The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The latest in innovative, high tech electronics have been showcasing the very best of British manufacturing at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the heart of Westminster.
Proposals to modernise the copyright system and remove unnecessary barriers to growth were unveiled by the Government today.
Three contractors from Essex have been fined a total of £53,000 after a roofer fell five metres, sustaining life threatening injuries that confined him to a wheelchair.
Work starting today on the M4 elevated section in west London will ensure safety on the route is maintained.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has today signed a contract with the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) to deliver the new Manufacturing Advisory Service in England.
UK Coal Mining Ltd has been ordered to pay £1.2 million in fines and costs for safety failings that cost the lives of four mineworkers in separate incidents at two collieries in Nottinghamshire and ...
The Highways Agency is to replace a safety barrier on the north verge of the bridge that carries the Wolverhampton Road over the M6 at junction 10 near Walsall.
Due to a retaining wall failure, there will be 24 hour traffic signals on the A38 at White Lodge in the Glynn Valley, east of Bodmin, from this evening (14 December) until further notice. Ends
A1, Eighton Lodge Interchange, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Eighton Lodge Interchange for bridge inspection works. There will be one lane...
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
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Today Ipsos-MORI have published the first wave of results for the GP Patient Survey covering July to September 2011 which they are carrying out on behalf of the Department of Health.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
A global manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed at an Andrex factory in Barrow-in-Furness.
Drivers are to be released from reams of red tape currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today.
Cities Minister Greg Clark will visit Newcastle today to continue talks on forging a new city deal in the area.
The Government has today published plans to increase the participation of 16-24 year olds in education, training and work.
The London Development Agency, in partnership with Newham Council, has today announced a shortlist of eight developers who are invited to come up with proposals to develop its Royal Albert Docks site in east...
The appointment of Professor John Perkins CBE as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been announced today.
M1, Junction 39 (Durkar), south of Wakefield Moderate delays are expected on the M1 at Junction 39 (Durkar) due to traffic signal works. There will be various lane closures north and southbound until 23 December...
There is increasing confidence that an Atlantic storm will now move along the south coast of England, bringing the risk of snow to Wales, the Midlands and parts of southern and southeast England from the early...
NE/138/11 North East firms are being urged to tap into export growth in Thailand by learning first-hand about the business opportunities available.
Ministers from the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) have met today for the first meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Rebalancing the Northern Ireland Economy. The group has agreed a ...
Motorists in the Midlands and southern England are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel, as there may be snow in some parts of the country overnight.
Construction work can begin on the extensions to the Nottingham tram system, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) public enquiry centre (EC) in Bangor has moved to a new location. The EC is now located with the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) at Ty Glyder, 339 High Street, Bangor.
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The British are renowned for a traditional cup of tea in the afternoon but for a Soham company there is nothing ordinary about the tea they are selling in the UK and Europe or the exceptional success they are...
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
M6 Junction 8 (M6 / M5 Interchange Ray Hall) The southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 8 will be closed overnight from 9.00pm to 6.00am from Wednesday 21 December 2011 to Friday 23 December 2011 for the...
Monday 19 – Thursday 22nd December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with...
Roadworks information for highways agency roads in the north west – seven days beginning monday 19 december 2011
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
A construction company and its managing director have been sentenced after a father-of-two was crushed to death when a crane overturned in Liverpool.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and trunk roads next week. The following...
The Government have agreed that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will support the Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport by making a significant contribution to the security and safety of the...
The Ministry of Defence has concluded a review of the advisory bodies, the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees (formally established under a statutory instrument as the War Pensions Committees). This is...
The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2012 are set out in the following tables. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2012 will take place from the week beginning 9...
The Departments for Education, for Work and Pensions and for Business, Innovation and Skills are today publishing “Building Engagement, Building Futures: Our Strategy to Maximise the Participation of 16...
I am today publishing a technical update to the electricity market reform White Paper “Planning our electric future: a white paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon electricity”(1). The update...
The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council is on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December, in Brussels. I shall represent the UK on agriculture matters on Thursday and the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, ...
A review of the independent agricultural appeals panel (IAAP) has been commissioned and will start work today. The IAAP is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by DEFRA, which provides advice to...
I would like to inform the House of the introduction of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance.
On 13 October, I announced in a statement to the House the conclusions of the Government...
The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012.
In March 2011 the Government published “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England...
As part of the wider reform of policing, I wish to update the House on plans to phase out the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA),
to transfer its critical national functions and to establish a ...
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (“HMCTS”) has prepared a trust statement providing an account of the collection of revenues which, by statute or convention, are due to be paid to ...
Today I have laid before Parliament a public consultation response document; “Response to Consultation on reforms proposed in the Public Bodies Bill—Reforming the public bodies of the Ministry of ...
The Government are today publishing their response to the consultation on the charter for current coroner services.
The charter will help those who come into contact with coroner services in England and...
I attended the second Transport Council of the Polish presidency in Brussels on 12 December.
The Council reached political agreement on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council...
In May, my Department launched the road transportation theme of the red tape challenge—part of the Cabinet Office’s project to review all of the outstanding regulations currently on the statute book...
I am pleased to announce today that the Government have put in place additional support in England for troubled families and where either no one is working or there is a history of worklessness across generations...
I am pleased to announce that today we have achieved key milestones that will help secure a robust, efficient workplace pensions system for the 21st century.
First, we are publishing “Meeting future...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Business and Enterprise (Mark Prisk) has today made the following Statement.
The General Affairs Council will take place in Brussels on 16 December 2011. The ...
My honourable friend the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Statement.
As part of the Government's commitment to conduct triennial reviews of...
My honourable friend the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Statement.
As part of the Government's commitment to conduct triennial reviews of...
Due to a retaining wall failure, there will be 24 hour traffic signals on the A38 at White Lodge in the Glynn Valley, east of Bodmin, from this evening (14 December) until further notice. Ends
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
Motorists in the Midlands and southern England are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel, as there may be snow in some parts of the country overnight.
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
Motorists in the Midlands and southern England are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel, as there may be snow in some parts of the country overnight.
Construction work can begin on the extensions to the Nottingham tram system, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
The Highways Agency started overnight drainage maintenance work on the M5 between junctions 4a and 5 this week on both the north and southbound carriageways.
The Highways Agency is to replace a safety barrier on the north verge of the bridge that carries the Wolverhampton Road over the M6 at junction 10 near Walsall.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
Motorists in the Midlands and southern England are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel, as there may be snow in some parts of the country overnight.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
M6 Junction 8 (M6 / M5 Interchange Ray Hall) The southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 8 will be closed overnight from 9.00pm to 6.00am from Wednesday 21 December 2011 to Friday 23 December 2011 for the...
Three contractors from Essex have been fined a total of £53,000 after a roofer fell five metres, sustaining life threatening injuries that confined him to a wheelchair.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The British are renowned for a traditional cup of tea in the afternoon but for a Soham company there is nothing ordinary about the tea they are selling in the UK and Europe or the exceptional success they are...
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and trunk roads next week. The following...
A1, Eighton Lodge Interchange, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Eighton Lodge Interchange for bridge inspection works. There will be one lane...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
Cities Minister Greg Clark will visit Newcastle today to continue talks on forging a new city deal in the area.
NE/138/11 North East firms are being urged to tap into export growth in Thailand by learning first-hand about the business opportunities available.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The latest in innovative, high tech electronics have been showcasing the very best of British manufacturing at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the heart of Westminster.
Proposals to modernise the copyright system and remove unnecessary barriers to growth were unveiled by the Government today.
Three contractors from Essex have been fined a total of £53,000 after a roofer fell five metres, sustaining life threatening injuries that confined him to a wheelchair.
Work starting today on the M4 elevated section in west London will ensure safety on the route is maintained.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has today signed a contract with the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) to deliver the new Manufacturing Advisory Service in England.
UK Coal Mining Ltd has been ordered to pay £1.2 million in fines and costs for safety failings that cost the lives of four mineworkers in separate incidents at two collieries in Nottinghamshire and ...
The Highways Agency is to replace a safety barrier on the north verge of the bridge that carries the Wolverhampton Road over the M6 at junction 10 near Walsall.
Due to a retaining wall failure, there will be 24 hour traffic signals on the A38 at White Lodge in the Glynn Valley, east of Bodmin, from this evening (14 December) until further notice. Ends
A1, Eighton Lodge Interchange, Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Eighton Lodge Interchange for bridge inspection works. There will be one lane...
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Main Points
Main Points
Main Points
Today Ipsos-MORI have published the first wave of results for the GP Patient Survey covering July to September 2011 which they are carrying out on behalf of the Department of Health.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is monitoring the Met Office forecasts of extreme weather for parts of the UK, so that we are ready to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when...
A global manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed at an Andrex factory in Barrow-in-Furness.
Drivers are to be released from reams of red tape currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today.
Cities Minister Greg Clark will visit Newcastle today to continue talks on forging a new city deal in the area.
The Government has today published plans to increase the participation of 16-24 year olds in education, training and work.
The London Development Agency, in partnership with Newham Council, has today announced a shortlist of eight developers who are invited to come up with proposals to develop its Royal Albert Docks site in east...
The appointment of Professor John Perkins CBE as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been announced today.
M1, Junction 39 (Durkar), south of Wakefield Moderate delays are expected on the M1 at Junction 39 (Durkar) due to traffic signal works. There will be various lane closures north and southbound until 23 December...
There is increasing confidence that an Atlantic storm will now move along the south coast of England, bringing the risk of snow to Wales, the Midlands and parts of southern and southeast England from the early...
NE/138/11 North East firms are being urged to tap into export growth in Thailand by learning first-hand about the business opportunities available.
Ministers from the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) have met today for the first meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Rebalancing the Northern Ireland Economy. The group has agreed a ...
Motorists in the Midlands and southern England are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel, as there may be snow in some parts of the country overnight.
Construction work can begin on the extensions to the Nottingham tram system, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) public enquiry centre (EC) in Bangor has moved to a new location. The EC is now located with the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) at Ty Glyder, 339 High Street, Bangor.
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The British are renowned for a traditional cup of tea in the afternoon but for a Soham company there is nothing ordinary about the tea they are selling in the UK and Europe or the exceptional success they are...
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
M6 Junction 8 (M6 / M5 Interchange Ray Hall) The southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 8 will be closed overnight from 9.00pm to 6.00am from Wednesday 21 December 2011 to Friday 23 December 2011 for the...
Monday 19 – Thursday 22nd December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with...
Roadworks information for highways agency roads in the north west – seven days beginning monday 19 december 2011
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
A construction company and its managing director have been sentenced after a father-of-two was crushed to death when a crane overturned in Liverpool.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and trunk roads next week. The following...
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) public enquiry centre (EC) in Bangor has moved to a new location. The EC is now located with the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) at Ty Glyder, 339 High Street, Bangor.
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and major A roads...
The British are renowned for a traditional cup of tea in the afternoon but for a Soham company there is nothing ordinary about the tea they are selling in the UK and Europe or the exceptional success they are...
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
LEICESTERSHIRE
M6 Junction 8 (M6 / M5 Interchange Ray Hall) The southbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 8 will be closed overnight from 9.00pm to 6.00am from Wednesday 21 December 2011 to Friday 23 December 2011 for the...
Monday 19 – Thursday 22nd December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period, with...
Roadworks information for highways agency roads in the north west – seven days beginning monday 19 december 2011
Monday 19 December – Thursday 22 December 2011
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s festive holiday period...
A construction company and its managing director have been sentenced after a father-of-two was crushed to death when a crane overturned in Liverpool.
The Highways Agency is set to help people travelling during this year’s holiday period, with plans in place to complete more than 500 miles of roadworks on England’s motorways and trunk roads next week. The following...