* 16,000 employment tribunals averted as Acas helps business save £120 million * Discipline, dismissal and grievance are the biggest issues for employers
Asked to comment on reports that the Government would send more troops to Afghanistan due to other NATO forces being withdrawn, the PMS said that the Ministry of Defence had made clear that the Government did not...
Asked if the Prime Minister shared President Sarkozy's view that Tony Blair would make a first class EC President, the PMS referred people back to what the Prime Minister had said on Friday in Lisbon, when he was...
Put that the Chancellor's meeting with the business community suggested that proposals were not set in stone, the PMS replied that the Chancellor's meeting was to discuss the issues that had been raised by the business...
Asked about the Government's views on the issues relating to the Turkish/Iraq border, the Prime Minister's Spokesman told the assembled press that a statement had been made by the Foreign Secretary condemning the...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Turkey, Business Council, European Council and Misc
The Department of Health today announced the appointment of members to the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care (NIGB).
Following an open competition, the Chancellor has appointed Trevor Llanwarne as the new Government Actuary. Trevor is currently Chief Actuary, pensions at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Trevor will head the Government ...
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My local Tesco store is open 24 hours on most days. There are no doors, just...
After only a years operation Fife Stagecoach have decided with little or no...
We are a nation of animal lovers so we should be allowed to take time off...
Bluetongue vaccine could be made available if the Government ordered its...
The Prime Minister has explained the events surrounding the signing of the EU treaty and its implications for the British people.
UK Environment Minister Joan Ruddock visited Sloy Power Station, on Loch Lomondside to see Scottish and Southern Energy's facility there and to learn more about the company's new development at Glendoe, near Loch...
Proposals for easing the burden of regulations on employers providing pension schemes were unveiled today by Minister for Pensions Reform Mike O'Brien.
Otto Thoresen has today published the interim report of the Thoresen Review of Generic Financial Advice (GFA). The report shows that, on the evidence the Review has studied, GFA is an essential element in improving...
Ahead of target - TDA announces there are now 8,000 extended schools
The Consumer Council for Water welcomed the updated law on the use of hosepipes during water restrictions, announced by Defra today.
The Government has set targets so that local authorities have to reduce the...
The deterrants currently in place for drink-driving are inadequate. Despite...
The DSA intend reducing the number of Test Centres in the UK focusing the...
Make the sentence fit the crime in consideration of the persons age and/or...
In this modern society everyone is equal. As it stands men can draw a state...
In favour of Tight Airport security standards, why not create a police force...
Children with conditions such as ADHD and dyslexia are being labelled as "...
I truely believe that all unsociable and unacceptable behaviour in children...
Focussing on single parents, you have to be working 16+ hours to be entitled...
The above Post Office is very busy and well used throughout the week,...
The world is rapidly becoming a more unstable and dangerous place and yet...
My child goes to a villiage primary school which is a complete nightmare to...
The dft do not have a record of how many Blue Badges are issued in the UK....
Wales and Scotland now have their own Governments that are Nationalistic in...
It is my view that Members of Parliament and Ministers should be required to...
The price of diesel and petrol fuel in the UK is a disgrace and is the...
I only knew about this website because a friend forwarded a petition via...
More and more marine mammals are coming to the coast of the UK and Scotland...
This has to be the most annoying coin that has ever been produced and I...
Black History is being celebrated at an enormous cost to the UK taxpayer....
Petition to raisie the speed limit to 100mph between the hours of 20:00 - 07...
TalkTalk have decided to move all retention jobs from the north west to...
The present system gives priority council housing to single mums, drug/...
Take out a credit card and the banks offer you a payment protection...
Why have Local Councils become so involved in areas which can be best served...
I am campaigning for free prescriptions for everyone who has a life...
I am married to a Moroccan lady and we live in Spain. She is grandmother to...
It makes no sense as we pay their salary, with the money collected by Our...
SAVE SMALL SCHOOLS The policy could mean the closure of some village...
Not fire, flood or nature, but our subsidized diminution to half price of...
We, the undersigned, petition the Prime Minister to intervene in Gwynedd...
They Are Destroying the Female Species in Congo: Congolese Human Rights...
All forms throughout the country/world should have English on them. We have...
Exams are written but are not helpful to the students who are taking them...
To have all Large HGV depots and supermarket distribution centres adjacent...
I have applied twice now to my local police force and on both occasions had...
The Dixon Plan has worked wonders in the very few instances of it being used...
The central NHS has commissioned the Audit Commission to audit the clinical...
The Post Office has recently proposed the closure of 17 branches in South...
To stop the clocks going forward by one hour in UK (day light savings)...
HM The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Nicholas John Gorrod Blake, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court.
Sir Michael Bichard was today appointed as the new Chair of the Design Council. Sir Michael succeeds Sir George Cox and will take up his post in January 2008.
The Prime Minister has welcomed members of the Royal British Legion to Downing Street prior to the launch of the 2007 Poppy Appeal.
Following an open competition, the Prime Minister and Chancellor have appointed Ray Shostak as Head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and Director General of Performance, HM Treasury. He will take up his appointment...
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up Vehicle Connect (UK) Limited in the public interest.
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 25 October 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
Gordon Brown will give a statement to the House of Commons at 15:30 BST today on the EU Council meeting and the EU Treaty signed last week.
Many students who receive Disabled Students Allowance have no history of...
As outlined in a recent tv programme MPs are effectively immune from any...
Mid Bedfordshire is a small rural area. The building of a Centre Parcs in...
as gun crime is a growing fad amongst britains children,i would ask for the...
There are 7 projects in Hull that take disaffected young people off the...
It has been announced today, yet again, how working class families are...
Just because a parent is in debt it doesnt mean a child should be uprooted...
Life expectancy is at the highest level ever, deaths from cancer, heart disease and stroke are falling, and infant mortality is at its lowest level ever according to the Health Profile of England 2007, published...
Analysis of consultation responses -Gambling Act 2005:The Club Gaming and Club Machine Permits (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and the Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits (Scotland) Regulations 2007
Potential new developments are being held up or stopped compleatly by some...
To reduce the fish quotas of fish legally caught in UK waters by 25% year on...
To make public transport free to use by everyone. Public Transport should...
All company's should be made to use recyclable materials (where possible) in...
The aviation industry is increasingly contributing to global warming but...
The current, complex system of taxation penalises OWNERS of vehicles on the...
We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to formally renounce...
spend every penny for two years that is being sent abroad in aid and...
'...make membership to a "Gang" illegal and an imprisonable offence' -- dave harrison
Councils should be making a charge within the council tax to ensure that all...
Every other country seems to have one isnt about time that our homeland,...
Spouses and dependants of serving F&C citizens though not being on active...
Who think's that Ian Wright is an absolute legend and should be given a...
'...boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the grounds of human rights abuses, particularly in relation to forced community clearances and police brutality.' -- Anne Louise Avery
Accredited Counsellors provide mental health services with proven clinical...
If the worlds population raised their standard of living and energy...
Bonnie Langford has entertained millions of theatre audiences and tv viewers...
In this day and age we think it is disgraceful that people should have to...
Given that even a little alcohol will affect ones clarity of mind, should...
There are many excellent social policies in use in Europe. Instead we...
There is very little escape from tax for most of us, but the very wealthy...
Million pound bonuses in one year, when most of us will not earn a million...
Fireworks only create fear and suffering for our pensioners, young children...
In an increasingly dangerous world, Britain needs to accept a lesser place...
From a purely health perspective, we should not allow anyone into this...
Once income tax has been deducted from your earnings, so too on average of 3...
Disruptive industrial action adversely affects not only the two parties in...
Premium rate calls beginning with the 09 prefix should carry a non-...
If we give long term disabled people who can't work about £2 million pounds...
UK quarantine laws are outdated and unnecessary. Many countries do not...
The TLC process for the Macclesfield locality has not addressed the question...
'...bring forward legislation making it much easier to hold NHS Trust directors criminally responsible for deaths arising from the neglect of patients' -- Philip Rolle
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury station used to have many direct train services to...
A 62 year old law governing the use of hosepipes in times of drought will be updated following a Government consultation, Environment Minister Phil Woolas confirmed today.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
We'll be briefing the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee's inquiry into the potential of England's rural economy.
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These commentary notes are designed to help all those seeking to rural proof Local Area Agreements (LAAs).
The Government recently published the national indicator set for the performance framework for local authorities. This underpins the Local Area Agreements that local authorities and their...
Experts from around sixty countries will meet today (22 October) at Loch Lomond, Scotland in a major effort to develop an international agreement to conserve endangered migratory birds of prey in Europe, Africa ...
Ahead of target - TDA announces there are now 8,000 extended schools
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The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Mr Gerald Edward Barling QC to be President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal with effect from 5 November 2007. Mr Barling also becomes a Justice...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Anthony Nicholas Moss and Michael Alan Taylor to be Salaried District Chairmen of the Appeal Tribunals. Mr Moss will be assigned to the North...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Paul David Cadney to be a Salaried Chairman of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales). Mr Cadney will be assigned to the Cardiff Region ...
HM The Queen has appointed Carol Lesley Atkinson to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed David Nicholas Bowen to be a Designated Immigration Judge of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal at Newport, with effect from 5 November 2007...