Asked if there had been any contact from Scotland Yard, the PMOS said no.... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked whether David Miliband would say anything on whether air transport would be included in carbon trading, the PMOS said he was not aware of any new initiative.... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked what would be the main topic at the EU summit, the PMOS said the main subjects would be energy, inline with our policy review process - not just climate change aspect of energy but the implications of energy... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with President Bush's statement yesterday where he had said, that a definition of success or failure in Iraq was not linked to the number of troop casualties, the PMOS said... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked repeatedly if there was any sign of the UK sending more troops and equipment to Afghanistan, the PMOS said referred journalists to General Butler's reply to the Guardian today in relation to their report of... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked if reports were correct that Mirza-Thair Hussain had been granted a two-month stay of execution, the PMOS said if the reports were correct then we welcomed them. We continued to express our opposition to the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked whether there was any other discussion at Cabinet, the PMOS said that Ruth Kelly had also done a presentation on the up coming Local Government White Paper. Asked whether the issue of the veil and cohesion... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said this morning the Prime Minister had presented at Cabinet details of the policy review programme. The Cabinet had enthusiastically endorsed plans to take forward a ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Tony Blair has hosted a seminar with a dozen regional Mayors to discuss the challenges facing modern cities. We have a gallery of images from the event. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cabinet, Social Cohesion, Mirza-Tahir Hussain, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, EU Informal Summitt, Meeting on EU Emissions Trading and Police Enquiry... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Tony Blair met with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Downing Street ahead of a special summit which takes place next month in Riga. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
More than £700m has been given to local community, social and environmental projects by companies operating landfill sites, thanks to an HM Revenue & Customs tax scheme that celebrates its 10th anniversary... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The Court of Appeal has found in favour of the OFT in three linked cases relating to price fixing in the toys and games market and in the supply of replica football kit. This is the first time the Court of Appeal... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The OFT is currently consulting on undertakings provided by the Tetra Laval Group (Tetra) to address competition concerns raised by the anticipated acquisition of part of Carlisle Process Systems. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Issued by the Department of Constitutional Affairs on behalf of the Review of the Funding of Political Parties Read more Comment (0), Email this.
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Thanks for all your questions about energy security which you posed to Malcolm Wicks. If you missed the webchat session you can read the transcript again on our website. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
More than £700m has been given to local community, social and environmental projects by companies operating landfill sites, thanks to an HM Revenue & Customs tax scheme that celebrates its 10th anniversary... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Contents: 1. VAT - Partial Exemption - Bookmakers - Recovery of VAT on specialist televisions 2. VAT: Disposable Barbecues 3. Changes to the Registered Dealers in Controlled Oils (RDCO) Scheme: inclusion of Aviation... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
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The UK's fast jet aircrew will soon be honing their skills on one of the world's most advanced training aircraft. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
British troops in Afghanistan are to get a potent new battlefield weapon, Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement, announced today. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a rare and lavish court mantua and petticoat of silver-brocaded ivory silk, believed to date from the mid 1760s. This will provide a last chance... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The UK Government has today published a progress report which provides an update on the Government's direction and details of progress made on research into possible risks posed by engineered nanoparticles to human... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
An innovative approach by Government and the cremation sector for reducing the amount of mercury emitted by crematoria has been a success so far and should be allowed to continue, Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
SPEECH BY RT HON DAVID MILIBAND MP Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Schools Minister Jim Knight today welcomed further improvements in the proportion of young people gaining five good GCSEs as well as an increase in the proportion of children mastering the basics of English and ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
A new simple fares structure for London train travel was announced today by Rail Minister Tom Harris. From January 2007, the pricing for single and return rail tickets within London will be based on the same familiar... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Rural Scotland Key Facts 2006: People and Communities, Services and Lifestyle, Economy and Enterprise Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The OFT has today signalled its intention to refer the UK payment protection insurance (PPI) market to the Competition Commission and has published its analysis of the market for consultation prior to a decision... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Crime in England and Wales remains stable according to the British Crime Survey (BCS) but has fallen two per cent according to the Recorded Crime Statistics both published today. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Sir Hayden Phillips today published an interim assessment of the work his Review has done so far on the funding of political parties. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The UK Government's indicators of wild bird populations have been updated and are published today. These cover breeding seabird and woodland bird populations and wintering wetland birds, as well as an assessment... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Progress in the drive to deliver better wheelchair services was welcomed today by Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis with the publication of a Department of Health report "Out and About". Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The Government are today announcing 49 schemes, involving 38 local authorities, that will ensure social rented homes meet and maintain minimum standards of decency. These schemes should deliver around £... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The Informal Summit of European Union Heads of State and Government will be held on 20 October in Lahti, Finland. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will represent the UK.
The Government welcome the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
I attended the transport session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, held in Luxembourg on 12 October. The Finnish Minister for Transport and Communications, Mrs Susanna Huovinen, was in ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government have decided to grant legal powers and planning consents to Network Rail in respect of... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked whether the Police had interviewed the Prime Minister, the PMOS said that nothing had changed since this morning when he had been asked first by The Daily Mail and then by the BBC. It was not a total surprise... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked about the publication of the Hayden report on funding for political parties, the PMOS said that it was an interim report which contained a series of options and as such we would not respond until the final... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked when the Prime Minister learnt about the missing control order people, the PMOS said that he was not immediately aware, but it did not alter the way in which these cases were handled ostensibly by the police... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Asked what the Prime Minister had meant at PMQ's when he talked about provocation if our troops did not withdraw progressively in Iraq, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said the Prime Minister meant... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Plans for a new system of charges, which will incentivise the use of time saving electronic tags over the Dartford Crossing, have been announced today by Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
A new simple fares structure for London train travel was announced today by Rail Minister Tom Harris. From January 2007, the pricing for single and return rail tickets within London will be based on the same familiar... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
New legislation that will modernise agricultural tenancies comes into effect today. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Late summer slowdown Read more Comment (0), Email this.
£5.0bn current budget deficit September Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Control Orders, State Funding and Police Inquiry Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Consultation on a first phase of standards to support implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in Scotland. Standards are proposed for 13 environmental conditions needed to support healthy aquatic ecosystems... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
The claimants have for some years been attempting to build a Bio Medical Research Laboratory at South Park Road, Oxford. Since 2004, there has been a campaign to obstruct or prevent this project. It will be remembered... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
This is an undefended infringement action involving certain of the claimants' registered designs, registered trade marks and copyrights. It is also another 'exhaustion of rights' case. � with a factual variation... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Each of the claimants in these applications for judicial review is a housewife responsible for raising several children and is a person who qualifies under statutory criteria to receive certain social security benefits... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
This is a statutory appeal under Schedule 15, paragraph 12, to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is brought by Mr Berry, who has appeared in front of me today ably assisted by his litigation friend, Mrs... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Unison v The First Secretary of State [2006] EWHC 2373 (Admin) (27 September 2006) Read more Comment (0), Email this.
MR JUSTICE BEAN: The question raised in this appeal by way of case stated is whether a 17 year old convicted of criminal damage to the value of less than £5,000 is liable to a custodial sentence in the Youth... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
LORD JUSTICE LLOYD: This is the oral hearing by way of renewal of an application for permission to appeal on the part of the Earl Cadogan and Cadogan Estates Limited against a decision of His Honour Michael Rich... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
LORD JUSTICE PILL: Lord Justice Lloyd will give the first judgment. Read more Comment (0), Email this.
LORD JUSTICE KEENE: This appeal from the Asylum and Immigration�Tribunal ("AIT") comes before us for hearing in somewhat unusual circumstances. It is an appeal by an applicant for indefinite leave to remain... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
This is an appeal from an order made on 16 January 2006 by Mr Justice Goldring in the Administrative Court in proceedings for judicial review brought on the application of The Association of British Travel Agents... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
This is the judgment of the court. Since the appeal arises in serial number adoption proceedings, we take the view that reporting restrictions should be imposed. Apart from identifying the location of the court ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.
Ann Abraham, the Ombudsman, today launched her six Principles of Good Administration for consultation. Read more Comment (0), Email this.