The Prime Minister has welcomed moves from a number of countries to close tax loopholes.
Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Andorra and Lichtenstein have all reached agreement with the Organisation for...
The results of a pilot programme to introduce a new system of self-assessment and peer review for directly sponsored museums were published today by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
This consultation started on 6th March 2009 and ends on 29th May 2009.
Introduction
The Food Standard Agency welcomes your comments on the attached draft Food Labelling (Nutrition Declarations) (...
This consultation started on 6th March 2009 and ends on 29th May 2009.
Introduction
The Food Standard Agency welcomes your comments on the draft Food Labelling (Nutrition Declarations) (Northern...
This consultation started on 12th March 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.
A third public consultation on the draft UK Regulations runs...
I would like the govt to abolish the Manslaughter charge on children under...
We the undersigned petition the prime minister to help the vast number of...
Now that the Ownership of majority share holding in RBS, Lloyd s TSB and...
Acorns childrens hospice is a hospice that give vital support and care for...
this petition is to make all absent parents not just fathers to pay child...
Its time we got off the means testing band wagon and really looked at what...
The use of contaminated blood products has had a devastating effect on many...
Baroness Sue Campbell CBE has been reappointed as the chair of UK Sport, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham announced today.
Minimum energy efficiency standards for industrial electric motors have been unanimously agreed by the European Commission.
The government should oppose all calls to support the Car industry except...
After declaring my car off road i kept it on private property, when i needed...
An eco-town at Whitehill-Bordon fails the Government s criteria. It would...
If household and fuel bills continue to rise whilst pay rises are frozen,all...
Should the government be on the minimum wage like the rest of us. The PM...
1 in 100 people in the UK has coeliac disease but only 1 in 8 of these...
The PAF is a database which contains the address and postcode of every...
Too many vessels (all nationalities) are fishing too close to shore and...
Legislation required to ensure that all users of motorised vehicles have...
With car park charges, people are thinking twice to go and park their for...
The Government today invited views on the role a 'digital rights agency' should play in protecting and promoting the legal use of copyright content online, and how industry, consumer groups and government...
A programme to renovate colleges across England has created and is supporting over 10,000 jobs, Skills Secretary John Denham announced today.
Two new e-learning packages to help agents and taxpayers understand the new framework for compliance checks and penalties that come into effect in April, are now available.
Two new e-learning packages to help agents and taxpayers understand the new framework for compliance checks and penalties that come into effect in April, are now available.
Put that Lord Mandelson had said that the Bank of England and the Treasury had not acted quickly enough to help the car industry, the PMS said that Lord Mandelson had made clear that discussions were making progress...
Asked what steps were being taken to find the missing 300lb bomb, the PMS said that stories like this would appear throughout times such as the ones we were experiencing at the moment but we would not comment on...
Asked about the Gateway to Global Growth, the PMS said that UK Trade and Investment was introducing a new programme called Gateway to Global Help, which was a programme of support for small and medium sized enterprises...
Asked if the Prime Minister thought Sir Fred Goodwin should keep his knighthood, the PMS said that our focus was on looking at the legal underpinning of Fred Goodwin s pension arrangements. Asked if the Prime Minister...
Asked what the difference was between the register of members interests and the register of ministers interests, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the register of ministers interests related to ...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Ministers’ interests, Sir Fred Goodwin, Gateway to Global Growth, Northern Ireland and misc
Ministers’ InterestsAsked what the difference was...
A team of intrepid celebrities who scaled Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief have been welcomed to Downing Street.
Gordon Brown hosted a special reception for the nine stars on Thursday evening following...
A panel of experts is to carry out an evidence review to determine whether women under the age of 25 should be routinely screened for cervical cancer, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today.
The list of successful bidders for the Express LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) framework, which will reduce the time and cost in appointing LIFT partners for Primary Care Trusts and local authorities, has...
Iraqi Air Force officer Lieutenant Ali Kareem aged 21, graduates from Royal Air Force College Cranwell on Friday 13th March 2009, when he will receive his Iraqi Air Force pilot's 'wings' alongside six...
Results from the 2008 Scottish Employers Skill Survey.
The purpose of this scoping study was to assess the feasibility of developing a Scottish Government scholarship scheme for sub-Saharan Africa. Three potential policy options were developed that both looked to understand...
The purpose of this scoping study was to assess the feasibility of developing a Scottish Government scholarship scheme for sub-Saharan Africa. Three potential policy options were developed that both looked to understand...
The schools admissions code has transformed the admissions system. We have outlawed unfair and covert admission practices which disadvantaged low-income families and increased social segregation. We have extended...
Today my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears) is publishing the East Midlands Regional Plan (Regional Spatial Strategy) (RSS) for the East Midlands which...
The UK's chemical protection programme is designed to protect against the use of chemical weapons. Such a programme is permitted by the chemical weapons convention, with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant...
Today I am publishing the third consultation on the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
The Climate Change Act, which received Royal Assent in November last year, set legally binding targets for the UK to...
I and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change represented the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 2 March.
Member states adopted Council conclusions on the further...
I regret that the written answer given to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on 10 July 2008, Official Report, column 1800W, and the written answer given to the hon. Member for North...
We are today laying before Parliament the Government response (Cm 7558) to the Health Committee report NHS Next Stage Review, which was published on 13 January.
"High Quality Care for All", the final report...
Section 14(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period...
I have today published a list of Ministers' interests. The First Annual Report of the Prime Minister's Independent Adviser on Minister's Interests has also been published alongside the List. Copies of both documents...
Subsequent to written answers I gave on 29 January, and 2 April 2008, and my written ministerial statements of 17 July 2008, to parliamentary questions on data handling, I would like to inform the House that ...
I would like to update the House on the process carried out to deal with the coldest winter the UK has faced for almost 20 years and in particular the heavy snowfalls experienced in early February across large...
I am horrified today (13/03/09) to read in the Daily Star newspaper a...
With the economy in the state that it is and levels of debt amongst UK...
St Piran is an important regional patron saint which we feel is under...
In times of recession we should make sure the opening and closing ceremonies...
Triangle, a leading South African gay rights organisation, revealed that a...
There s nothing wrong with our laws other than they are being used by...
With the fact that we have reached (or will shortly reach) Peak Oil...
Agencies do not allow well qualified individual to apply for position in...
Enable OFCOM to enforce change of 0870, 0845 and similar expensive call cost...
Harlow District Council voted to reduce funding for Welfare Rights and...
Under the Pensions Act 2007, the number of qualifying years in order to...
Path2Work has the simple aim of getting as many ex-offenders from the East...
Previous Chancellors have included this relief to facilitate the start of...
Local Government Minister John Healey has today announced an additional £750,000 cash injection to help provide practical advice to people in coalfield communities on getting through these tough economic times...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) announce today their interest rates charged on late payments and paid on overpayments.
The streets are full of Street Charity Fundraisers, paid money by profit...
Anyone who see's fit to either take a life or abuse another persons life in...
Supermarkets give out ultra thin plastic bags which brake the moment you put...
Report from the 'Getting it right for every child in kinship and foster care' reference group.
Today I am publishing the third consultation on the carbon reduction commitment (CRC).
The Climate Change Act, which received Royal Assent in November last year, set legally binding targets for the UK to...
Asked what the Chancellor would be talking about in his speech, the PMS said the purpose of the speech was to set out the Government s position on a range of global economy issues ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers...
Asked what the Chancellor would be talking about in his speech, the PMS said the purpose of the speech was to set out the Government s position on a range of global economy issues ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers...
Asked which terrorist organisation Lord West was referring to, the PMS said that it was Jamaat-ul-dawa, which was an alternative name for Lashkar-e-toiba (LET), the Pakistani/Kashmiri terrorist organisation. Asked...
Asked which terrorist organisation Lord West was referring to, the PMS said that it was Jamaat-ul-dawa, which was an alternative name for Lashkar-e-toiba (LET), the Pakistani/Kashmiri terrorist organisation. Asked...
Put that the Times had said that the summit would cost in the region of 50m, the PMS said that as far as he could see this figure had been completely plucked out of the air. The estimate that the Foreign Office...
Put that the Times had said that the summit would cost in the region of 50m, the PMS said that as far as he could see this figure had been completely plucked out of the air. The estimate that the Foreign Office...
Put that the Financial Times had published some quotes from the President of the CBI and what was the response to the charge that the G20 would focus on the wrong issues, the PMS said that we would not accept that...
Put that the Financial Times had published some quotes from the President of the CBI and what was the response to the charge that the G20 would focus on the wrong issues, the PMS said that we would not accept that...
Asked for more information on the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announcement, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there would be an announcement from BERR in ten minutes, but he would describe...
Asked for more information on the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announcement, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there would be an announcement from BERR in ten minutes, but he would describe...
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the police should have broken up the anti-war protest in Luton yesterday, the PMS said that it was a matter for the police. The Prime Minister gave his general view on ...
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the police should have broken up the anti-war protest in Luton yesterday, the PMS said that it was a matter for the police. The Prime Minister gave his general view on ...
Asked if the Germans needed to do more in terms of addressing the global financial system, the PMS said that there was an ongoing discussion about what all countries needed to do as part of the ongoing agenda for...
Asked if the Germans needed to do more in terms of addressing the global financial system, the PMS said that there was an ongoing discussion about what all countries needed to do as part of the ongoing agenda for...
Asked if the funding for the new green Land Rover was simply a disguised bailout, the PMS said no; this was funded under Berr s Grant for Business Investment Scheme, which was separate from the 2.3 billion Automotive...
Asked if the funding for the new green Land Rover was simply a disguised bailout, the PMS said no; this was funded under Berr s Grant for Business Investment Scheme, which was separate from the 2.3 billion Automotive...
Asked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of Commons this afternoon in support of the peace rallies in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime...
Asked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of Commons this afternoon in support of the peace rallies in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime...
Northern Ireland, the car industry and Binyam Mohamed were on the agenda at today s PMQs.
The Prime Minister also took questions on the economy, royal mail and concessionary travel...
Northern Ireland, the car industry and Binyam Mohamed were on the agenda at today s PMQs.
The Prime Minister also took questions on the economy, royal mail and concessionary travel...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Jaguar Land Rover, CBI, G20 costs, Terrorist groups and misc
Jaguar Land RoverAsked for more information on the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announcement, the...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Jaguar Land Rover, CBI, G20 costs, Terrorist groups and misc
Jaguar Land RoverAsked for more information on the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announcement, the...
Transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister at NESTA’s conference in London on 10 March 2009.
Read the transcript:Chris Powell:
My name is Chris Powell. I am the Chairman at NESTA. ...
Transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister at NESTA’s conference in London on 10 March 2009.
Read the transcript:Chris Powell:
My name is Chris Powell. I am the Chairman at NESTA. ...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, car industry, Global economy and misc
Northern IrelandAsked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, car industry, Global economy and misc
Northern IrelandAsked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of...
The Prime Minister has pledged more support for British exporters to help expansion into new foreign markets during the downturn.
The Government plans to provide specialist and tailored financial and ...
The Prime Minister has pledged more support for British exporters to help expansion into new foreign markets during the downturn.
The Government plans to provide specialist and tailored financial and ...
Army personnel from 160 Provost Company, 4th Regiment Royal Military Police visited the Royal Logistic Corps Museum at Deepcut, Surrey yesterday (11 March) to promote the charity uk4u Thanks! and this year's...
Army personnel from 160 Provost Company, 4th Regiment Royal Military Police visited the Royal Logistic Corps Museum at Deepcut, Surrey yesterday (11 March) to promote the charity uk4u Thanks! and this year's...
DEFENCE Minister Quentin Davies has today commented on the National Audit Office (NAO) report "Providing Anti Air Warfare Capability: the Type 45 destroyer."
DEFENCE Minister Quentin Davies has today commented on the National Audit Office (NAO) report "Providing Anti Air Warfare Capability: the Type 45 destroyer."
National figures released today show that the number of vulnerable young 16 and 17 year olds being housed in bed and breakfast accommodation has fallen by 40 per cent over the last year.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published decision on a referral by Redbridge Local Authority to increase the admission numbers at Downshall Primary School from 60 to 86 for September 2009. ...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal put forward by West Sussex County Council to close Billingshurst Infant and Junior Schools and open a new Primary School on the same site...
The Metropolitan Police Authority has appointed four Deputy Assistant Commissioners to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Three will be appointed immediately to posts, and the fourth when a position becomes ...
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the fourth quarter of 2008.
Today's announcement by the Liechtenstein Government of its intention to sign up to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) standards of transparency and exchange of information is...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has appointed Judy Clements as the Adjudicator. She takes over from Dame Barbara Mills.