Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) Financial Investigators, working in partnership with London Borough of Sutton Trading Standards (STS), have secured a Confiscation Order worth £68,000 against Sheila Anne Hetherington...

Responses from both individuals and organisations following the Scottish Executive Consultation exercise

The Chancellor of the Exchequer today appointed Sir James Crosby to chair the Public Private Forum on Identity Management. The Forum will examine the evolving technologies used for identity management and consider...

A new range of responsibilities is helping the OFT make markets work well for consumers, according to the 2005-6 Annual Report published today.

PCTs will be encouraged to consider local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations when commissioning health and social care services thanks to a new report by the Department of Health's third sector...

Asked what was the point of having the Prime Minister's committee on intelligence services if he had rejected one of the main proposals which was to have separate heads of the SIC and JIC, the PMOS said that in...

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that Zinadine Zidane should have behaved the way that he did in the final, the PMOS replied that since the Prime Minister had said football had been discussed over the lunch ...

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy with the way that the tax credits were working out, the PMOS said that it was a matter for the Treasury and they would talk about that. We had talked in the past...

Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the ID cards scheme would go ahead in the form that it was put before Parliament, the PMOS replied that he was not going to get into artificial deadlines. However, ...

Asked further about police mergers, the PMOS replied that the situation was as the Home Office had set out, which was that the consultation on this would continue, as John Reid had said last month. The PMOS said...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) confirmed that we had reached an agreement with the Algerians on the framework on returning terror suspects to Algeria. These were called assurances. Asked if the ...

We are holding a special webchat with Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks on Thursday where he will be answering your questions on the Review.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika has held talks with Tony Blair in Downing Street - the first time an Algerian President has made such a visit. Read their joint statement.

Proposals aimed at reinforcing the UK's long-term energy policy in the face of mounting threats from climate change and to energy security have been published.

Tony Blair says the UK needs a mixture of energy sources if it is to reduce carbon emissions and remain self-sufficient. He was speaking as the Government unveiled its energy review.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Algerian President's Visit, Police Mergers, ID cards, tax credits, football and Intelligence and Security Committee

A Prestwich company offering franchises for premium rate adult phone lines and mail order adult products has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) ...

Nine Directors of Public Health for the English regions were announced today by the Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson. This follows the announcement of the reorganised structure of the NHS with fewer strategic...

The Government today concluded its Energy Review with the publication of a far-reaching range of proposals designed to reinforce the UK's long-term energy policy in the face of the mounting global threats posed ...

Asked if the Prime Minister had been aware that Sir Gulam Noon had been lending money to the Labour party when he nominated him for a peerage, the PMOS said that he didn't get into processology or party matters. ...

Asked if there was any significance in the Prime Minister visiting a wind farm today and not a nuclear power station, the PMOS said that whilst the BBC might find it difficult to walk and chew gum at the same...

Asked if there was any word on the Prime Minister's attempts to secure bail for the Natwest 3, the PMOS said that discussions continued. What was important was to separate out the burden of proof issue from the ...

Asked what agenda was for the Prime Minister's meeting with the Algerian President to day, the PMOS said that they would be talking about regional matters, Africa, cooperation on counter-terrorism matters. They ...

Asked if the mergers of some parts of the police force was still going ahead the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that John Reid would be making a speech tomorrow and he didn't want to pre-empt that...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Police Mergers, Algeria, Natwest Three, Energy and Other Business

More than two million workers in Great Britain are exposed to either excessive noise or hand arm vibration. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched a new Programme aimed at protecting these workers from suffering...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today urged businesses to spend less time dotting 'i's and crossing 't's and more time on putting practical actions into effect. To help companies do this HSE has issued a revamped...

The Legal Services Ombudsman, Zahida Manzoor CBE, welcomed the Government's White Paper "The Future of Legal Services: Putting Consumers First" which forms the foundation of the Legal Services Bill currently going...

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Information Bulletin

Information Bulletin

Defra today invited tenders to supply a further ten million doses of avian influenza vaccine for potential use in poultry and other captive birds.

Advertisements are appearing this week to recruit members to a new disability advisory network, which will advise government on how to achieve disability equality by 2025.

The Youth Justice National Standards Summary Report outlines progress to March 2006 on the completion of the 10-point Action Plan on Youth Crime and achievements against National Standards.

The family court system will be made more accountable to the public under proposals for consultation announced by Constitutional Affairs Minister Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP today.

A new independent body has been launched today to help ethnic minorities find work.

New government programmes will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provide a safer working environment and reduce work related ill health said DWP minister Lord Hunt today.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire), has made the following Statement.In 2005 the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit published its report Improving the...

Craig Sweeney committed terrible crimes against a young child, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of six years, less time served on remand. It is my responsibility as Attorney-General...

Deficit widened to £4.4bn in May 2006

Asked how the government wanted people to respond to elevations of the threat level, the PMOS said that it would depend on the nature of the threat level. We had always said that we would advise the public of any...

Asked whether the Prime Minister believed the sentence was too lenient, the PMOS said that the Attorney General had said after considering the case in detail that his opinion was that given Sweeney's past history...

Asked what progress had been made on bail as an extradition date had been set, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he would not get into confirming or denying times of this specific case as ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Natwest Three, Sweeney - Paedophile Sentencing and Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The Treasury will publish the 2005-06 Public Expenditure Provisional Outturn White Paper on Thursday 20 July.The White Paper is an annual report to Parliament on the provisional outturn for public expenditure. It...

Further to the written statement of my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Fiona McTaggart), then the Under-Secretary for State for the Home Department, on 30 March 2006, Official Report, Column 89WS, announcing ...

I am today launching a consultation on the draft map of areas in the UK within which it will be possible to pay state aid (economic funding to help to boost competitiveness) during the period 2007-2013. The new ...

In 2005 the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit published its report "Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People". One of its key recommendations was that the Government should set up a new mechanism to involve disabled...