The Treasury today announces two new non-executive appointments to the Treasury Board. The appointments have been approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer following an open competition involving the...

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More judges will be able to handle public law care cases, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor Falconer announced today.   

The United Kingdom's first separate Supreme Court came a step closer today with the announcement of the team that will transform Middlesex Guildhall into the highest court in the land. This follows the...

Karren Brady and Michael Farrar have been appointed to the board of Sport England. Their terms of appointment will run for four years.   

Defra has today published a summary of responses to its consultation "Cattle Compensation: Bovine TB, Brucellosis, BSE and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis".   

Energy Minister Mike O'Brien today announced the appointment of the new Council of Energywatch, the gas and electricity consumer representative body. Mr O'Brien said:   

Arrangements for the statutory consultation on the proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme were confirmed today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. This follows the announcement...

From 6 April, a new focus on good practice will help employers prevent their employees' health being harmed by the chemicals used in their workplace.   

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) construction inspectors issued 214 enforcement notices across Great Britain during the March 2005 Healthy Handling blitz.   

The Government has announced more funding for an innovative new scheme which encourages primary school kids to get more active at playtime.

The first five young UK sports star 'scholars' going for gold for Britain in 2012 have been been named.

Consultation on the creation of Community Justice Authorities to improve the management of offenders.

More people will have the opportunity to own an affordable well-designed home, the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Chancellor Gordon Brown announced today.   

SPEECH BY THE RT HON GORDON BROWN MP, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AT THE LAUNCH OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON HOUSING -'HOMEBUY: EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN'   

The OFT is beginning a review of undertakings given to prevent restrictions on competition in the supply of condoms in the UK.   

The OFT has launched a consultation on proposed changes to widen and extend the duration of the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption.   

A business that carries advertising for public houses on its website has given undertakings to the OFT that it will not make misleading claims about the benefits of signing up to the site.   

A contract to deliver essential telecommunications services to the MOD and the UK Armed Forces has been extended, Lord Bach, Minister for Defence Procurement, announced today. The Defence Fixed Telecommunications...

A £1bn contract that will pave the way for the UK's Armed Forces to receive one of the most advanced support vehicle fleets in the world was announced today by Defence Procurement Minister Lord...

First young stars to benefit from new Scholarships are unveiled The first five young sportsmen and women to benefit from a multi-million pound scheme designed to produce gold for Britain at a 2012 Olympics...

Subsidised ticket schemes, bursaries to help nurture young talent, or projects to involve more children and young people are among the arts and culture projects that could benefit from a new &pound...

The Government has announced an additional £2 million of funding for an innovative new scheme designed to encourage primary school children to get more active at break-time.   

Robert Foster and Dr Anne Wright have been appointed as Commissioners of the National Lottery Commission, Estelle Morris, Minister for the Arts, announced today.   

Defra has awarded a total of £3m to 36 community groups working with waste in England.   

Appointments to the new body which will regulate for the first time gangmasters who supply workers to farms, agricultural and shellfish businesses were announced today. The Gangmasters Licensing Authority...

The Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS), one of the government's key measures to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill, goes live from today.   

Three new members have been appointed to the Council of English Nature, the Government's nature conservation and wildlife protection adviser.   

The 236 Sites of Community Importance (SCI) in England recently adopted by the European Commission for the Atlantic Region have today been designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Nature Conservation...

Professor Sheena Asthana, Richard Burge, Dr Jim Cox, Howard Petch, Professor Mark Shucksmith and Professor Michael Winter have been appointed to the Board of the Countryside Agency, the statutory body ...

Most prisons will transfer responsibility for commissioning health services to their local primary care trusts (PCTs) a year ahead of schedule, Community Minister Stephen Ladyman announced today.   

The Department of Health and Ranbaxy (UK) Ltd ("Ranbaxy") are pleased to jointly announce settlement of the claims brought against Ranbaxy for alleged anti-competitive cartel conduct in connection with...

The Consumers' Association is to get new powers to protect people from dishonest businesses, Consumer Minister Gerry Sucliffe announced today.   

New independent board members for the DTI Governance and Group Boards   

"The full results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections are not yet clear. But what is clear is that the elections were seriously flawed, and that Mugabe has yet again denied ordinary Zimbabweans a free...

Patients had a better quality of health service over the winter months, according to a report detailing how the NHS coped with the busiest winter period ever.

Underage drinkers who buy alcohol will face a £50 on-the-spot fine from this coming Monday. The new fines are part of an ongoing Government campaign to tackle drink-related violence.

The Government has acted to reduce child abuse carried out using the internet. A newly-created 'Centre for Child Protection on the Internet' will support the police.

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The OFT is to conduct a review of undertakings given in the animal waste rendering industry.   

More people will have the opportunity to own an affordable well-designed home, the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Chancellor Gordon Brown announced today.   

The latest War Pensions quarterly statistics have been published today.   

Health Minister Lord Warner today welcomed another key milestone in the Department of Health's drive to cut bureaucracy in the NHS.   

National challenge for region to 'go digital'   

The Prime Minister has appointed Bonnie Greer and Francis Finlay to the Board of the British Museum with effect from 4 April 2005 for a period of four years.

Under 18s who buy alcohol will face a £50 on-the-spot fine under new police powers, the Home Office announced today, bolstering the alcohol industry's 'No ID No Sale' policy.   

People will get a lot more health services from their high street pharmacist from today announced Health Secretary John Reid. Thanks to a new contractual framework for community pharmacy patients will...

The Social Fund, which provides low income households with help to pay for a variety of expenses and household goods, has been granted an extra £10 million to spend for the financial year beginning...

The CC is concerned that customers could be paying higher prices as a result of ineffective competition, according to the latest document published by the CC as part of its inquiry into the supply of bulk...

Health Minister John Hutton today welcomed a further wave of NHS Foundation Trusts.   

The United Nations Security Council today passed the last of three Resolutions on Sudan, in which it referred the situation in Darfur, having examined the findings of the recent International Commission...

One hundred thousand police officers are now using Airwave, the state of the art national police radio communications system, Home Office Minister Caroline Flint announced today.   

As part of "Connecting the UK: the digital strategy" to be outlined by the Prime Minister, the Home Office today announced that the Government is to set up a new Centre for Child Protection on the Internet...

More offenders will be brought to justice, victims and witnesses will have better facilities for giving evidence and enforcement of court orders will be even tougher under Her Majesty's Courts Service (...

UK wealth creation by large companies jumped 15 per cent on last year, three times the rate of the rest of Europe, according the 2005 Value Added Scoreboard published today.