The proposed reforms, which are an important element of the Public Service Reform Programme, will enable the three main public sector Ombudsmen, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Health Service Ombudsman and the ...

The Bentley/Sayer family has requested that the Foreign Office issue the following statement on their behalf:   

Home Office Minister Hazel Blears met Muslim leaders in Oldham today in the first of a series of regional events.

The Department of Health is today issuing the latest information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. This includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) - the form of the disease...

Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks today gave development consent to Southern Electric Power Distribution for a new 33 kV overhead electricity line to reinforce the local network in Mid Hampshire. The overhead line ...

Science and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury today announced the re-appointment of Professor John O'Reilly as Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).   

Everyone aged 60 to 69 will be sent a kit to test for bowel cancer as part of a major new screening programme.

Guidance on time off work for Children's Panel members

Guidance and information about training for Children's panel members

Information for employers who employ staff who are or may become Children's Panel members

Information about the Children's Hearings system in Scotland

The Prime Minister today announced the appointment of Nicholas Macpherson as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury in succession to Sir Gus O'Donnell, recently appointed as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil...

Consultation Launched Today on Reform of Public Sector Ombudsman Services A consultation paper on reform of public sector Ombudsman services was launched today by John Hutton, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster...

Bow Street magistrates' court in central London and the police station next door are due to be sold prior to development of a larger court elsewhere in the capital.   

The European Union expresses its deep concern at recent developments in Belarus which demonstrate once again the systematic and increasing repression of civil society, the political opposition and the independent...

Everyone aged 60 to 69 year will be sent a kit to test for bowel cancer as part of a major new screening programme.

OFT considers undertakings instead of reference to the Competition Commission   

Defra has launched consultations to improve the procedures for confirming countryside byelaws.   

Home Office Minister Hazel Blears is meeting Muslim leaders in Oldham today in the first of a series of regional events.

The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Nicholas Macpherson as the new Permanent Secretary of the Treasury.

HIV Infected Health Care Workers

138 councils in England have now had their options appraisals signed off, putting plans in place to bring their homes up to a decent standard by 2010. Another 41 have submitted plans and are awaiting sign-off, and...

All 60-69 year olds to be offered screening for disease that kills 16,000 a year   

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