An order allowing sixteen local authorities to license a small or large casino was laid before Parliament today by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. The Minister also confirmed that the Government will not allow a...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on the proposal to vary the admission arrangements for Badshot Lea Village Infant School, Farnham, Surrey, for September 2008.
Even here, on E-Petitions, Transport and Infrastructure is a combined...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the government's Rural Advocate, will be speaking at Yorkshire and Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council’s Landmark Conference.
The...
Crispin Moor, our Whitehall Director, is speaking at this event designed to bring the sector together to:
shape policy development debate key issues network with peers...
Asked if the Prime Minister was worried about the backlash about Manchester not getting the super casino, the PMS said it was best to wait for the announcement from Hazel Blears this afternoon before reaching any...
Asked what the Prime Minister thought about new truancy figures given his policy regarding compulsory education until the age of 18, the PMS replied that his understanding was that overall absence from school was...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to meet with the First Minister today, the PMS said no. original source.
Asked what the Prime Minister would be discussing with the Swedish Prime Minister, the PMS replied that the main things they were likely to discuss would be where we were in terms of live European issues, Kosovo...
Asked if the Prime Minister welcomed the speeded up timetable regarding MPs' expenses, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister thought it was a matter for the House of Commons; he had set out his views on how he...
Asked if there was any explanation for why the numbers of failed asylum seekers had dropped, the PMS replied that what we had also seen, as Liam Byrne had pointed out this morning, was a significant increase in ...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by informing journalists that Cabinet had met for approximately one hour this morning and had been dominated by home affairs. They discussed drugs policy in advance of ...
Gordon Brown welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to Downing Street today where the Scandinavian leader signed up to the Millennium Development Goals "Call to Action" plan.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet, asylum seekers, MPs' expenses, Swedish Prime Minister, First Minister of Scotland, truancy and gambling
Health Minister Ann Keen today announced an extra £7m funding to boost development opportunities for Specialty and Associate Specialist doctors as part of the package of initiatives linked to the approval...
The EC Egg Marketing Standards Regulations: Explanatory Leaflet EMR1
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has begun a new online registration application service.
Measures designed to breathe new life into deprived areas came a step closer today, as Local Government Minister John Healey laid regulations in Parliament to enable the introduction of reforms to empty property...
Manchester's regeneration has been given a multi-million pound boost today alongside the creation of a new ministerial group to support city leaders in bidding for further projects, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears...
The People of Africa continue to suffer from preventable diseases, lack of...
All Councils are in a process of setting targets for Local Area Agreements (...
Citizenship is now taught in schools, so hopefully in the longer term there...
'...Investigate the serious time delays it takes to the S.I.A(Security Industry Authority) to approve a man or woman there licence to work either new application or renewal' -- Marcus Gentles
A sole owner may register his company as a ltd company then if he wishes,...
If a person using an ISA to repay their Mortgage was to become Unemployed or...
I recently purchased 5 concert tickets for me and my friends. On top of the...
in 1977 thousands of armed forces and emergency service personnel were...
The weapons these books describe are not leagal to own so please make the...
Health problems antagonised by intrusive, pulsating low frequency noise,...
schools these days punish a child by making them sit in silence for upto 2...
Natural England welcomes increased protection for water voles and other species following a review by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The additional protection will come into forces on 6th April...
Every household in England and Wales will be given better access to neighbourhood police teams under plans to be rolled out by April, Gordon Brown announced today.
Gordon Brown welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Fedrik Reinfeldt to Downing Street today where the Scandinavian leader signed up to the Millennium Development Goals "Call to Action" plan.
Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgaria and Romania statistics published today
Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgaria and Romania statistics published today
A tracer trial to study the movement of airborne material in the urban environment will be taking place in the London Borough of Westminster shortly.
Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgaria and Romania statistics published today
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has been granted a Property Freezing Order over assets with an estimated net value of £202,500 held by Paul Andrew Newmarsh of Hollyhurst Grove, Solihull, West Midlands...
The Driving Standards Agency is urging all driving test candidates booked to take a test on Friday 29 February to turn up regardless of the threat of strike action by examiners who are members of the Public and ...
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is cracking down on bogus driving instructors who flout the law by illegally teaching learner drivers.
New unitary councils in Cornwall, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire and Wiltshire have now received Parliamentary approval. The new-style unitary councils will pioneer new ways to empower local communities...
Blackpool is to benefit from significant Government support for future regeneration, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears confirmed today.
The Government has today published a new report, which shows that the benefits of regional casinos can be delivered through alternative, but equally effective, projects.
which will in turn reduce the number of deliveries during peak periods,...
I would like the government to consider helping all families with childcare...
Having lost their jobs because of their employers incompetence, many people...
We call on the government to ban the inclusion of artificial colours,...
It appears now that leaflet distributors can sue you for trapping their...
Earlier this week The Songwriters Association of Canada proposed a monthly...
The Secretary of State Ed Balls today congratulated young people, schools, colleges and those offering work-based training as new figures show that the skill level of young people in England has never been higher...
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 28 February 2008 at 10.00 a.m.
Tax administrations in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, the United States of America, and others - all member countries of the OECD's Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) - are...
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited (Thermo) has confirmed that it has completed the sale of two businesses owned by GV Instruments Limited (GVI), which it acquired in 2006.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) today launched the Livestock Markets Roadshow with the first of 80 visits to market towns around England, at Cirencester Market in Gloucestershire.
Animal Health has today launched a free news alert service to help people on the move keep in touch with the latest developments on notifiable animal disease.
Government sets out plans to deliver £170 million investment in talking therapies
Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgaria and Romania statistics published today
Waiting Times, Waiting Lists and Acute Activity - Quarter Ending 31 December 2007
In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint and reduce air travel pollutions...
Given that the majority of U.K. residents wish to see the death penalty...
Students live on very low income with no benefit entitlement, but need to...
John is a tremendous darts player who travels over 140'000 miles a year just...
Persistent absence is falling and overall absence is at a record low, as efforts to turn the tide on poor school attendance continue to show good results, the Government announced today.
Put that reports had talked of a "heated" meeting with the Prime Minister this morning, the PMS replied that he did not recognise that description of the meeting - as we said this morning we thought it was a constructive...
Asked if the casinos announcement would be made tomorrow, the PMS replied that people could expect the casinos announcement tomorrow. Asked if there would be a statement from the Culture Secretary, the PMS replied...
Asked if there were any comments from the Prime Minister's Five News interview on the Speaker, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister was asked about the Speaker, and he said that he...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Speaker of the House, Casinos and Agency Workers
0.5% fall in fourth quarter 2007
The water vole will receive extra protection, Joan Ruddock, Minister for Biodiversity today announced.
it is a disgrace when the town flagpole doesnt even have a flag on it. it...
Wild boar that have been re-introduced into our UK woods are increasingly...
The L.B. of Harrow is one of the worst funded in Harrow. It receives around...
We, the undersigned object to the short listing of the Northern Meeting Park...
to make our roads safer ,compulsary eye tests are necessary for all ages
The retirement age for Recorders, Deputy High Court Judges, Deputy District Judges, and Deputy Masters and Registrars is to be raised from 65 to 70, the Lord Chancellor announced today. Jack Straw has reviewed the...
The OFT has issued High Court proceedings against Foxtons Limited seeking a declaration on the application of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999 (UTCCRs) to certain terms in Foxtons' lettings...
Results of the annual pupil census in publicly funded schools in Scotland.
BERR will be represented by the UK at the Energy Council in Brussels on 28 February.
There are three substantive items on the Council agenda: a policy debate on the key issues surrounding the third internal...
Today the Government have launched "Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing an Ageing Society". This strategy addresses the challenge of ageing, and what it means for housing ...
The 2007 UK Borders Act gave the Government powers to issue identity cards to foreign nationals subject to immigration control. These new cards will confirm both a person's immigration status and their entitlement...
In December last year I updated Parliament on the Government's review of the forum for preventing deaths in custody as one aspect of its continued commitment to bring about real changes and improvements to reduce...
Stock market/Press statement
To protect essential water and sewerage services for consumers and safeguard the future of those services, bills in England and Wales will rise by a little more than inflation this year.
The UK will take part in the global development of secure nuclear energy; Business Secretary John Hutton announced today, as the UK accepts an invitation to join the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).