Asked what the likely position would be if as expected the House of Lords threw out 42 days, the PMS replied that he was not going to get into hypotheticals. As the Prime Minister said this morning, the House ...

Asked for details on the conference the Prime Minister referred to in his speech this morning, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister s view was that it would be a good idea for world...

Asked whether 42 days had been discussed at Cabinet, the PMS said there was a brief update from Jacqui Smith on the progress of the Counter-Terrorism bill. Asked whether Lord Mandelson had been present at Cabinet...

Asked for more detail on what the Prime Minister would like to achieve at the European Council meeting, the PMS replied that as we had said yesterday, the agenda included a discussion of what countries were doing...

Asked if the Cabinet had discussed how high unemployment was expected to rise, the PMS said that the Cabinet did not have a detailed discussion on unemployment. Asked if there was any mention of spending cuts or...

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a short account of Cabinet. There was a presentation by the Chancellor on the measures the Government had taken in recent days to stabilise the financial markets...

Briefing from the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Economy and pre-charge detention

Economy

Asked for details on the conference the Prime Minister referred to in his speech this morning, the Prime Minister...

The Prime Minister has hosted the Number 10 launch of the Eliasch Review into deforestation.

Accompanied by report author Johan Eliasch, Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, Development Secretary Douglas...

The Prime Minister has hosted the Number 10 launch of the Eliasch Review into deforestation.

Accompanied by report author Johan Eliasch, Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, Development Secretary Douglas...

Gordon Brown has hailed an NHS announcement that more than half of all GPs are now offering evening and weekend access to patients.

In a Downing Street statement, the PM said that he hoped to see “...

Briefing from the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Cabinet, financial situation and European Council

Cabinet

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a short account of Cabinet. There was a presentation...

Issues Statement   

All care home residents will get help with the switch to digital TV following changes to the Switchover Help Scheme announced by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today.   

The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) succeeded in testing over 12,000 samples for avian flu in just a 15 day period. This and other achievements are detailed in the VLA's Annual Review for 2007/08, published...

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:   

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:   

A new £5 million research programme which is intended to lead to an increase in service quality and patient safety through better ways of planning and providing health services was announced today by Public...

Over 50 percent of GP surgeries are now offering patients extended opening hours, the Department of Health announced today.   

The appointment of two National Clinical Directors for Pharmacy was announced today by the Department of Health. Their appointment fulfils the commitment made in the Pharmacy White Paper to ensure that the proposed...

The Government have introduced Photo Driving Licences and imposed a...

The same as the United Arab Emirates we can give one year residence Visa to...

Northern Rock may now be one of the safest banks, (because it has been...

With the Football Association selling the rights to screen big tournament...

This great man has been an ambassador for this country for decades, he has...

To petition the Government to nationalise all student debt. We note that...

IceSave depositors did so with their eyes open and they did it because they...

The Campaign for Free Public Transport demands an expanded public transport...

The government is planning to store every text message and email sent in...

Anyone who is proud of our fight in Iraq and Afganistan,to fight for our...

In the public interest, is it not possible for the UK governeent to use its...

The current unprecedented world financial crisis has caught almost everybody...

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The British public need...

I hearby propose that the prime minister should propose to the goverment...

Commenting on the sentencing of those responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Christopher Howes, FCO Minister Bill Rammell said:   

To gain a full understanding of what it is like to be a member of HM Armed...

I am getting fed up with asking for SOAP to wash my hands with after using...

Ministerial responsibilities at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) were announced today.   

A new joint rapid response unit has been set up and is in operation, ready to deploy finance experts to local authorities who need assistance following the failures of Icelandic banks.   

A new joint rapid response unit has been set up and is in operation, ready to deploy finance experts to local authorities who need assistance following the failures of Icelandic banks.   

A new joint rapid response unit has been set up and is in operation, ready to deploy finance experts to local authorities who need assistance following the failures of Icelandic banks.   

Now that as a nation we have bailed out the banks with a massive 400bn...

Wholesale gas and electricity prices have been falling for months. Energy...

The treasury owns the intellectual property (IP) of many pieces of software...

We would like a national holiday to be devoted to improving relationships in...

Capital Secure Fixed Growth Plan ISA bought through NDF, a British Company...

Invest our 50 billion into a NEW BANK free from the debts and the people...

Share the bank rescue money to amongst the people rather than the back...

Parents have been helping their children through sixth-form education...

In response to another petition posted on this site asking that water bill...

I know a 14 year old girl who has been fostered and knows she has brothers...

Supporting the home buyer by reinstating the payment of mortgage intrest...

Speak to the Oil companies within the UK to reduce petrol and diesel prices...

education from primary school upwards on the dangers posed by pedophiles and...

You go out for a quiet pint, and the place is like a creche. Anklebiters...

If the V A T was removed it would help to keep the prices more stable.This...

The Department for Communities and Local Government has ignored the very...

We already have our fair share of prisons in Warrington. This one is...

There are a large number of polish registered vehicles I see in the town...

Even with improving technology each new child brought into the world...

The government has plans to create so called poly clinics in very primary...

The Rt Honourable Gordon Brown, PC, MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street...

Current UK government policy deliberately restricts access to almost all...

I heard a fantastic idea on the radio this morning: Rather than pay tax-...

Obtain full compensation for British citizens' savings stolen by the...

Temporary and contract workers provide a crucial contribution to the...

The FSA is there to regulate and protect British consumers. Why then did it...

On the 6/10/08 ex Plymouth goalkeeper Luke McCormick was sentenced to 7yrs...

Group tables encourage talking in class , which in turn hinders...

Community vandalism by authorities such as PCT's, County Councils and other...

The Bradford and Bingley Bank building in the centre of Bingley is an...

There are some companies that charge customers a 'card paying fee' or '...

At present men and women above State Pension age are not entitled to...

Short Selling is the practice of selling shares that one does not own in...

HM the Queen has appointed David Euan Barron Grant to be a Specialist Circuit Judge and a Judge of the Technology and Construction Court on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. ...

HM the Queen has appointed Nicholas John Wikeley to be a Social Security and Child Support Commissioner on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, with effect from 29 October 2008. &...

This is a real landmark. I believe that we should be more bold and allow rural indigenous people to re-establish indigenous vernacular rural housing with low embodied energy local natural resources. the...

My mother and father dreamt about living in the country side when they retired, but when this became a reality they simply didnt enjoy the life as the community was so "down" plus the cost ...

Thanks Steve, hopefully these proposals will allow communities to be more involved with the decision making that can help them to become more sustainable, both environmentally and in a wider sense.

The international community should enable rainforest countries to halve deforestation by 2020 and make the global forest sector 'carbon neutral' by 2030. This is the recommendation of an independent report...

The Government will be the rock of stability amid the global financial turbulence, Gordon Brown said following the injection of 37 billion into Britain s troubled banks.

Addressing journalists at a ...

Sept: CPI up to 5.2%, RPI up to 5.0%

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement.

On 8 October 2008 I announced that, by order (the Transfer of Rights and Liabilities...

I am pleased to announce that the Government have written to the Low Pay Commission setting out the non-economic evidence on the national minimum wage. The evidence addresses enforcement, publicity and awareness...

On 8 October 2008, I announced that by order (The Transfer of Rights and Liabilities to ING Order 2008 No 2666) under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, the retail deposit business of two Icelandic banks...

Today I would like to update the House on progress with our 14-19 education reforms, and the next steps in realising our ambition that all young people should participate and achieve in learning until at least...

I am very pleased to announce that the Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to the Inteq Consortium for the redevelopment of, and provision of services to, the Basil Hill site in Corsham, Wiltshire. The...

Further to the announcement that my predecessor made on 22 May 2008, I am pleased to be able to provide further details of the Ministry of Defence's plans to mark this year's 90th anniversary of the Great War...

The House will be aware that the Ministry of Defence is investigating the disappearance of a computer hard drive from the premises of a contractor, EDS, at Hook. This incident has happened in part as a result...

I have set the Government Decontamination Service (GDS) the following remit. This updates and replaces the remit originally set for the GDS when the agency was established in 2005. It provides a clearer and more...

I recently announced a series of changes to ministerial responsibilities. I have today placed in the Library of the House the Cabinet Office paper "Machinery of Government: economy, business, climate change, ...

Banks are now in the position where it matters not how they perform, the...

I believe that Child Benefit should be available to those who really need it...

it is our understanding that the 50 Billion Pound hand out of tax payers...

we would like it to be hard for people who do burglarys.make tougher...

Having been prepared to effectively secure the deposits of those depositors...

The United Kingdom and Iceland, though we have had our differences in the...

Protect funds held in personal pension plans for those of us who are not...

hello my name is Amy Cooper and i'm a care assistant, working in a nursing...

The country's productivity is reduced by people having to miss work to see...

We, the undersigned fully support the Government's commitment to the...

In the US there is a show, in which predators who want sex from children are...

its not legalize its legalise its not center its centre, even Gov.uk website...

EMA is a necessary benefit, which aims to help students from low income...

Roads and pavements in Surrey are a disgrace to a post millenium, first...

Dear All, it isn't just that sixteen to seventeen yr olds have been stripped...

People moving home are being charged a 125 reconnection fee by BT and...

BRITAIN'S favourite free tourist attraction is to break with a century of...

There is once again a movement to remove the limited rights (under the...

The banking crisis is, apparently being caused by banks not wanting to lend...

While it is acceptable to encourage those young people to further their...

energy providers are increasing there prices and the government need to step...

Prosecutors (in particular) should not get away with hyping up their case...

The Basel 2 accounting rules are bringing down the world's banks and putting...

The coastline of our nation should be open and free to access for the public...

Those who break the laws/rules/conditions of any other Act of Parliament...

It isn't fair that bus passes for disabled people are subject to the same...

I think that mums and/or dad's who choose to stay at home to raise their...

Due to the poor performance and inefficiency of the majority of public...

In order to qualify for service married quarters you either need to be...

There appears to be a new anti-liberal coallition of feminists and religious...

'...update the smoking legislation to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places' -- Janet Death

Having been involved in a situation where there is blame to be established,...

Recently a lady I knew fell to her death from a multi-storey car park in our...

Why should UK citizens be penalised for so called green taxes, when our EU...

Lets face it, de-regulation of buses HAS NOT WORKED. In some cities, one...

Reasons why we need subsidised travel... 1-Buses in Devon are ridiculously...

Create a National Rescue Bank to receive deposits offering attractive...

Fritton Woods is an area of woodland just outside of Great Yarmouth. It is...