Workers' Memorial Day is commemorated to "remember the dead: fight for the living" and this year the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) officially marked the day by planting a tree in memory of those who have lost...
New legislation comes into force today which provides protection from sexual orientation discrimination and discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief that is on a par with protection already provided on...
"The Army Prosecuting Authority (APA) who made the decision to prosecute soldiers of the Queens Lancashire Regiment and Intelligence Corps, welcomes the fact that Cpl Payne has been sentenced for the inhuman treatment...
The Ministry of Defence has today launched a new initiative to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to win more defence contracts.
The determination and courage of British troops has made an immense contribution to security in Basra, the Defence Secretary Des Browne said today on a visit to the Southern Iraqi city.
Core data to be collected on the social services workforce in Scotland.
26 April - Crime update to December 2006 - HO report
26 April - Health care waiting times: international experience - CPRN conference presentations
OGCbuying.solutions, trading arm of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has announced that its eSourcing Managed Service has been recognised at a recent Government Innovation Awards ceremony.
A system of selecting members of the lords that works in a similar way to...
Privatisation has resulted in a rail system that in many places performs...
England and Russia have been historic allies from the early 18th century...
Most people will agree that there are more and more people using mobile...
It appears that the main UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Five are...
Carbon Monoxide (CO) can be emitted from faulty cooking or heating...
in addition to destroying all stockpiles of DU munitions already in service...
It is common practice for businesses selling on-line to inflate the...
The chancellor is planning to scrap the building allowance and other capital...
Plans are in place to raise the cost of military housing rent, to equal that...
I believe that at the moment the vast majority of music is illegally...
Salaried class is presently taxed quite heavily; sometimes as much as 40% of...
Thousands of Victorian terraces in Liverpool are going to be demolished to...
The DWP currently discriminates against any person who has the need to apply...
The prime minister has recently stated that "every minute of every day a...
Get 12 points on your driving licence and you're banned. I propose a LIFE...
One of this country's truly great eccentrics, Timmy Mallet is probably best...
Explain the use and purpose of sexual aids in Sex Education.
To reduce congestion and carbon emissions ban the use of vans with the...
Stop children playing football in the street as it is a) noisy and...
To allow responsible British based online retailers the option to offer...
Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in South Shields on 6th July 1892 and who...
Bringing your dog to work is becoming quite common place in American...
With voter participation among young people being comparatively low compared...
� Health visitors are overwhelmingly popular and trusted by parents - yet...
The cost of car tax has risen for many and more commonly are we seeing...
London Underground Ltd. has announced that it plans to close 40 ticket...
Asked if the Government would be responding to the Foreign Affairs Committee findings over the Attorney General's decision not to pursue a prosecution, the PMOS said the reasons behind the decision were precisely...
Asked if Wolfowitz case had had an impact on world aid, the PMOS said, as had been said before, it was a matter for the World Bank and the World Bank are dealing with the matter....
Asked how the Taoiseach was proposed to address both Houses, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister recommended it to the Speaker, it was then for the Speaker of both Houses to decide. The Speaker has agreed in recognition...
Asked if this week the PMOS could give an indication of when the Prime Minister would be announcing his departure as last week the PMOS had said last week that the Prime Minister would not be making an announcement...
Asked if there was any comment on the events in Nigeria, the PMOS said that as indicated previously the overall conduct of the polls were disappointing but it was important to stress that in terms of the aftermath...
Asked if the events in Turkey would put their bid to join the EU under threat, the PMOS said that it was an internal matter for Turkey and it was not for us to comment. We would watch developments but...
Asked what the Prime Minister would be doing to mark the celebrations, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would be in Scotland and other departments would announce what other Ministers would be doing. Put to ...
Put to the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) that the Prime Minister, in his speech this morning, had poured cold water on the Chancellor's idea of a independent NHS board, the PMOS said that he had not...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: NHS, Act of Union/1707, Turkey, Nigerian Elections, Prime Minister, Taoiseach, World Bank and BAe
Dr Rosalind Marsden CMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan in succession to Mr Ian Cliff OBE, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Dr Marsden...
The 2007 edition of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) is published today as a Command Paper (Cm 7091). PESA is an annual compendium of statistical data on public expenditure, covering both outturns ...
There are children as young as 8 caring for a parent. They wash, change and...
The law at present requires inquests of returning dead service personnel to...
In the 1990's all tenants in social housing were able to apply for a tenants...
Government response to the public's views on proposed fees for the new Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian was published today.
Leading clinical experts map progress made by NHS
Ed Balls, Economic Secretary, today published the Treasury-commissioned National Audit Office (NAO) report on economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the FSA. The report was presented to the City High-Level Group...
If the government is unable or unwilling to do anything about the cost of...
The Prime Minister has re-appointed Paul Myners Esq CBE as a Trustee of the Tate Gallery for a period of four years from 29 April 2007.
The creation of the new Vetting and Barring Scheme took an important step forward today with the appointment of Sir Roger Singleton as chair of the new Independent Barring Board (IBB). He will oversee the development...
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, John Healey MP, today presented to the House of Commons the Main Supply Estimates for 2007-08. Supply Estimates seek parliamentary authority for departmental spending plans...
There is a movement to phase out the traditional Bobbies Helmet and we feel...
These vehicles are environmentally unfriendly. They add to traffic...
Tony Blair lent his support to a day of action on Darfur.
Tony Blair looked back on 10 years of progress in the NHS.
Highest rate of 90.1% in South Northants
I am announcing today the findings of a Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the tragic incident in Basra, Iraq on 6 May 2006 when a Lynx helicopter based at Basra Air Station crashed, killing all five of its occupants...
I have set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) the following Performance Targets for 2007-08.
1. To authorise veterinary medicines according to legislative requirements and published standards and...
The Department has been made aware of an incident on 25 April, whereby personal data held on the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) was made available through unauthorised channels.
The security...
The 10th Annual Review of the Government Chemist has been received. The Review will be laid before the Scottish Parliament and copies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses plus those of the devolved ...
His Honour Judge James Ian Morris will retire from the Circuit Bench on the Midland Circuit on 30 April 2007.
Once again people around the world are working together to highlight the appalling situation in Darfur. More than 2 million people have been forced from their homes and 4 million are dependent on aid. The UK is...
The PM met with Poland's President Lech Kaczynski for talks on the future of Europe.
Tony Blair has lent his support to a day of action on Darfur by issuing a warning to the Sudanese government.
We welcomed this Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report, which was published on 12 December 2006. As part of their statutory role, the OFT actively investigates markets that do not appear to be meeting the needs...
ALEKSANDR SHEVCHENKO v. UKRAINE - 8371/02 [2007] ECHR 339 (26 April 2007)
The main question that I have to decide is who should pay the costs of these proceedings, which have proved to be largely fruitless but which the claimants say they were justified in bringing and pursuing. There...
This is a professional negligence action in which the claimant Michael Peter Hicks ("Mr Hicks") is suing the defendant solicitors Russell Jones & Walker ("RJW") who acted for him and his former wife Christine Anne...
This case raises the question of how the new scheme specific funding regime under Part 3 Pensions Act 2004 ("Part 3" and "PA 2004") together with regulations made under it impact on the contribution rules of a defined...
The Claimant is the Administratrix of Miss Wakoko Nishida who died on 18th May 2004. Miss Nashida died intestate domiciled in Japan. Letters of Administration were granted to her estate on 12th May 2005 to Sonia...
These proceedings raise, among other issues, questions of interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I was told during the hearing before me that this is the first time that the provisions of that Act...
This is an appeal by way of case stated against the decision of DJ Wood sitting in the Bishop Auckland Youth Court in which he stayed, as an abuse of process, criminal proceedings brought against the respondent ...
Debenham, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 891 (23 March 2007)
On the 30 September 2005 in the Crown Court at Lewes before His Honour Judge Rennie and a jury the appellant was convicted of rape (counts 1-3); false imprisonment (count 4); putting people in fear of violence contrary...
These are the reasons why, on 19th April 2007, we dismissed appeals against a ruling by the Recorder of London (His Honour Judge Peter Beaumont QC) made on 4th April 2005 in the course of a preparatory hearing under...
These are prosecution appeals against orders made by Mackay J at Woolwich Crown Court on 21st February 2007, staying proceedings against IK, AB and KA. For convenience, we shall refer to them as the defendants. ...
This is an appeal from that part of the order made by HHJ Faber in the Central London County Court on 8 September 2006 in which she declared that the appellant, Miss Jana Vesely, is, in respect of Flat 1, 8 South...
This is an appeal against the judgment of His Honour Judge Gilmour QC given on 19 December 2005. The judge dismissed a claim by Mrs Irene Gouldsmith ("the appellant") for damages for personal injuries sustained...
This is a dispute between KPMG and Network Rail (as I shall call them) over the effect of a break-clause in a reversionary sub-underlease ("the lease"). The lease was dated 11th July 1985. It followed generally ...
A new system to beat illegal fishing around the world by tracking fish from the moment they are caught to when they arrive on consumers' plates will get the backing of the UK Government today (30 April).
With so many e-petitions relevant to today's society it would be fairer to...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was embarrassed by the US formally complaining about the decision to drop the BAE inquiry, the PMOS said all he could say was we did not normally get into discussing diplomatic exchanges...
Asked whether the PMOS could update journalists on progress on the EU Treaty, the PMOS said the reality was that we were at the preliminary stages of discussions. The other reality was that both with the Dutch Prime...
Asked what were the Prime Minister's engagements on May 1st, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said if journalists were referring to this morning's papers then he had one word, wrong. Asked whether ...
The Queen has been pleased to approve that Lord Williamson of Horton GCMG CB be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, has today received the results of Ofcom's investigation into public interest issues that may be raised by British Sky Broadcasting Group's acquisition...
Photography is available from the Imperial War Museum website and from http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/defencenews
From 1 October this year tenants in England must be provided with specific details about their rights and obligations with any demand for payment of a service or administration charge.
Given recent world events, I submit that the ability of the ruling party to...
I, as many others do in todays flexible working environment, work at 2...
Power companies at present buy electricity generated by environmentally...
In a society all ready excessively burdened with CCTV and other...
this type of plantation is destroying vast amounts of rainforest and this...
In all walks of life there are always concessions handed out by most...
Follow the fascinating renovation of No10's Kent Suite of chairs in our new photo gallery.
Tony Blair has invited Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to mark the restoration of devolution.
The PM met with Poland's President Lech Kaczynski today for talks on the future of Europe.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Transition, EU Treaty and BAE Systems
Warm, sunny, weather forecast over Southern England over the next few days is likely to lead to the first summer smog episode of 2007.
Social Care Minister Ivan Lewis today announced a five-point plan to put excellence at the heart of the government's vision for twenty first century social care.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Ethiopia. We now advise against all travel within 50 kms of all Ethiopia's borders.
Mr Kevin Lyne has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro in succession to Mr John Dyson who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.
The OFT today reported to the Secretary of State on the completed acquisition by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) of a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV plc (ITV). The OFT believes that the test for a merger ...
16 April - HOMEWORK: interactive learning system for parents and children - ESRC report
With forecasters at the Met Office predicting another weekend of above average temperatures for most of the country, Met Office climate scientists have released more figures revealing new temperature records.
WE IN ENGLAND HAVE BECOME THE FALL GUYS OF EUROPE.THE PRIME MINISTER HAS...
Class remains a prominent issue in British society which incites prejudice...
Britain has only eight public holidays per annum whereas some of our...
"We take any death at work very seriously. We share UCATT's concern that there are too many deaths in the construction industry. Indeed after a period of much progress, there is a possible 20-25% rise in fatal accidents...
17 April - Deaths from drink-driving - ETSC report
25 April - Impact of digitisation of Health Service information - ESRC report
In our new photo gallery you can follow the fascinating renovation of No10's Kent Suite of chairs and sofas.
Production unchanged in 3 mths to March
"We take any death at work very seriously. We share UCATT's concern that there are too many deaths in the construction industry. Indeed after a period of much progress, there is a possible 10-15% rise in fatal accidents...
I have placed copies of the Northern Ireland Prison Service's Corporate and Business Plan for 2007-2010 in the Libraries of both Houses.
The Corporate and Business Plan contains Key Performance Targets ...
The targets, which have been set for 2007-08, are based on the strategic aim and objectives of the Agency as set out in Section 4 of its Corporate and Business Plan. The targets are in line with the Department...
I have appointed Ian Beesley to write the official history of the Secretaries to the Cabinet. I have also appointed Dr. Michael Goodman to write the official history of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
We welcomed this Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report, which was published on 12 December 2006. As part of their statutory role, the OFT actively investigates markets that do not appear to be meeting the needs...
Further to my statement to the House on Wednesday 18 April 2007, Official Report, columns 301-02, I am now able to announce the terms of reference for the inquiry that I have asked Mr. Michael Redfern QC to carry...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Goggins, has made the following Ministerial Statement.
The targets, which have been set for 2007-08, are based on the strategic aim ...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Paul Goggins) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
I have placed copies of the Northern Ireland Prison Service's corporate and business...
STRATEYCHUK v. UKRAINE - 25543/02 [2007] ECHR 331 (26 April 2007)
SALDUZ v. TURKEY - 36391/02 [2007] ECHR 332 (26 April 2007)
LAUDON v. GERMANY - 14635/03 [2007] ECHR 334 (26 April 2007)
KALANYOS AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA - 57884/00 [2007] ECHR 327 (26 April 2007)
KONSTATINOV v. THE NETHERLANDS - 16351/03 [2007] ECHR 336 (26 April 2007)
GERGELY v. ROMANIA - 57885/00 [2007] ECHR 328 (26 April 2007)
KOLOSENKO v. UKRAINE - 40200/02 [2007] ECHR 333 (26 April 2007)
KEMAL KAHRAMAN AND ALI KAHRAMAN v. TURKEY - 42104/02 [2007] ECHR 326 (26 April 2007)
GIRYA AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE - 17787/02 [2007] ECHR 330 (26 April 2007)
VOZHIGOV v. RUSSIA - 5953/02 [2007] ECHR 329 (26 April 2007)
SYLLA v. THE NETHERLANDS - 14683/03 [2007] ECHR 335 (26 April 2007)
PRISCHL v. AUSTRIA - 2881/04 [2007] ECHR 337 (26 April 2007)
KOZYYAKOVA AND GUREYEV v. RUSSIA - 16108/06 [2007] ECHR 338 (26 April 2007)
NB and JN (right of permanent residence) France [2007] UKAIT 00039 (26 February 2007)
MM (Article 8, family life, dependency) Zambia [2007] UKAIT 00040 (23 April 2007)
Riverside Housing Association Ltd v. White & Anor [2007] UKHL 20 (25 April 2007)
Tate Gallery (Board of Trustees of) v Duffy Construction Ltd & Anor (No. 2) [2007] EWHC 912 (TCC) (02 April 2007)
The claimant in this action, Peter Curistan, is a Chartered Accountant and a well-known businessman in Northern Ireland. He claims damages for libel against the defendant, Times Newspapers Limited, in respect...
In this litigation, the respective Claimants ("Wasa" and "AGF") seek declarations that they are not liable to indemnify the Defendant ("Lexington") under a contributing facultative reinsurance contract ("...
This case raises interesting and, to some extent, novel issues concerning the scope and application of the without prejudice rule and the exceptions to it in the context of a mediation, one of the most common means...
This is a challenge by Vicarage Gate Limited ("VGL"), by virtue of section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("TCPA 1990"), to a decision letter of an Inspector appointed by the First Defendant First...
On 17 February 2006 Paul Currie ("the appellant") was convicted in the Crown Court at Maidstone before Judge Mckinnon and a jury of dangerous driving. The underlying point on this appeal is whether the prosecution...
With permission granted by Scott Baker LJ on paper on 9 October 2006, Terrosina Jane Smith appeals against an order made by Miss Recorder Davies QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court on 3 July 2006, dismissing...
This appeal is concerned with the true interpretation of para 289A(iv) of the Immigration Rules HC 395 ("the Rules"). Para 289A is headed "Requirements for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the...
This is the judgment of the court.
This is an appeal from the order of HHJ Thompson QC dated 4 April 2006. He ordered the sale of 29 Highwood Park, Dobwalls, Liskeard (the Property) and gave consequential directions for the division of the proceeds...
In response to questions, Mr Straw made further comments of a party political nature on the forthcoming elections....
Asked if he had any views about whether he should serve in Iraq, the Leader said that was a matter entirely for the Army - not for Ministers....
In response to a question, Mr Straw repeated his view, expressed during Business Questions earlier, that there should be a police investigation rather than an internal Whitehall inquiry if there was any evidence...
The Leader, asked if he had a view of the Bill before MPs again tomorrow, said that the Government's approach - to treat it as a House matter - was entirely appropriate. He recalled that, when the original White...
Leader of the Commons, Jack Straw MP, announced that business for next week would be: Monday, April 30 - consideration in committee of the Finance Bill (Stephen Timms, John Healey and Ed Balls, for the Government...
Asked if there was any comment on the furore surrounding Prince Harry, the PMOS said it was a matter for the armed forces....
Asked if there was any change in the Government's position regarding the World Bank, the PMOS said it was a matter for the World Bank and therefore he would not comment. Put to the PMOS that there were representatives...
Asked if a leak was a criminal offence shouldn't an investigation be instigated, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that if people had evidence they should give it to the police. Put to the PMOS...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman and the Leader of the House on: Peter Clarke, World Bank, Prince Harry, Forthcoming Business, Private Member's Bill, Freedom of Information Act, Leaks ...
Competition Commission invites evidence
The UK's current water policy framework is not robust enough, Environment Minister Ian Pearson said today as he launched a debate on a revised National Water Strategy.
Industry-wide views on the regulation of defined contribution (DC) schemes have today (Wednesday) been published by the Pensions Regulator following its recent consultation, alongside a discussion paper on pension...
(FYI: A sizeable amount of homeless people served in the forces for our...
The DCA is responsible for running one of the most important departments....
Asked about the BBC allegations regarding the gangmasters and given that Jim Fitzpatrick had said that he was concerned about them, what action would be taken, the PMOS said that first of all, we had to consider...
Asked about the practice of the removal of organs, such as seen at Sellafield and other places, and the following announcement about an inquiry, the PMOS replied that when Alistair Darling had announced that there...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to mark personally the 300th anniversary of the Union, and also, did he have any plans to mark the 10th anniversary of being in office next week, the PMOS replied that he...
Asked for information about the written histories of Cabinet Secretaries and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), the PMOS replied that there were a series of official histories, and this commission would take...
Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed in the crime figures, as they showed a big increase in robbery, the PMOS replied that people should keep things in context. Crime overall was down by 35% since 1997...
Put that there were now claims in the media of indications about the leak and where it came from, did the Prime Minister still think that it was not right to have an inquiry into it, the PMOS said that...
Asked why the Prime Minister had not yet picked up his Congressional Gold Medal, the PMOS said that as the Prime Minister had made clear before, he was very honoured to have been awarded this medal. However, there...
Asked whether the Prime Minister had any views on Prince Harry leaving the Army, the PMOS said that when the Prime Minister was asked about it this morning, he said that it was a matter for the Army....
Asked what had been discussed at Cabinet today, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that Alistair Darling gave an overview of energy in the lead up to the Energy White Paper. John Reid had outlined...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cabinet, Prince Harry, Congressional Gold Medal, Peter Clarke/Leak, Crime Statistics/Mobile Phone crime, Cabinet Secretaries' Histories, Anniversaries...
As part of the Government's drive to open up global legal services markets, Constitutional Affairs Minister Baroness Catherine Ashton begins a visit to India today.
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The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.
Analysis of Responses Received to the Consultation on Review of Prescription Charges and Exemption Arrangements in Scotland
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has presented petitions in the High Court to wind up Nationwide Legal Services Limited and NLS Sheffield Limited in the public interest.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer appointed His Honour Judge Richard George Brown DL, Resident Judge at Lewes Combined Court Centre, as a Senior Circuit Judge on 1 February 2007.
16 April - Performance pay for teachers - ACER report
We accept that JSA has an important role when people are genuinely seeking...
There is rising concern about the treatment given to psychiatric patients....
I own an incredibly 'green' car (spectacularly low emissions and over 90 mpg...
Due to the ever incresing demand on staff 20 days over 365 in a year does...
As the number of flights by light aircraft increases so residents are...
to say young people need less money is wrong late teens early twentys is...
For those caravans that use the roads, road fund taxation should be leved....
This petition attempts to persuade the prime minister to give the country's...
Manchester United and Chelsea Football Clubs have each been allocated around...
Des Walker was the best defender in the world in his prime. At Sheffield...
We as a community cricket club, have been waiting for a straight and honest...
It is obvioius that our, so called, continental friends do care to adjust or...
i feel that the transport industry should use british drivers as an hgv...
Although I welcome the right to roam act I feel that cyclists have been...
Is it me or are spaces getting smaller or cars getting wider? Either way, I...