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Asked if the Prime Minister had had an audience with The Queen this week, the PMOS confirmed that he had. Asked if there would be anything arranged with The Queen as part of his farewell tour to say goodbye, the...
The Prime Minister paid a special visit to a Chelsea pensioner reaching his 102nd birthday today.
Competition Commission invites evidence
The interests of consumers will be at the heart of the Government's proposals for a system of personal pensions savings accounts, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton said today.
The existing system by which credit reference agencies operate is heavily...
The government should pay the full £3bn to complete the Galileo satellite-...
Introduce legislation to prevent this and future Governments, hiding by...
British Telecom have introduced a penalty charge to all customers for not...
to keep it simple house building is sky high ,population is sky high,...
With the G-8 report upcoming, it's time for a different, possibly more...
people who have spent years and a lot of time and money and still are unable...
Large numbers of people have been diverted away from unemployment-related...
We the undersigned in the UK are extremely concerned to hear that the tiny...
Build the Studley Bypass as increased road traffic from Redditch created by...
take the same line as the australian governmet did.and ban the ban the...
The Government advocates climate change levies on various day to day...
The BBC issued the following article - More frontline police officers could...
It is very annoying to hear a question asked of the PM which he then...
The basis of our criminal law system, is old archaic pieces of legislation...
The decision to close this vital part of our community must be opposed. I...
The media in the UK need to have restrictions imposed to restrict how and...
On the 9th May 2007 it was announced that the Mayor of London is introducing...
No White Elephant Political Stadium at the Maze. Yes to a Sports stadium in...
If you want England to remain red, white and blue please help on our...
I believe that R.E should not have to be compulsary. We have to take our...
The A329(M) is a short section of motorway in Berkshire that joins two ends...
It is offensive and demeaning to enforce that buildings put up No smoking...
Traffic conjestion in Lancaster is getting worst by the day. We could like...
Troops in desert and DPM uniform waiting for buses out side of RAF Brize...
Vicarage road , st James Northampton is a terrible road for school children...
Im like other people who work 5 days a week, sometimes more than 40+ hours...
It is disgusting that people in the same financial situation are having...
Instead of closing Post Offices we should stop postal deliveries, and turn...
The Food Standards Agency is considering the compulsory addition of folic...
The current government introduced new legislation removing the right of...
PGCE teacher trainees are typically in the university for 2 months of their...
NATO Forces training for the NATO Response Force (NRF) in the Baltic conducted a commando amphibious landing and assault operation at Ustka, Poland, earlier this week to test NATO's capability to carry out Initial...
Prime Minister defends use of control orders Asked what the Prime Minister's view was on control orders, and what was he going to do about their apparent flaws, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said...
Barbara Hutchinson will chair a new adoption assessment team, the Prime Minister has said.
Tony Blair has condemned Tuesday night's terrorist attack in Ankara as a "cowardly and despicable act".
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Control Orders and Prime Minister
Lord Bruce-Lockhart has been appointed Chair of English Heritage, the Government's statutory advisor on the historic environment, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced today.
Firefighters who led projects to reach out to ethnic minority groups and to get fire safety messages across to teenagers with learning difficulties were just some of the nominees and winners of the Fire and Rescue...
Some food manufacturers are getting away with sneaking in animal derived...
Tony Blair welcomed the Belgium Prime Minister to Downing Street today.
The Prime Minister has defended the use of control orders as the best available means for protecting the public.
Journalists from the London Paper have been given rare access to the Number 10 garden.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said:
Environment Secretary David Miliband today published a new strategy for cutting waste, and said that everyone - businesses, individuals, local authorities and the Government - has a role to play by reducing the ...
The Government today published its response to the Better Regulation Commission's (BRC's) appraisal of the regulatory implications of the Stern Review.
The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills today announced arrangements for the management of NHS training budgets by Strategic Health Authorities in England in 2007/8. Funding of &...
Following yesterday's Judicial Review findings, Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt, today announced that job offers for junior doctors applying for specialist recruitment will start today. Speaking in...
The Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces have shown their commitment to improving representation amongst ethnic minority communities by signing up for the Next Step Foundation's Diversity Mark scheme.
The publication today of the Ministry of Defence's latest Armed Forces manning figures shows that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 96.8 per cent full time trained strength.
The Ministry of Defence was the biggest single recipient of awards at this year's Public Private Finance Awards, collecting a grand total of five.
Report of the external Budget Review Group, completed in July 2006.
Sir Ken Knight, Commissioner of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, has been appointed as the Government's new Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser. He is due to take up his post this summer.
Councils must use new devolutionary powers to better engage their communities, meet their ambitions and improve public satisfaction, Local Government Minister Phil Woolas said today.
Teenage pregnancy statistics published today show the lowest under-16 and under-18 conception rates for the first quarter of a year since 1993, when quarterly statistics were first published.
An advertising campaign designed by talented London state school students has been launched across the capital today by the Minister for London Schools, Andrew Adonis.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 31 May 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
The Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa, Lord Triesman, today welcomed the launch of the Disaster Emergency Committee's appeal...
Tough Government proposals to give law enforcement agencies new powers to make it easier to seize criminals' luxury possessions and high value goods used in crime, such as cars and boats, were announced today by...
New moves to break the link between mobile phones and crime will begin today at a workshop hosted by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker.
New anti-fraud measures mean people applying for their first ever adult passport cannot leave it until the last minute to apply.
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, today announced that he has instructed the Support Staff Working Group (SSWG) to take forward plans to examine a new structure that would consider the pay...
The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills today announced arrangements for the management of NHS training budgets by Strategic Health Authorities in England in 2007/8. Funding of &...
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, has today referred British Sky Broadcasting Group's acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV plc to the Competition Commission under Section 45(2) of the Enterprise...
he OFT welcomes the Secretary of State's announcement today of his decision to refer the completed acquisition by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) of a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV plc (ITV) to the Competition...
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) disrupted criminal assets worth £73.6m and recovered £15.9m worth of criminal wealth last year, Interim Director, Alan McQuillan said today.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on UK seafarers.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on freight traffic handled at UK ports in 2006.
The Department for Transport has today published a report on potential reform in the trust port sector in England and Wales. The report was prepared for the Department by independent consultants Pricewaterhouse ...
Deforestation accounts for an estimated 25% of all greenhouse gases, more...
Car Production rises in the 3 months to April
1.3% fall in first quarter 2007
prepared by the DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS Work Welfare and Equality Group
The Education, Youth and Culture Council will be held on 24-25 May in Brussels. I will be representing the UK on 24 May when Culture and Audiovisual issues will be taken. Education and Youth issues will be taken...
I have set the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) the following performance targets for 2007-08.
Fishing Vessel Licensing
Issue 100 per cent. of over 10-metre licences biennially by 23 March and 100 per...
The Department has been reviewing the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances and related services in primary care since October 2005.
The current...
The following list of key performance indicators has been set for the Tribunals Service for 2007-08.
1. Seventy five per cent. of tribunal applications will be dealt with, within each individual tribunal...
The Department for Transport has received a request from Cross-London Rail Links Ltd (CLRL) for additional funding of £6,525,000 to contribute towards the cost of utility diversion work at Tottenham...
Today I am informing the House that I am placing in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) two notices inviting interested companies to bid to be part of framework agreements to run different elements...
O'CONNELL AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 58370/00 [2007] ECHR 402 (22 May 2007)
MCELROY AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 57646/00 [2007] ECHR 401 (22 May 2007)
BULBUL v. TURKEY - 47297/99 [2007] ECHR 395 (22 May 2007)
KASZCZYNIEC v. POLAND - 59526/00 [2007] ECHR 397 (22 May 2007)
TOIVE LEHTINEN v. FINLAND - 43160/98 [2007] ECHR 398 (22 May 2007)
MUTTILAINEN v. FINLAND - 18358/02 [2007] ECHR 396 (22 May 2007)
OYA ATAMAN v. TURKEY - 47738/99 [2007] ECHR 399 (22 May 2007)
HAGGAN AND MCCAVERY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 63176/00 [2007] ECHR 400 (22 May 2007)
OM (Returning citizens, minorities, religion) Uzbekistan CG [2007] UKAIT 00045 (23 May 2007)
Ceredigion County Council v. Jones & Ors [2007] UKHL 24 (23 May 2007)
Boake Allen Ltd & Ors v. Revenue and Customs [2007] UKHL 25 (23 May 2007)
Benichou v. Mauritius Commercial Bank (Mauritius) [2007] UKPC 36 (23 May 2007)
This is an appeal from a decision of Master Rogers when he allowed appeals by the Respondents from the Determining Officer's assessment of their graduated fees. I am grateful for the considerable contribution...
This is an appeal against a preliminary decision of the Special Commissioners about two issues of principle which affect some forthcoming appeals by the Appellant taxpayers, Mr and Mrs Morris, against a series ...
"Modernising Medical Careers ("MMC") was described as a major reform of postgraduate medical training. Among other things, it changed the way junior doctors were to become specialists. As from 1 August 2007...
On 13 April 2005 a serving prisoner, Wayne Reid, was stabbed to death in his cell at Ryehill Prison. The appellant and Bisharat Chaudry were convicted of murder on 6 April 2006 at Northampton Crown Court. In the...
This is an appeal by the Brunel University and Professor Steven Schwartz, its Vice-Chancellor, against the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissing the appellants' appeal against the decision ...
These appeals raise important questions as to the compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR] of primary and secondary legislation requiring certain persons who are subject to immigration control...
This is an appeal by Mr Douglas Carnegie brought with the permission of Keene LJ against the decision of Eady J, who granted Mr Stephen Drury a substantial extension of time for service of the claim form and Particulars...
This appeal comes before the court by permission of the Divisional Court (Hooper LJ and Cresswell J) which decided the case at first instance. Their decision, in brief, was that the provisions of the Orders in Council...
This appeal arises from a transaction relating to land in South London on which stands a tower block (the Tower) which has been said to be one of the ugliest buildings in London. The Appellant Knightsbridge Green...