Attached is the concluding statement to the IMF Article IV examination of the UK economy: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/uk_economy/imf_reports/ukecon_imf_articleIV2008.cfm
A 7-person UK medical team backed by the Department for International Development (DFID) is leaving for China to help survivors of the Sichuan earthquake. RedR specialises in providing personnel for disaster response...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a request by the Governing Body of Thamesview School to reduce their admission number for Years 7 to 11 from 180 to 150.
Police Cautions are given by Police to deter "First-time offenders" from...
I am sick and tired of my local council telling me they have better things...
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Our Whitehall Director Crispin Moor made this presentation to the NALC 2008 conference, on the role of parish and town councils in helping...
Our Whitehall Director Crispin Moor made this presentation to the NALC 2008 conference on 20 May, on the role of parish and town councils in helping migrant workers within our rural...
Interfaith issues, relations with China, human rights and the earthquake in Sichuan were on the agenda as the PM met with the Dalai Lama today in Lambeth Palace.
Gordon Brown met with Hamad Bin Jassim, the Qatari Prime Minister in Downing Street today.
New creative learning programme for schools beginning in September 2008
A new research programme which will help the Government to continue to improve public health and reduce health inequalities was launched by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today amended its Travel Advice for Lebanon. We no longer advise against all travel but are now advising against all but essential travel to Lebanon. The travel advice now...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is highlighting the fatal consequences of carbon monoxide gas following the death of a six-year old girl who was poisoned by fumes from a faulty boiler.
Multi-Agency effort results in 34 years behind bars for large scale drug smugglers Five men were sentenced yesterday at Liverpool Crown Court on charges of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs - heroin and cocaine...
Met Office forecasters are predicting a contrast in weather fortunes across the UK this Bank Holiday weekend.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are today issuing a warning to leisure sailors intending to sail to the French coast over the bank holiday weekend as ongoing strike action by French fishermen may affect ports...
Can't child Tax credits be linked to the tax we pay on our pay which would...
I propose that the Prime Minister consult with the relevant departments and...
There still seems to be a 'hard core' of drivers that believe that...
CO-Awareness are becoming increasingly concerned at the growing number of...
PETITION FOR BETTER AWARENESS ABOUT BONE MARROW DONATION ADRIAN Sudbury is...
our justice system is a total joke and laughing stock in its lenient...
All users of motorways/dual carriageways in the UK have spent hours driving...
Due to the lack of funding channels for under 18 year old's wanting to be...
'...confiscate mobile phones off the drivers caught using them while driving.' -- J K Stead
MRSA Action UK and Penwith Older Peoples’ Forum approved the proposal to...
Some people are sent application forms through the post as junk mail for...
For people abroad, the British Council is a gateway to opportunities in the...
this is a busy post office and is used by many elderly people who collect...
Asked for more details concerning the Prime Minister's meeting with the Dalai Lama, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would be meeting the Dalai Lama in his capacity as a spiritual leader tomorrow at Lambeth...
Asked whether the Prime Minister had any other official engagements tomorrow other than meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister would be...
The Prime Minister has seen new hospital matrons in action on hospital wards, exercising new responsibilities and driving the fight against infection.
At present both Wireless Internet and Household Security equipment use the...
The removal of the 10p tax rate has, as we are all aware, brought much...
With crude oil prices being distorted by investors speculating that prices...
Plans outlined by the Prime Minister in his "draft Queen's Speech" include...
I am 17 and do not see my family and do not wish to see them again, yet I am...
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Two years ago the Government’s Affordable Rural Housing Commission (ARHC) launched its report setting out a raft of inter...
Two years ago the Government’s Affordable Rural Housing Commission (ARHC) launched its report setting out a raft of interrelated recommendations for government departments, Regional...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Prime Minister of Qatar and the Dalai Lama.
0.5% three-monthly rise into March
Economy grew by 0.4% in Q1 2008
Defra has today announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended again on Monday 26 May, following the delivery of additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.
When part 31 of the Companies Act 2006 is commenced it will replace the provisions of the Companies Acts 1985 and 1989—and the equivalent Northern Ireland legislation—on restoration of dissolved companies...
The Government are pleased to be able to inform Parliament that the CBI and the TUC have reached an agreement on the way forward regarding equal treatment of agency workers. A copy of the joint declaration they...
The Department will be placing the figures for the United Kingdom's stocks of civil plutonium and uranium as at 31 December 2007 in the Libraries of both Houses. In accordance with our commitment under the "Guidelines...
The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2008, which were laid before Parliament on 15 January, committed the Government for the first time to publishing local authority by local authority...
The supplement to the 2008 report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB) making recommendations on the pay of service medical and dental officers has been published today. Copies of the report are available...
I am pleased to announce that the Ministry of Defence is planning a commemorative event to mark this year's 90th anniversary of the First World War Armistice. It has become clear in recent months that, while ...
My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for intellectual property and quality has tasked the UK Intellectual Property Office with managing and shaping an Intellectual Property system ...
I am announcing that the Claims Management Regulation Annual Review and an Impact Study, a report to the Ministry of Justice, are being published today.
The Annual Review sets out the progress made on claims...
I am today announcing the publication of the consultation document for the South Central franchise. The formal accreditation process for bidders also starts today.
Our overall aim for the new franchise ...
I have asked John Elbourne, former chief executive, Prudential Assurance UK Operations to examine the current arrangements for the engagement of older people and the ability of those arrangements to inform policy...
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Pensions Reform (Mike O'Brien) has made the following Statement.
I have asked John Elbourne, former chief executive, Prudential Assurance UK Operations to ...
Yesterday's news from Ofcom that rural areas have higher takeup of broadband than urban areas is welcome.
But although take-up is higher, there is still a gap between the connection speeds...
The UK Statistics Authority welcomes publication of the House of Commons Treasury Committee report Counting the Population which calls for urgent improvements to the current statistics on migration and population...