in the best interests of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...
Last February we sponsored the 5th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, enabling the event to be held in England for the first time, with a successful conference at the University of Lincoln. The <...
A new campaign launched today (15 January 2008) by Communities and Local Government is delivering the stark message to 'Pull Your Finger Out' and check your smoke alarm. Although 80% of homes in England have a smoke...
Transport Secretary, Ruth Kelly, has today published decisions on whether Stansted and Manchester Airports will continue to have their charges regulated by the independent regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority...
At a quarter to one this morning, the general cargo vessel `Ice Prince' sank in very rough weather approximately 26 miles south south east of the Portland Bill. (50 09.9N 002 02.08W)
At 20.38 this evening the car carrier City Of Sunderland was successfully refloated with the assistance of two tugs; the Svitzer Trimley from Harwich and the Grey Test from Felixstowe.
It's too damn expensive - even for a parish councillor - so how is it supposed to inclusive and representative?
Thank you for this message. We have tried to reduce all possible costs to those interested in attaneding our launch event. We have selected two venues in two different locations to try...
The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, has today published (Tuesday, 15 January 2008) a Special Report critical of the Legal Complaints Service's (LCS) handling of Coal Health Compensation...