Defra has today announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended again on Monday 7 July, following the delivery by Intervet of almost 2 million additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.
The Home Office today announced plans to speed up travel between the UK and the US for trusted people who move regularly between the two countries.
At midday today Stornoway Coastguard received an urgent call for medical assistance from a dive boat off the north coast of the Isle of Skye.
A large proportion of the working population will have criminal records....
New "doorstep selling" regulations to protect people when they buy products and services from traders at home have been approved by Parliament.
Gordon and Sarah Brown have attended a service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the NHS.
The annual inward investment results for 2007-8 showcase another highly successful year for the UK, with a record 1,573 investment projects won in what marks a fifth consecutive year of growth.
Met Office forecasters predict a change in the weather across the UK, including the remaining days at the Wimbledon tennis championships.
In keeping with the NHS Plan, which has one target goal (number 5) to reduce...
As using the car parking spaces opposite the DVLA offices, incures a £120...
There is 1 orthodontic practice for the whole of the Blackpool, Fylde and...
Please stop the closure of the already improving Falmer High school in...
The People of Sandbach were horrified to see CCC's Transforming Learning in...
Pensioners whose state pension includes SERPS and/or inherited SERPS are...
Endometriosis is a condition that should be given more support. The people...
On 30th January 2007 we lost our beloved daughter and friend Jody Smith (17...
EMA is currently assessed only on the household income and this needs to...
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) rules don’t assess ability to walk in a...
Like thousands of disabled people, I am dependent upon a car to get anywhere...
Asked if Lord Malloch-Brown spoke for the Government when he said we were not in favour of Robert Mugabe having even a ceremonial honorary title in any future power-sharing government, the PMS said that Lord Malloch...
Asked about John Hutton's idea for an immediate announcement on fuel prices, the PMS said that both the decision and the timing of any announcement were matters for the Chancellor.Asked about a report being published...
Asked when we would know more details as to how the Government planned to deal with the remaining 1.1 million households who had been affected by the removal of the 10p tax rate, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (...
Asked if the Government was planning to look again at whether under-16 knife crime was counted in statistics as Cherie Boothe had said it should, the PMS replied that on the issue of knife crime statistics, the ...
Asked if the Prime Minister was going to speak to the Russian President about BP, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would be meeting with Mr Medvedev in the margins of the G8 meeting next week. We hoped that...
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Peter Mandelson that the French President was undermining Europe's negotiating position in the world trade talks, and if so had the Prime Minister raised this with President...
Asked if the Government was going to acknowledge that given the difficult economic circumstances this was not the time to penalise those with old cars, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Chancellor...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Vehicle excise duty, Europe, BP and knife crime
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: 10p tax rate, fuel and food prices and miscellaneous
Treading the boards, crafting a short story or performing a show-stopping tune are just some of the ways that nearly 6 million English people participate in the arts, according to new study published today, according...
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge today announced plans to strengthen DCMS engagement in regional policy through a new, simplified and improved way of working.
The EU Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (Scofcah) has voted by qualified majority for changes to the individual recording requirements for sheep and goats.
Movements of fish in and out of a fishery in Kent have been restricted, following the confirmation of Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) Disease.
Debenhams, Marriott and Exemplar Health Care are among the winners of the first annual Local Employment Partnership (LEP) awards, announced yesterday, at the inaugural ceremony hosted by former Apprentice winner...
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, James Purnell has today asked the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to review progress made by the offshore industry in tackling issues identified in its safety report on...
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A £66.4million investment to build 16 new fire stations in the North West was confirmed by Communities and Local Government today.
New immediate measures designed to respond to the impact of the credit crunch on the housing market and maintain the delivery of new affordable housing, were announced today by Housing Minister Caroline Flint.
Responding to the fines imposed against Severn Trent in court (£2 million) and by Ofwat (£35.8 million), the Consumer Council for Water agrees that a clear message needed to be sent to Severn...
Open up King’s Cross Station is the community-led campaign to keep east/west...
According to figures just released, foreign diplomats owe nearly £10m in...
We need to, as a country abolish this attitude of killing to gain respect......
rugby football hoky why not cycling after all its the uks strongest sport...
The Americans treat citizens of their prized partner, UK, as common...
Rushcliffe Borough Council have planned a trial Micro Re-Cycling site for...
Afganistan, Zimbabwe and the NHS were on the agenda at today's PMQs.
Health minister Lord Darzi will take part in a live Downing Street webchat on the NHS on Thursday 3 July at 09:30 BST.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is today publishing a report which identifies the CO2 emissions created by goods and services imported into the UK.
Cocaine with a minimum street value of £40 million has been seized by a Royal Navy warship in the North Atlantic in a major drug bust operation.
This study was undertaken on behalf of the Scottish Government by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), to investigate the use of Circles, which use volunteers to support high risk, high needs...
The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman's second Annual Report has today been published further to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. This Report is laid in Parliament by the Lord Chancellor.
Gordon Brown will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQs session beginning at 12:00 BST.
Gordon Brown has announced a number of changes to the membership of the Business Council for Britain, the group of top business leaders that meets the Prime Minister several times a year.
Membership 26.7m
Farmers, land owners and other countryside users in the North West are backing a Highways Agency safety campaign to promote safer towing and cut down on road accidents and congestion.
The Home Secretary today laid an order that will proscribe Hizballah's entire military wing. If approved by Parliament, this will substitute the existing entry of subscription "Hizballah External Security Organisation...
The largest ever police crackdown on human trafficking resulted in police recovering 167 victims and arresting 528 criminals associated with one of the worst crimes threatening our society.
Index of manufactured exports, quarter 1, 2008
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement.
The Treasury, with the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority, is today ...
Pursuant to my Answer of 2 June to the Question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Official Report col. WA 15), we have continued our search for the records relating to an Answer given to...
I am pleased to inform the House that an Explanatory Memorandum setting out proposals for framework powers in the Planning Bill is available today in the Printed Paper Office and the Library, and on the Wales...
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Yvette Cooper) has made the following Written Statement.
The Treasury will publish the 2007-08 Public Expenditure Provisional Outturn White...
The Treasury will publish the 2007-08 public expenditure provisional outturn White Paper on 15 July.
The White Paper is an annual report to Parliament on the provisional outturn for public expenditure. ...
The Treasury, with the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority is today publishing "Financial Stability and Depositor Protection: further consultation" (Cm 7436). Copies of this document have been laid...
My right hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice, the Member for Lewisham, East (Bridget Prentice) and I wish to make the following statement to the House about the...
The House will recall that on 29 April 2008, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence announced the deployment of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles (2 Rifles) to Kosovo during June as part of our existing...
I am pleased to inform the House that the Department is releasing the final report of the mild Traumatic Brain Injury Project Team established by the Surgeon General in June 2007. A copy will also be placed in...
On 1 July 2007, legislation was implemented in England to make virtually all enclosed work and public places smoke-free. The primary aim of the legislation was to protect workers and the general public from the...
Since the publication of "Towards a Sustainable Transport System" in October 2007, my Department has been engaging with stakeholders on our longer-term transport strategy post-2014.
In this initial phase...
Fritton Woods is an area of land that many people get enjoyment out of...
After Mugabe`s out burst in Egypt, where he stated that "You are idiots"...
Allocated funding for Scotland, which is more per head than that for England...
If you want to ban the building of wind turbines across the united kingdom...
The dangers are obvious, but people still do it, don't they ?
There is no place in a parliamentary democracy with constitutional rights to...
I live in Blackpool and it is a town desperately in need of regeneration. We...
Further to the petition : http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RethinkCCTV/ please...
Isn't it about time that someone looked properly at public spending. Today's...
Dear Mr Brown, please initiate talks with the leaders of the other 'Euro'...
Currently there is an exemption on paying VAT on vehicles when they are...
TYNE & Wear Metro is a public-sector success story, achieving record levels...
As the rules stand, wheelchair users with healthy upper bodies capable of...
For example, if you receive Contribution-Based Jobseeker's Allowance in 2008...
Ofwat today confirmed that it has fined Severn Trent Water £35.8million for deliberately providing false information to Ofwat and for delivering poor service to its customers.
Belfast Coastguard yesterday received calls for medical assistance from two passenger vessels operating between Belfast and Liverpool.
We will succeed in tackling global warming by reducing global emissions, not...
This petition comes on the back of Dwain Chambers' application to overturn...
The Home Office/IND recently published new guidance regarding HSMP...
These people are in the HofC only to keep Gordon Brown in office. They were...
This would cover sexual discrimination actions aswell as racial...
3 year old Tiffany Hirst was found dead in the accomodation above her...
Proposal to update the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Display Screen...
People in China, who practise this particular religion are being arrested,...
Late yesterday evening Brixham Coastguard were informed by Challaborough lifeguards about a family outing consisting of seven people, including a baby of seven months, who were all trapped by the rising tide in ...
Yesterday evening Holyhead Coastguard received a 999 call from a mobile phone concerning a group of three Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) with 20 students and 3 instructors from the National Watersport Centre at Plas...
Yesterday evening Holyhead Coastguard received a 999 call from a mobile phone concerning a group of three Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) with 20 students and 3 instructors from the National Watersport Centre at Plas...
HM The Queen has appointed Robert David Trevor-Jones to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has...