My Lords, I congratulate the Noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral on securing the debate. I am, of course, grateful for this opportunity to set out again the purpose of the new Department for Business, Innovation ...
My Lords, I congratulate the Noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral on securing the debate. I am, of course, grateful for this opportunity to set out again the purpose of the new Department for Business, Innovation ...
Claire Tromans and Emma Hurney from Solihull have been shortlisted in the Young People category at this year's Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.
Housing Minister John Healey has today thanked some of the 110 staff at Birmingham’s National Debtline, working to provide advice and support to help homeowners avoid repossession during the downturn.
Drivers in Yorkshire and the Humber are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign...
Drivers in Lincolnshire are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign is launched...
A landmark joint-venture between Coventry-based electric van maker Modec and US firm Navistar was welcomed by Business Minister Pat McFadden during a visit to the company today (3 December).
Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, today welcomed the completion of the Equality Bill through the House of Commons.
The Central Office of Information’s (COI) West Midland’s News and PR team has won a Gold award for best Public Sector Campaign at the 2009 Midlands Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) PRide awards...
An Erdington outreach team from drugs and alcohol agency Aquarius has been shortlisted as 'Drugs Team of the Year' at this year's Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced...
Yeovil Town Football Club is urging its supporters to throw their weight behind their team and sign up to Smokefree United - a virtual club launched by the NHS that provides coaching and support to help football...
Criminal Outreach Substance Advise Sandwell (COSAS) has been shortlisted under the Drugs and Criminal Justice System category at this year's Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell...
Drivers In Leicestershire are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign is ...
A group of companies dealing in discount goods are wound-up in the public interest
Drivers In Nottinghamshire are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign is...
The owner of a lorry impounded by police for being used when he had no operator’s licence has been refused an appeal to the Traffic Commissioner to have the vehicle returned.
Event:Â Â Â Â Media launch of the Department for Transport Christmas Drink Drive awareness campaign
Venue: Â Â Â Â The Royal Oak, Lake Road, Plymstock PL9 9QY
Date: Â Â Â Â Â Â Friday 4 December 2009
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HMS Dauntless - the second of six new formidable air defence warships - was handed over to the Ministry Of Defence at a ceremony in Portsmouth today.Â
Grantley Haynes from Birmingham has been shortlisted as 'Drug Worker of the Year' at this year's Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.
Drivers in Yorkshire and the Humber are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign...
Superfast broadband will bring an array of social, economic and health benefits to consumers and businesses across Devon and the South West, Stephen Timms, Digital Britain Minister will say today in Plymouth.
Drivers in Northamptonshire are being warned that getting behind the wheel after drinking this Christmas could leave them without their car for at least 12 months as a £1.2 million THINK! campaign is...
Three companies operating in the security systems industry are shut down following a government investigation
A group of companies dealing in discount goods are wound-up in the public interest
The Tees Valley Team, which provides services to people with problematic drug and alcohol use in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, and Redcar and Cleveland, and is run by Developing Initiatives Supporting ...
The Employment Relations Minister, Lord Young, welcomed the publication of the latest Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) Annual Report which shows the regulator has continued to provide a valuable...
New reports into the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published today by the Better Regulation...
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As many full-time students prepare to find temporary work over the Christmas period, they may find that they are in line for tax free income.
EVENT:Â Media launch of the Department for Transport Christmas Drink Drive
          awareness campaign
TIME:Â Â Â Â Â 12:00 PM
DATE: Â Â Â Â Friday 4 December Â
PLACE:Â The ...
Business Minister, Ian Lucas, has announced the appointment of 11 new members to the WEEE Advisory Body (WAB), a non-Departmental public body established to provide advice to Government on the Waste Electrical...
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Event:Â Regional media launch of the Government's THINK! Christmas Drink Drive campaign TIME:Â Â 1730hrs (5.30pm)Â DATE:Â Â Friday 4th December PLACE:Â Penny Blacks Bar, The Mailbox, Royal Mail Street, Birmingham ...
HMS Dauntless - the second of six new formidable air defence warships - was handed over to the Ministry Of Defence at a ceremony in Portsmouth today. Â
Food and drink technology firms across the West Midlands are being invited to showcase their products and services at the Middle East's leading industry event.
A £282,000 scheme to repair just over three miles of the eastbound A14 in Cambridgeshire to provide a quieter, smoother road surface will start on Monday 7 December.
As part of the Government’s commitment to new low carbon sustainable growth, the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson provided a boost for the UK’s civil nuclear industry today, outlining a package of announcements...
Over £33 million in grants have been given to over 13,000 charities and voluntary organsiations in the first full year of the Government's Grassroots Grants scheme, statistics reveal.Â
An independent expert has been appointed to examine possible changes to the law on drink and drug driving, Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis announced today as he launched the Government’s Christmas drink drive...
The UK is to provide £120 million over the next four years to help the Pakistan government reduce poverty, improve education and provide better healthcare, Secretary of State Douglas Alexander announced...
Two Royal Engineers who walked away unscathed when their armoured diggers hit roadside bombs in Afghanistan met the people who built the vehicles today.
Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today confirmed Poul Christensen as Chair of Natural England, the statutory body with responsibility for the enhancement and management...
Four days before the start of critical global climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, forward thinking companies from the North West have been invited to Downing Street to showcase how the UK’s low carbon ...
Former Detective Sergeant Steve Holme, from Derbyshire, has been announced as a finalist in the Drug Worker of the Year category of this year’s Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards by Home Office Minister Alan...
A Job Centre Plus worker from West Bridgford and drug worker from Mansfield Woodhouse have been announced as finalists in this year’s Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards by Home Office Minister Alan Campbell...
The latest annual update on infant mortality rates, with data updated to 2006-08, was released on 3 December 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Peter Mandelson, Business Secretary, today announced that Sir Donald Curry will be the new Non-Executive Chair of the Better Regulation Executive, part of the Department for Business that leads the Government...
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
ECGD, the UK export credit agency, today launched a public consultation on proposals to revise its Business Principles.
Up to 1000 jobs will be secured and up to 10,000 tonnes of CO2 saved thanks to a grant of £30m to bus operators and local authorities
Event: BMW conference, Berlin, 2 December 2009 - ‘And this is just the beginning-a sustainable approach for individual mobility’
The London 2012 Paralympic Games are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to challenge perceptions of disability and transform the lives of ten million disabled people across the UK, delegates at the Office for Disability...
It seems to me and others alike that it is far too easy to remain unemployed...
Upon completion of service, members of the Armed Forces receive a lump sum...
Bullying has been endemic in British schools since their inception. It is...
According to the MOD as of 05/11/09 there are 5,119 service personnel are...
The Spanish economy is approximately the 9th largest in the world. It is...
my daughter sadly passed away on 17th august 2009 to cervical cancer aged...
The scheme would be obligatory for all dog handlers/owners to register their...
Please return June 27th to "Veterans Day" there is no logical reason to...
We voice our concern for the proposed changes which are being made to one of...
School toilets are disgusting in many schools around Britain, and it would...
'...Stop the closure of the Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria' -- Miss Hannah Hawkins
Prisons are designed by men, and therefore are most likely to cater for the...
Much Government funding has been spent on improving the M25 junction 2 (A2)...
Many people with severe physical impairments are prevented from flying with...
American citizens should be able to enter and reside in the u.k. without...
Currently, there is no way for IMGs to apply and do their postgraduate...
'...request that First Capital Connect / Thameslink restore their original service or alternatively pro-rata their fares consistently with the temporary timetable.' -- Timothy James
The independence of Scotland or Wales would have a catastrophic effect on...
the insolvancy agency appointed a trustee to confiscate my wifes assets...
At the moment anyone who is placed on new deal is now subject to a 2 week...
We have noticed a concerted effort to omit the word england from most of the...
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the Food Standards Agency...
Amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 section 1 to remove 'dogs bred for...
We are petitioning to ensure that funding remains available to ensure...
At present, any UK citizen who happens to be male and lives abroad can claim...
we need to have a fair coucil tax banding system as too many people are...
we need to keep our beloved staffordshire bull terrier of the dangerous dogs...
All those people who have taken a life or attempted to take a life should be...
Elderly patients are put at risk from the ineptitude of Locum Psychiatrists...
Take action to stop citizens being exploited by premium rate phone scams....
On 16 December 2009 the Payments Council - which represents the major banks...
Stop wasting billions on collecting waste glass and shipping it out to the...
Newark and Sherwood has already lost it's main hospital, Now there are plans...
Reason for this petition is to stop any unnessary fighting between dogs, or...
With global warming now inevitable there is a little thing we could all be...
intervene to prevent Department of Work and Pensions taking deductions from...
The present practice of charging higher rates than local calls via 0845,...
The Royal Mint are currently marketing various British coins (of values up...
It is not unknown than Great-Britain has a huge problem with regard to under...
Join Positive East's petition to the government to help stop HIV stigma and...
An increasing number of stores are displaying prominent signs at checkouts...
TfL has 9 zones, so why aren't they used? Why just stop at the ordinary 6?...
we are a multi country trading planet, yet dvd's and games are not. In this...
The tax year should reflect the calendar year, as in most of the rest of the...
The Deaf and Hard-of-hearing community experience an unparalleled degree of...
Over time, move to a situation in which all Ministers of the Crown are...
Referring to Couriers and Pizza delivery scooters: No other professional...
Many of us who stay in higher education feel we are being penalised for what...
The number of drivers using mobile phones seems to be on the increase. Van...
As you aware new vehicles are taxed on CO2 emissions. The higher the...
We welcome the Government’s consultation launched today on proposals to expand the remit of Post Offices to include banking and other financial services. The current set of proposals...
This consultation started around the 13th October 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.
We were unable to obtain a summary of this consultation...
This consultation started on 9th October 2009 and ends on 17th December 2009.
All workers in the UK benefit from a range of basic workplace rights and protections such as the national minimum wage, the ...
This consultation started on 9th October 2009 and ends on 8th January 2010.
This consultation seeks views on how the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978 as they affect lecturers, teachers...
This consultation started on 9th October 2009 and ends on 8th January 2010.
A draft version of the Psychological Support measures for the Manual of Cancer Services is being issued for a three month consultation...
Transport Minister Chris Mole today unveiled new facilities at Southampton Airport Parkway station that promise to smooth the journeys of thousands of rail passengers who arrive at the station each day.
Over £33 million in grants have been given to over 13,000 charities and voluntary organsiations in the first full year of the Government's Grassroots Grants scheme, statistics reveal.Â
Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today confirmed Poul Christensen as Chair of Natural England, the statutory body with responsibility for the enhancement and management...
Four days before the start of critical global climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, a forward thinking company from the West Midlands has been invited to Downing Street to showcase how the UK's low carbon...