The Information Tribunal has today issued its decision relating to the disclosure of Gateway information on the ID Cards Programme under the Freedom of Information Act.
Competition Commission invites evidence
Asked what the Government's response was to the claim that second and third generation UK born Pakistanis are being vetted more closely when they apply for visas, the PMOS said that the US Embassy here has denied...
Asked if there were any plans to increase the efforts to spare civilian casualties, the PMOS said that we always want to avoid civilian casualties and big efforts are made to avoid civilian casualties, unfortunately...
Asked about what had been discussed at Cabinet, the PMOS said that Cabinet this morning heard a report from the Attorney General on Operation Crevice and he stressed again how successful it had been. He underlined...
Asked to clarify the position of the Prime Minister with regard to being a Member of Parliament (MP) as reported on the Press Association newswire, the PMOS said the announcement next week would be solely about ...
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) started with comment on the UVF statement this morning. The PMOS said that we welcomed this announcement, but as with statements from other paramilitary groups in the...
Asked whether the Prime Minister had voted today, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said the Prime Minister's local Government services were taken in London, but there were no London elections to vote...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Prime Minister, Cabinet, Afghanistan and US Visa Restrictions
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Prime Minister
Orders in the year to March 2007 rose by four per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the first quarter of 2007 rose by one per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier...
consultation papers on the reform of the EU Fruit and Vegetable regime
As more and more cyclists are using britains roads, all cyclists should be...
I believe firmly the House of Lords as it exists fullfils the role the...
Currently NATS and the CAA can realign routes and stacks for aircraft...
To change the vat rate on fruit juices to zero-rated from the standard 17.5...
For nearly 300 years Scots have endured a barrage of such rhetoric which has...
Barry Gardiner MP, the current Parliamentary Secretary for Biodiversity,...
Non-academic kids with a clear interest in a trade are badly served by...
We all know how precious blood is and how bad the shortages are. My...
Currently the amount of Child Tax Credit paid is based on what you may earn...
The Home Office recently reviewed the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP...
Some of the World cup winning squad from 1966 have been honoured by...
For the past 37 years Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan has been at the top of...
The Government should help older people to get involved with computers, if...
North Wales Police Chief Richard Brunstrom, has gone too far this time in...
This last week saw the destruction by Transport For London of a famous mural...
Equestrian related thefts are experiencing a rapid increase. Theft of horses...
Rogue traders often attempt to evade their legal duties and their outraged...
The Department of Education recently announced a review of its decision to...
Road conditions, vehicle capabilities and legislation change continuously,...
In some consituencies when a person is diagnosed with senile dementure the...
Westminster Abbey is part of our heritage, and the government should fund it...
Reduce and eventually eliminate the use of Palm Oil in foods to prevent...
I would like to see the establishment of a independent police beureau to...
The CSA should be disbanded and the resources incorporated into DWP directly...
The Prime Minister agrees that the UK should become more energy saving and...
With suicide statistics showing that in the UK at least 16 children kill...
If a family gets tax credits this is because they don't earn enough to have...
There are plans in the pipeline to drastically reduce or even remove peoples...
The Isle of Wight should be granted independence. Just because it is close...
children should recieve free corrective treatment for their teeth as this...
We believe that the current regulations that allow HGV’s to use the outside...
Did you know that many of the immigrants arriving in Britain speak little or...
When going into custody (prison) you can not do any offending courses if you...
Our actions now are so important regarding climate change. Our decisions...
Due to lack of funding and staff, my mother recieved poor care after a minor...
The BBC are apparently on the verge of losing the rights to broadcast...
The Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill currently making its way through...
It seems that many expatriates lose the right to vote in UK elections. All...
Culture Minister David Lammy has placed a temporary export bar on an 18th century Union flag, flown as Lord Howe's command flag at the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794, the first naval clash between the...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned councils to ensure that they carry out prompt and effective repairs to communal areas of their properties, following the death of Ryan Dean, 13, on a stairwell that...
The OFT has today referred the anticipated acquisition by Sportech plc of the Vernons football pools business from Ladbrokes plc to the Competition Commission (CC).
This document sets out what we have learnt from the public reform dialogue; and how change is being taken forward across public services.
Ofwat does not consider that the recent takeover of AWG plc., the owner of Anglian Water, by Osprey Acquisitions Limited (Osprey) raises any significant regulatory issues. The decision follows a public consultation...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Frosterley Community Primary School to the admission number determined for it for September 2008 by Durham County Council. David ...
Charles Bronson (prisoner number BT1314), currently residing in the CSC Unit...
Under the present system for handling medical negligence claims against the...
The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima was taken, with his parents and...
Millions of people are increasingly affected by crime which threatens their...
New measures to lift thousands more children out of poverty announced
Speaking today at the Launch of the International Compact with Iraq, in Sharm El Sheikh, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, thanked the Egyptian hosts and announced that the UK was now committing more money...
Ofwat has taken two more steps today in its bid to increase competition in the water industry.
The Pensions Regulator today (Thursday) issued a reminder to parties considering corporate transactions - the underlying principle for considering clearance is whether the event is financially detrimental to the...
* Guidance on abandonment published, along with responses to the regulator's discussion paper
Many Scots or British with Scottish upbringing and family have no say in the...
Recently an Australian Government Official made a very public statement that...
New Charter for Adult Education A Vision from Liverpool This charter has...
1. Disabled elderly have to move to some more suitable accomodations eg...
1) Allowing all products that were on the market prior to its introduction...
The recent amendment has put the whole of the road transport industry under...
The OFT is carrying out a number of on-site searches as part of a criminal investigation into suspected cartel conduct in relation to the market for marine hoses used to transfer oil.
due to the amount of horses in the uk reaching a all time high i think there...
Too many cyclists are riding on pavements and in pedestrianised areas. Too...
Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities - April 2007
Leaflet - Avian Influenza: Information for Gamekeepers
The Government are strongly supportive of international efforts to tackle the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and to prevent the abuse of financial systems. My written ministerial statement of 7 ...
I represented the United Kingdom at this month's Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg.
The Council ultimately postponed political agreement on measures to ensure the recovery of the stock of ...
I have set the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) the following performance targets for 2007-08.
Service Delivery
1. To meet 85 per cent. of rationale, objectives, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation...
FK (FGM, Risk and Relocation ) Kenya CG [2007] UKAIT 00041 (04 April 2007)
VW ("Extension"; curtailment of leave) Jamaica [2007] UKAIT 00042 (25 April 2007)
DA (Section 3C, meaning and effect) Ghana [2007] UKAIT 00043 (25 April 2007)
Douglas & Ors v. Hello! Ltd & Ors [2007] UKHL 21 (02 May 2007)
Jersey Fishermen's Association Ltd & Ors v. States of Guernsey (Guernsey) [2007] UKPC 30 (2 May 2007)
Hanna v. Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada (The Bahamas) [2007] UKPC 29 (2 May 2007)
Phillips & Co & Anor v. Whatley (Gilbraltar) [2007] UKPC 28 (2 May 2007)
Courtney, R. v [2007] NICC 11 (27 March 2007)
This is an application by the Claimant for an injunction restraining the Defendant from committing one or more economic torts. The causes of action relied on are clear from the draft order sought but are...
The First Claimant generates electrical power in Oxfordshire at a coal fired power station. The ash has to be disposed of and the First Claimant has planning permission to dispose of it in eight former gravel pits...
The Claimants are customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). They fear that unless restrained those who protest against the work done by HLS and their customers will harass their employees. On this application...
These are proceedings by a wife seeking ancillary relief. In circumstances to which I shall have to return in due course, the proceedings have become needlessly complicated and, as a result, quite inordinately protracted...
Parents who were ultimately successful in resisting care proceedings begun by a local authority wish to tell their story to the British Broadcasting Corporation with a view to the BBC broadcasting a documentary ...
This is an application by the first defendant, a company incorporated in Jersey which carries on the business of providing its services as trustees, to set aside an order made by Chief Master Winegarten on 19th...
This is an appeal by A F Blakemore & Son Limited ("the Employer") and the Trustees ("the Trustees") of the A F Blakemore & Son Ltd Staff Retirement Benefit Scheme ("the Scheme") against two decisions dated the 3rd...
This is a renewed application for permission to apply for judicial review to challenge a decision of a Mental Health Review Tribunal sitting at Broadmoor on 28 March 2006. Permission was refused on the papers by...
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 ...
This is an appeal from the decision of His Honour Judge Kershaw QC dated 5th July 2006. The appellants were, through a sub-contractor, carrying the respondents cargo of pharmaceuticals on a lorry. That lorry crashed...
This appeal raises issues, we were told not previously determined but now regarded as urgent, that fundamentally affect the operation of assured tenancies under the terms of the Housing Act 1988 [the 1988 Act]. ...
This case came to us as an urgent application by UMBS Online Ltd ("UMBS") for permission to appeal against the order made by Lloyd Jones J on 5th March 2007 dismissing its application for judicial review of two ...
Commenting on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2007, FCO Minister Ian McCartney said,
The responses for the National Fostering and Kinship Care Strategy Consultation were received from individual foster carers, kinship carers, local authorities, practitioners and charities who have an interest in...