The challenge of climate change is one of the key issues being addressed during the visit to the UK of the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist. Today, in London, the Governor and Foreign and Commonwealth Office...

'Mixed picture' on appointment of women says First Commissioner

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Bath and North East Somerset Council to the admission arrangements of Beechen Cliff School for September 2009/10. The Council objected...

Newspapers and other media can now access court registers containing the outcome of criminal cases and details of upcoming court cases free of charge, Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw announced today.

Asked why there had been talk of the Home Secretary performing a "u-turn" on knife criminals attending A&E, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Home Secretary had made the position quite clear...

Asked if the Prime Minister had expressed a view to his Cabinet colleagues that holidaying at home was a good idea this year, the PMS replied that he had not heard the Prime Minister express that view. original...

Asked to comment on the piece in the Times about businesses giving unions a bigger role in public sector contracts, the PMS replied that the issue in relation to this story was that what was being published this...

Put that the Prime Minister was seeing the President of Nigeria this week, and asked about the Prime Minister's comments yesterday on offers of help and the need for urgency, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister...

Asked what the Action Plan for Youth Crime was all about, the PMS replied that the Action Plan for Youth Crime broadened out some of the measures relating to youth crime beyond the knife measures that were primarily...

Asked if the jump in inflation was discussed at Cabinet, the PMS replied that this was mentioned by Alistair Darling. The overall message was that we were seeing global increases in inflation at the moment that ...

The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a readout from this morning's Cabinet. There was the usual update on parliamentary business from Geoff Hoon; there was a discussion led by Des Browne on the command...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Knife crime

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet, economy, Youth Crime Action Plan, Nigeria, unions and misc

Sport can be a powerful diversion away from street crime, the PM said today as he leant his support to Choice FM's Peace on the Streets campaign.

This morning the Government in partnership with the CBI, Business Services Association (BSA), TUC, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) & National Council for Voluntary Organisations...

Movements of fish in and out of two fisheries, in Derbyshire and Somerset, have been restricted following the confirmation of the serious viral fish disease, Koi Herpesvirus Disease.

Getting young people off the streets late at night, intensive support for the most problematic families and tougher, more visible Community Payback sentences for young people were announced today by Home Secretary...

A new approach to purchasing the Armed Forces' missiles took a step forward today with the launch of an Assessment Phase with Team Complex Weapons - an innovative partnering of industry and MoD - announced by Baroness...

The Ministry of Defence has today accepted an invitation from the Society for British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) to join its 'Twenty First Century Supply Chains' or 'SC21' programme. The signing ceremony, which ...

This Policy Statement sets out the interactions between Scotland's implementation of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and other major policies.

A major national search to recruit Black male role models gets underway today as Communities Secretary Hazel Blears calls for motivational Black and mixed heritage men to take a lead in inspiring the next generation...

The personal accounts delivery authority has today (15 July) published a summary of the responses to its consultation on possible charging structures for personal accounts.

The Driving Standards Agency is urging all driving test candidates booked to take a test on Wednesday 16 July to turn up regardless of the threat of strike action by examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial...

Plans for a sustainable social and economic renaissance in the North East were set out today by Communities Minister Baroness Andrews.

Natural England has announced the membership of a new Stakeholder Working Group on Unrecorded Rights of Way.

Gordon Brown has visited a project where young offenders who have received community sentences can learn new skills, and turn their lives around.

June: CPI up to 3.8%, RPI up to 4.6%

This release provides new estimates of financial year outturn for some key public expenditure series that are compiled and published by HM Treasury as National Statistics. Updates are provided for 2007-08 and ...

Consultation on future management of risks from P Ramorum and P Kernoviae

Leaflet giving short summary of the consultation and key information.

New laws coming into force today will give homeowners and 'have-a-go-heroes' defending themselves greater confidence, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said today.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has approved the introduction of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for prison officers.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is reminding holiday makers and boat users to look very carefully at their plans and precautions in advance of a strike called by the Public and Commercial Services Union...

Defra, the Forestry Commission and the Welsh Assembly Government today (15 July) launched a joint consultation on the future management of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae.

London's Child Poverty Ministers Stephen Timms, Beverley Hughes and Jane Kennedy are calling today for organisations across the Capital to recognise their role in tackling child poverty and to pledge to do more.

The OFT has obtained assurances from a Hong Kong based company that it will no longer market its 'fat burning' Accu-Slim Beads in the UK. Global DM Licensing sent mailings to UK consumers, under the name The AccuSlim...

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