The Highways Agency is advising motorists in Stoke-on-Trent that the A50 eastbound carriageway will remain closed between the junctions with the A500 and A5007 Longton West until at least 18.00 hours this evening...
Road users in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North West are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel tomorrow (Thursday 8 December) as gale force winds...
A Doncaster man, who acquired a £2million property portfolio through fraud, including selling illegal cigarettes and failing to pay tax on his business profits, has been jailed for two years at Sheffield...
Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the Independent Panel on Forestry
Fashion houses are the latest targets of an HM Revenue & Customs campaign aimed at ending the exploitation of interns.
The Department of Health has today published an updated version of its annual mortality monitoring bulletin on infant mortality. These statistics have been released according to the arrangements approved by the...
A £75 million boost for high tech small and medium sized businesses is part of a package of measures announced today in the Government’s new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth.
Bus services across England are set to receive £90 million to make them greener, more efficient and easier to use, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
Consultation leads to greater protection for lower paid
Opportunities in the emerging Russian market for the UK’s world-leading financial and professional services sector were the focus of a special event staged today by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and TheCityUK...
New measures announced by the Government today will help small and medium sized firms to protect their intellectual property and grow their business.
The UK’s first ever Intellectual Property (IP) Attaché has been appointed and will start work in China on 14 December. The position is an important part of the Government’s plans to strengthen trade relations...
Cities can bid for £100 million ultra-fast broadband boost Cities will be set free from the Whitehall leash to do things their way, under a dramatic shift in power, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...
Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in March, the Government has today issued its promised consultation document on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor in the light of the judgment. ...
A1, Team Valley, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Team Valley for message sign servicing. There will be one lane open north and southbound ...
A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000 volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford.
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
I want to talk today about international skills in a number of different senses. We have now to think of skills in a much broader way than in the past. First, globalisation isn’t ...
NE/132/11 Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs today show that exports from the North East continue to grow, with another record high for the 12 months to the end of September 2011.
Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable and Foreign Secretary William Hague have launched a UK Trade & Investment campaign to encourage more British companies to export to Asia’s high growth and emerging markets...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
A Public Inquiry to consider objections to the Highways Agency’s proposed plans to construct the A5-M1 Link (Dunstable Northern Bypass) in Bedfordshire will open on 7 February 2012.
Exports from companies in the East of England have yet again topped the £25bn mark in the last year, with the region accounting for almost one pound in every ten of what the UK sells to the rest of ...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency roads w/c 11/12:
The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O’Donnell, is pleased to announce that Lin Homer will be the next Chief Executive Officer of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
ROADWORKS UPDATE SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER TO FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER
M1, Junction 35a (Stocksbridge) and Junction 36 (Tankersley), south of Barnsley Slight delays are expected on the M1 between junction 35a (Stocksbridge...
Paul David Henstone, a former two-time bankrupt, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison by Warwick Crown Court for acting as a director while bankrupt and committing fraud by misusing an employee's identity...
M6 Junction 4a (M6 / M42 Interchange) The link roads from the M6 southbound carriageway to the M42 northbound and southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 4a will be closed overnight from 10.00pm to 6.00am...
The director of a premium text message information provider has been disqualified from acting as a company director, managing or in any way controlling a company for five years, following an investigation by ...
Two companies have been fined a total of £100,000 following the death of a maintenance worker who fell from the forks of a forklift truck at a Macclesfield factory.
Parents of Year 13 pupils across Essex are being invited back to school for a lesson in understanding the changes to higher education student finance coming into effect from September 2012
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
Monday 12 December – Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject...
Monday 12 – Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change...
A manufacturing firm has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in a metal press at a St Helens factory.
Monday 12 December - Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject...
Paul David Henstone, a former two-time bankrupt, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison by Warwick Crown Court for acting as a director while bankrupt and committing fraud by misusing an employee's identity...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
Roadworks information for highways agency roads in the north west – seven days beginning monday 12 december 2011
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
NEW WORK
A1 BEDS/HERTS ...
The Government are today publishing “Unlocking Growth in Cities”, which describes a new framework for the relationship between our largest cities and central Government. In particular, the document...
A double taxation agreement with Germany was signed on 7 December 2011 in relation to both countries’ bank levies. The text of the agreement has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available...
The autumn statement announced that public sector pay awards will average 1 % for each of the two years following the end of the current pay freeze, and that departmental budgets will be adjusted in line with...
I am today publishing the Government’s formal proposals on distribution of formula grant to English local authorities for 2012-13. Total formula grant for 2012-13 will be £27.8 billion, of which redistributed...
In a written statement on 23 June 2011, Official Report, column 24WS, my predecessor the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) informed the House that the costs of Operation Ellamy—the United Kingdom...
I am pleased to inform the House that, following a review, women in the Royal Navy will be allowed to serve in submarines in the future.
The decision follows an 18-month thorough analysis, which included...
I am today publishing a consultation setting out my “minded to” decision in relation to the academies funding transfer for 2011-12 and 2012-13.
The decision has been reached in consultation ...
I have today laid before Parliament Funded Decommissioning Programme (FDP) guidance for prospective operators of new nuclear power stations, together with the Government response to the December 2010 consultation...
I am today laying before Parliament “Water for Life”, our water White Paper. This sets out the Government’s vision for securing sustainable and resilient water supplies through to 2050. It builds...
On 5 December, Germany hosted and Afghanistan chaired the international Afghanistan conference in Bonn, entitled “Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the Transformation Decade...
The health part of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council met on 2 December in Brussels. Andy Lebrecht, Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union, represented the...
I promised to update the House about ongoing activity in relation to Winterbourne View private hospital.
The House will wish to note that 10 people employed at Winterbourne View have now been charged with...
At the very heart of the coalition Government is a commitment to fairness and equality. Celebrating the diversity of the UK and enabling all to be able to play their full part will lead to a strong society which...
The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December under the French presidency of the group. The meeting...
I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to police authorities (referred to in the report as the police core settlement) in England and Wales for 2012-13, for the approval...
It is in the interests of victims and witnesses, and of the criminal justice system generally, that court procedures should be made as efficient as possible, for example by cutting out unnecessary court hearings...
I have arranged for copies of the fourth report of Robert Whalley CB, Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (the “2007 Act”), to be laid before Parliament.
In conjunction with my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the Member
for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly), I wish to inform the House of serious errors that have been identified in the way in...
I am pleased to announce today a £60 million package of bus measures to improve buses and community transport coupled with the £30 million investment to improve the environmental performance of the ...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 1 December 2011 in Brussels. I represented the United Kingdom.
There were two negotiations at this Council. In the first negotiation...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency roads w/c 11/12:
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
The Highways Agency is advising motorists in Stoke-on-Trent that the A50 eastbound carriageway will remain closed between the junctions with the A500 and A5007 Longton West until at least 18.00 hours this evening...
A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000 volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford.
Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable and Foreign Secretary William Hague have launched a UK Trade & Investment campaign to encourage more British companies to export to Asia’s high growth and emerging markets...
M6 Junction 4a (M6 / M42 Interchange) The link roads from the M6 southbound carriageway to the M42 northbound and southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 4a will be closed overnight from 10.00pm to 6.00am...
A Public Inquiry to consider objections to the Highways Agency’s proposed plans to construct the A5-M1 Link (Dunstable Northern Bypass) in Bedfordshire will open on 7 February 2012.
Exports from companies in the East of England have yet again topped the £25bn mark in the last year, with the region accounting for almost one pound in every ten of what the UK sells to the rest of ...
Parents of Year 13 pupils across Essex are being invited back to school for a lesson in understanding the changes to higher education student finance coming into effect from September 2012
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
NEW WORK
A1 BEDS/HERTS ...
Road users in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North West are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel tomorrow (Thursday 8 December) as gale force winds...
A Doncaster man, who acquired a £2million property portfolio through fraud, including selling illegal cigarettes and failing to pay tax on his business profits, has been jailed for two years at Sheffield...
A1, Team Valley, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Team Valley for message sign servicing. There will be one lane open north and southbound ...
NE/132/11 Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs today show that exports from the North East continue to grow, with another record high for the 12 months to the end of September 2011.
The Highways Agency is advising motorists in Stoke-on-Trent that the A50 eastbound carriageway will remain closed between the junctions with the A500 and A5007 Longton West until at least 18.00 hours this evening...
Road users in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North West are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel tomorrow (Thursday 8 December) as gale force winds...
A Doncaster man, who acquired a £2million property portfolio through fraud, including selling illegal cigarettes and failing to pay tax on his business profits, has been jailed for two years at Sheffield...
Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the Independent Panel on Forestry
Fashion houses are the latest targets of an HM Revenue & Customs campaign aimed at ending the exploitation of interns.
The Department of Health has today published an updated version of its annual mortality monitoring bulletin on infant mortality. These statistics have been released according to the arrangements approved by the...
A £75 million boost for high tech small and medium sized businesses is part of a package of measures announced today in the Government’s new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth.
Bus services across England are set to receive £90 million to make them greener, more efficient and easier to use, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
Consultation leads to greater protection for lower paid
Opportunities in the emerging Russian market for the UK’s world-leading financial and professional services sector were the focus of a special event staged today by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and TheCityUK...
New measures announced by the Government today will help small and medium sized firms to protect their intellectual property and grow their business.
The UK’s first ever Intellectual Property (IP) Attaché has been appointed and will start work in China on 14 December. The position is an important part of the Government’s plans to strengthen trade relations...
Cities can bid for £100 million ultra-fast broadband boost Cities will be set free from the Whitehall leash to do things their way, under a dramatic shift in power, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...
Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in March, the Government has today issued its promised consultation document on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor in the light of the judgment. ...
A1, Team Valley, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Team Valley for message sign servicing. There will be one lane open north and southbound ...
A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000 volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford.
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
I want to talk today about international skills in a number of different senses. We have now to think of skills in a much broader way than in the past. First, globalisation isn’t ...
NE/132/11 Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs today show that exports from the North East continue to grow, with another record high for the 12 months to the end of September 2011.
Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable and Foreign Secretary William Hague have launched a UK Trade & Investment campaign to encourage more British companies to export to Asia’s high growth and emerging markets...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
A Public Inquiry to consider objections to the Highways Agency’s proposed plans to construct the A5-M1 Link (Dunstable Northern Bypass) in Bedfordshire will open on 7 February 2012.
Exports from companies in the East of England have yet again topped the £25bn mark in the last year, with the region accounting for almost one pound in every ten of what the UK sells to the rest of ...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency roads w/c 11/12:
The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O’Donnell, is pleased to announce that Lin Homer will be the next Chief Executive Officer of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
ROADWORKS UPDATE SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER TO FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER
M1, Junction 35a (Stocksbridge) and Junction 36 (Tankersley), south of Barnsley Slight delays are expected on the M1 between junction 35a (Stocksbridge...
Paul David Henstone, a former two-time bankrupt, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison by Warwick Crown Court for acting as a director while bankrupt and committing fraud by misusing an employee's identity...
M6 Junction 4a (M6 / M42 Interchange) The link roads from the M6 southbound carriageway to the M42 northbound and southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 4a will be closed overnight from 10.00pm to 6.00am...
The director of a premium text message information provider has been disqualified from acting as a company director, managing or in any way controlling a company for five years, following an investigation by ...
Two companies have been fined a total of £100,000 following the death of a maintenance worker who fell from the forks of a forklift truck at a Macclesfield factory.
Parents of Year 13 pupils across Essex are being invited back to school for a lesson in understanding the changes to higher education student finance coming into effect from September 2012
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
Monday 12 December – Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject...
Monday 12 – Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change...
A manufacturing firm has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in a metal press at a St Helens factory.
Monday 12 December - Sunday 18 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject...
Paul David Henstone, a former two-time bankrupt, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison by Warwick Crown Court for acting as a director while bankrupt and committing fraud by misusing an employee's identity...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
Roadworks information for highways agency roads in the north west – seven days beginning monday 12 december 2011
The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
NEW WORK
A1 BEDS/HERTS ...