At 11 o' clock yesterday Falmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a signal from a radio beacon alerting them to a yacht 'Brilliance' in distress in the South Atlantic.
The current tax law for redundancy only allows up to £30,000 to be paid tax...
A Manchester-based company which duped timeshare owners into paying fees on the basis that it had identified potential purchasers of their timeshares has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation...
It appears that the EU is interferring with the enjoyment of others again....
SAS doctors and dentists provide around a third of NHS hospital care. We...
How can the Chancellor even consider for one moment increasing the cost of...
Youth poverty in the United Kingdom currently stands at 22.7% of those aged...
Idemand that the Prime minister devolves the counties of Durham,...
being able to tour our capital is being made impossible for young students...
Over recent months the DVLA and Transport for London have been investigating...
The current speed limit is 40MPH within the town limit of this road. This is...
There are an increasing number of reports about children and young people...
Faith schools exist for the purpose of offering parents a choice of a school...
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Yes, our Commission meetings are public meetings. At the moment, the they are split between our head office in Cheltenham and our Whitehall office in London.
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The Commission has referred the convictions of Mr Gerard Hodgins and Mr Danny Morrison for false imprisonment to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
The OFT today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board as non-executive directors and the re-appointment of an existing non-executive director. These appointments have been made under the Enterprise...
Technical Appendix to Mental Health Benchmarking main report.
Under Section 8(1) of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, The Scottish Government has determined that the replacement development planning regulations are not likely to have significant environmental...
Consumer Direct, the government advice service, has added a new reporting function to its website to help in the fight against mass marketed scams.
Adapting to a changing climate The Met Office is hosting a series of workshops to explore the impacts an increasingly warm climate will have on animal and plant health in the decades ahead.
Officially and in theory the human rights of Egyptian Christians are...
At present you can only claim if you are under 25 by having a disability or...
The former RAF Coltishall site appears to have been chosen as a site for a...
There are a few simple and FREE steps the government can take to help free...
Request that the government repsects the sanctity of life from conception to...
To not allow girls under 18 to have an abortion without parents consent. No...
it is my belief that all eu workers cars should pay road duty, there must be...
The proposed low emissions zone and Congestion Charging scheme change to an...
Firstly: 1) Ensure the safety of all displaced persons in the internally...
every day the A453 has traffic at a stand-still for miles - this is NOT good...
'...,along with Central Government, look favourably on a request by Barrow in Furness Borough Council for funding to erect further sea defences to the beach directly in front of our residential chalet park (West...
Hi, Our roads are congested, the environment is suffering, road users are...
Currently in the uk we have a benefits system that rewards people who do not...
250 years ago, Adam Smith said that the cost of collecting a tax should only...
To the Honourable Sir, We the assigned humbly request that you intervene and...
Consumer Affairs Minister Gareth Thomas has today announced three new appointments, and one reappointment, to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Board.
are your meetings open to the public? Are they held at different locations across the country to enable people to attend? If not, this would be beneficial to CRC too - your members could visit...
Thanks for your comment. Yes, our Commission meetings are public meetings. At the moment, the they are split between our head office in Cheltenham and our Whitehall office in London. The Commissioners...
The 7th July Assistance Centre, established after the 2005 London bombings, will continue to provide support to people affected by terror attacks and other major disasters thanks to continued Government funding, ...
Information on the 2008 summer school on school leadership including speakers, venue and costs.
The families of soldiers killed in Iraq want to visit Basra to view the...
The Prime Minister has praised the winners of the Young People of the Year Award (YOPEY) at a special reception held recently at Downing Street.
The Prime Minister has today appointed Franck Petitgas as a Tate Trustee.
Seeks comments on proposed changes to the planning appeal system in Scotland.
Consultation on the proposal to consolidate most of the current legislation on pesticide approval, sale and use into one set of regulations. Also the introduction of record keeping for all professional users of ...
A report detailing an analysis to the public consultation on the implementation of the Section 11 of the homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on evasion of Vehicle Excise Duty in 2007. The key results are as follows:
Figures out today on road tax evasion show that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) collected an estimated 98.5% of all potential revenue from road tax in 2007.
New proposals for the UK's future involvement in an increasingly competitive international space sector were today published in the UK Civil Space Strategy: 2008 - 2012 and beyond.
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Mrs Alison Jayne McKenna to be President of the Charity Tribunal with effect from 1 June 2008.
UCAS figures published today show that applications to universities in England for 2008 are at an all time high. Numbers are up over 7 per cent on this time last year - that is at least 20,700 more applications...