The Prime Minister has announced a number of changes to Government positions following the resignation of Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain.
The Competition Commission (CC) has today published a report looking back at four of its past inquiries dating from 2000 to 2002.
The Queen is pleased to approve the following appointments following the resignation of the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP.
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos is a unique event. No other occasion brings together so many of the world's leaders from all fields. For over three decades now, these meetings have provided...
Councils who back plans for new homes will be able to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to spend on vital infrastructure like roads, schools, parks and health centres.
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ADJUDICATOR PUBLISHES DECISION ON A MODIFICATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF PROPOSALS TO DISCONTINUE DANESMOOR INFANT SCHOOL, CLAY CROSS INFANT SCHOOL AND CLAY CROSS JUNIOR SCHOOL AND TO ESTABLISH A NEW COMMUNITY...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by St Paul's C of E Infant School to the admission arrangements of Waverley Abbey C of E School.
Gas, electricity and water is a basic right which we should all be entitled...
Keep future generating stations (including nuclear), British owned. We're...
We believe that this man has done everything, and given everything to our...
Under the DPA any organisation that holds data on people have to release...
All political parties should be required to donate 50% of their campaign...
Car hire companies employ immoral tactics to cheat customers. Return a car...
In some cases, adoption is not in the best interests of the adopted person....
The Statutory Off-Road Notification which is part of the Continuous Vehicle...
External internet access to their management information system (MIS) should...
In 1982, in a short-sighted cost-cutting effort, the then transport minister...
On the debate about funding for the political parties, lets clear all the...
As EVERYONE in this country knows we are currently facing a housing crisis....
'...ensure that if a Bin Tax be introduced EVERYONE should pay including MPs' -- W.J.W Hanington
help carers like me who have £50 above the living allowance and therefore...
Membership of the EU costs the taxpayer billions yet the British government...
Funding for PCTs and local authorities is based on the census. This is...
People like myself have an extremely hard job caring for more than one...
Following the decision not to backdate the police pay rise, MPs are about to...
Currently, there is a postcode lottery over access to treatment of gender...
these CFL bulbs are filled with mercury vapour, which is extremely hazardous...
Please ensure that under proposed Coroner's Reform 'pre-hearing' review...
The immigration system in this country is not easy for skilled workers....
We take our hospitals, schools, food and water for granted here and we would...
The government is activating plans to unilaterally change the GP contract...
Miss Sarah Kennedy has for 15 years been boardcasting on Radio 2 on the Dawn...
Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that violent crime was still rising, the PMS replied that the crime figures this morning had shown that total recorded crime was down by 10%; domestic burglary was down...
Asked if the Government had any idea of the cost of the Northern Rock securitisation bid, the PMS said that the Treasury and the Chancellor had been answering questions on this and there was nothing more to add ...
Asked if the Prime Minister was happy that initial proposals on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) had had to be altered, the PMS said that he did not want to say anything ahead of the Chancellor's statement to the House of...
Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right that Ken Livingstone should use his position to campaign against Sir Trevor Phillips, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had answered a question on this in the...
Asked if it was still the policy that at some stage after an official review there would be a referendum, the PMS replied that whatever previous commitments had been made on this, remained the commitments; the report...
Asked for the Prime Minister's view on the Severn Estuary tidal barrage, the PMS said that the Prime Minister supported the Government's position on this subject. original source.
Asked if the Prime Minister would be saying anything about MPs' pay, the PMS replied that we were not expecting the Prime Minister to speak about this subject today.Asked if the Prime Minister had any message regarding...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be saying anything about 42 days detention, the PMS said that we were not anticipating the Prime Minister saying anything today, but the Home Secretary had been out and about speaking...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be taking part in the vote on police pay, the PMS replied yes.Asked if a vote was expected and if so what the timing would be, the PMS replied that the expectation was that there...
Asked what official advice the Home Secretary had been referring to when she spoke of people not walking in areas they did not know after midnight, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that it was best to...
The Prime Minister has exchanged letters with Peter Hain following the Secretary of State's decision to resign from the Government.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Home Secretary, police pay, 41 days detention, MP's pay, Severn Estuary tidal barrage, review of voting systems, Ken Livingstone, capital gains tax, Northern Rock...
Tough new measures to protect the public from terrorism were introduced today as the Home Office published the Counter Terrorism Bill 2008.
Spring Budget Revision 2007-08
A literature review of recycling policies across 13 international jurisdictions, drawing out the salient comparative aspects of waste strategies that have achieved the highest recycling rates, for Scotland to learn...
A Yorkshire-based company that marketed a business opportunity involving the provision of legal documents, such as wills, to members of the public has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by...
Local authorities in England will benefit from a £2.7bn increase in funding from central government next year, Local Government Minister John Healey confirmed today.
The popularity of car sharing was highlighted by new research unveiled today by Transport Minister Rosie Winterton.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed its independent investigation into the death of Marek Krzysztof Pasich at Luton Airport on 17 January 2007.
UK citizens living in Spain are required to pay for ALL medical treatment...
Around 3 months ago, my wife came home in a brand new (57) company car; a...
For to long now sentences have proved unacceptable to the vast majority of...
The creation of an award carrying with it a financial bursary to each and...
Today, 9/1/2008, was a watershed for me and for many, in that I am so deeply...
Families who have lost a loved one to criminal activity overseas can wait...
We ask for a legal detail to be changed, which currently hinders the use of...
It is unacceptable for any religion to be taught as a factual and truthful...
During rush hour accidents occur on motorways as Lorries try to overtake...
Julie Lake was arrested after trying to stop the desecration of a war...
I saw a homeless man asleep under the subway on my way to work the other...
Public sector workers spend more effort ensuring that targets are met than...
Charles Darwin is a truly remarkable scientist. His research into, and...
It seems pretty simple logic to me that if you had not been missold an...
Braintree District Council have banned Gt Notley FC from playing on the...
WE don`t want terminal six to get built as planes polute the inviorment And...
There has been so many cases of parental abuse to children in the UK gone un...
restrict young drivers to 1000cc and 50 bhp for two years,once they have...
Energy will be one of the greatest challenges facing the UK in the 21st...
The old and the disabled in Lincolnshire NEED their rural post office cum...
Christopher Standen, inventor of the vehicle emission diverter recognised...
As reenactors and collectors we find that our rights as responsible...
Lately in my area there have been a couple of teenagers who act very...
Following the announcement of the Governments intention facilitate the...
With the Government policy of sanctioning ever more house building on our...
Everybody is aware of the ill effects Mercury has on life, be it Human life...
Since the high winds brought down some lamp posts on the Westway [the...
Education for people aged 19+ is quite expensive for anybody, regrdless of...
It has been suggested that the current Green Belt around Nottingham be...
Authors, publishers and record companies don't get a cent from the second-...
Due to many people living in an estimated 3.5 million homes with boilers and...
On the fifth anniversary of Lundy - England's only Marine Nature Reserve and 'No Take Zone' - Natural England has published the views of national and international marine experts and scientists who believe that...
We must consider the potential negative effect the harnessing of energy from the tidal range of the Severn Estuary may have on both the environment as a whole and on one of the most important conservation sites ...
Ministers want lessons to be more exciting for budding scientists
Inspectorate of Prosecution Report on Complaints Against the Police
Let the prime minister show he is committed to cleaning up and restoring...
Proposals to increase the reach of the Disabled Parking (Blue Badge) scheme to more people who need it and make it easier to take action against those who steal, forge or fraudulently use a Blue Badge have today...
Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan today announced the 25 local authorities that will begin the Targeted Mental Health in Schools project.
Asked if there was going to be an announcement on Capital Gains Tax tomorrow, the PMS said that people should check with the Treasury. Asked if there was a feeling that there was going to be a change in the terrorism...
Asked why the Government was backtracking on ID cards and was it because of the data losses of recent months, the PMS replied that he did not accept the premise of the question. The position remains as set out in...
Asked for more information on the departure of Tom Scholar and the arrival of Jeremy Heywood, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that when Mr Scholar came back from Washington in June, ...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Downing Street Appointments, ID cards and misc
Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron last night highlighted the vital role played by technology in making public services more efficient and accessible.
Currently without the landowners concent it is illegal to wild camp on the...
We used to be a God-fearing nation that has and still does enjoy the...
cloned animals have a higher rate of death and disease and malformations...
More and more employers are recruiting temporary workers rather than...
As the standards of the GCSE seems to be forever slipping can we use the...
Anyone can suffer an accident at any time. Survival rates are improved for...
The BBC has introduced an internet service called iPlayer. This allows UK-...
there are many good tenants but occasionally you come across a tenant who...
Crime in England and Wales remains stable according to the British Crime Survey (BCS) and has fallen by nine per cent according to the police recorded crime statistics, published in the quarterly update today.
The Government has today published a review of voting systems which examines the experiences of the different forms of elections introduced over the last ten years in the UK.
New guidance for business on the definition of a "package" holiday has been published today.
I am publishing today the Government's plans for developing a strategy to increase renewable energy use in the UK.
The European Commission today published its proposal for a directive on renewable energy...
Since taking office in June, my ministerial team has been working with Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff, other Whitehall Departments and other stakeholders to bring a sharper and more strategic focus to ...
I am placing in the library a copy of a letter sent to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee in response to the report from the Committee published on 22 November 2007 in relation to the Human ...
The Lord Chief Justice and I are today issuing the following joint statement:
We have been exploring the most appropriate arrangements for the future operation of HMCS following the creation of the Ministry...
I announced in my written ministerial statement on Wednesday 16 January 2008, Official Report, column 32WS, volume 470, that the Prime Minister had asked Sir John Baker CBE to undertake a review of the mechanism...
23 Jan - British social attitudes: the 24th report
23 Jan - Children's centres and extended schools - Ofsted report
We the undersigned would like the prime minister to award SHARON OSBOURNE an...
For the past 8 years, Harry Potter has brought a wonderful world of magic to...
Creating a world-class NHS which prevents illness as well as improves quality of care, moved a step closer today as NHS staff, patients and members of the public came together to discuss emerging themes from the...
Business Minister Stephen Timms will today commit to helping businesses make the most of opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Speaking at an event in Leicester, Mr Timms will ...
Business Minister Stephen Timms will today commit to helping businesses in the East Midlands make the most of opportunities arising from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Speaking at an event in Leicester, ...