A search for a 72 year old man is currently ongoing in the Thurso area on the North coast of Scotland after Police requested the assistance of Aberdeen Coastguard earlier this evening.
Health Secretary Alan Johnson, spent over an hour answering your questions on the new Cancer Reform Strategy and the National Stroke Strategy, as well as hospital aquired infections, obesity and breastfeeding in...
Asked how many times the Prime Minister had spoken to Wendy Alexander this week, the PMS replied that this fell into the category of both private conversations and Labour Party matters, and therefore he would not...
Asked how the Prime Minister could be appearing before the Liaison Committee and go to Lisbon, the PMS replied since yesterday the Liaison Committee had announced that they will be bringing forward the start of ...
Asked if the Prime Minister was still confident that the economy was "tickety-boo", the PMS replied that the Prime Minister's position was that no country can insulate itself from the ups and downs of the world ...
Asked why the figure 42 was plucked out of the ether, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that we were not plucking anything out of the ether as suggested. We were putting in place stronger safeguards around...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Pre-charge detention, economy, EU treaty and misc
England's National Parks will get £9.6million more over the next three years, Rural Affairs Minister Jonathan Shaw announced today.
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Record investment of £3.9billion over seven years for rural development was confirmed today by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn.
Important progress is already being made towards the government's goal of equality for disabled people by 2025, the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) reveals today in its second annual report to the Prime Minister...
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Police officers are to receive a 2.5% pay award, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced today. From 1 December 2007, all police constables will be paid more than £21,500, with those with the longest...
£10 billion per year will be going into policing for the fight against crime by 2010/11, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, said today.
Defence Minister Baroness Taylor today announced a £35 million major upgrade to the Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland. New equipment valued at £18 million will be installed as part of a general...
The UK Hydrographic Office will remain a Trading Fund of the Ministry of Defence, after a review of the business and its future.
Communities Minister Baroness Andrews announced £4.9bn funding for the Supporting People programme over the next three years today. The funding will help over a million vulnerable people each year, including...
Councils in England will receive an £8.97bn boost in funding over the next three years, including £2.7bn next year as Local Government Minister John Healey published Government grant figures ...
Local Government Minister John Healey today (6 December) announced that 66 local and 21 transitional authorities will receive a share of a new £1.5billion fund as part of the Government's drive to turn...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal by Salford City Council to vary the admission number for Harrop Fold High School, Salford, in September 2008. The Government has required...
The Metropolitan Police Authority today agreed the terms of reference for its scrutiny into how the Metropolitan Police and it responded to the Independent Police Complaints Commission's Stockwell reports 1, 1b ...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is advising businesses to be ready for the new Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) that come into effect on 15 December 2007.
A real national treasure, Christopher Biggins should be honoured. His...
We feel that the Prime Minister and his cabinet should resign due to its...
The residants of Mirfield have had enough of Anti Social Behaviour in the...
We were most concerned when we heard that the GLA's remit at present only...
We have recently seen a minor scandal over alternative health practitioners...
Before the next election, the Govt should introduce firm legislation...
We, the undersigned, ask the Prime Minister to tackle the shortage of police...
Join Cycling Plus magazine in calling for recommended EU legislation on HGV...
Caroline McElhill was one of the victims of the fire tradegy in Omagh,...
Stockton Borough Council want to close a perfectly good public sector care...
Please DO keep Windsor Fire station open 24/7 . It is essencial to make sure...
State funding of political parties is a potentially hugely damaging and...
The Government today announced a raft of new measures totalling £2.3billion over three years for a twin onslaught on fuel poverty and home energy efficiency.
Sea anglers are being urged to have their say on new proposals to benefit their sport and the marine environment.
A proposal to use a new Government Bill to simplify immigration law has received positive feedback, the Home Office revealed today.
'...Force Private Landlords to accept DSS/Housing Benefit' -- Helen Marie Dooher
Whilst we agree that those who are deliberately fraudulent should be...
All nationalities including Europeans coming to this country should have...
homecare services will start to be charged in january in the fife area....
'...ensure that free parking is available to all patients and visitors at all NHS hospitals' -- Tony Smith
The Prime Minister has argued that "broader change within our system of...
Members of parliament are trusted to uphold the law of the land and to serve...
To commence action to stop spam emails and catching the authors of such...
Throught the nation swimming pools new and old are constantly being left to...
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up Hourglass Design Limited in the public interest.
The Department for Transport has today published the tenth edition of Transport Trends. This National Statistics publication provides readers with an introduction to the major trends in transport and travel in Great...
The Department for Transport has today published the Civil Aviation Authority Annual Statistics on Disruptive Passenger Behaviour on-board aircraft.
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the third quarter of 2007.
Asked if he agreed with the Liberal Democrats that sending Valerie Amos to the EU/Africa Summit in place of the Prime Minister diluted his position, the PMS said he did not think it diluted the Prime Minister's ...
Asked to comment on Charles Clarke's interview in the Standard, the PMS said he did not want to discuss details of private conversations between the Prime Minister and his Labour Party colleagues. The Prime Minister...
Asked what the Prime Minister would be discussing with his Romanian counterpart, the PMS said that the Romanian Prime Minister was in London and it was an opportunity for them to discuss live European policy issues...
Asked to confirm that today's announcement was new money and new places, the PMS said he could confirm that, as Jack Straw had made clear in his statement. Asked why it had taken a review to build new prisons, the...
Asked about the new appointment and why it had taken so long, the PMS said that as people would have seen, Sir Christopher Kelly, a very distinguished former Permanent Secretary and civil servant who had served ...
Asked for a comment on the Temporary Workers Bill in Brussels, the PMS said that there was a meeting taking place at the Employment Council in Brussels today and John Hutton was there for the UK. The meeting was...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be attending the EU Summit in Lisbon, the Prime Minister's Spokesman told the assembled press that a decision had not been made as yet. The Prime Minister hoped to go to Lisbon ...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: EU summit, temporary workers, committee on standards in public life, prisons, Romanian Prime Minister, Charles Clarke and EU Africa summit
Manufacturing: 0.1% rise into October 2007
Capital allocations to the museums and galleries sponsored by the DCMS are to rise by 147 per cent in cash terms to £191.4 million over the next three years, compared to the previous period, Culture Minister...
The Government will recognise the selfless efforts of thousands of women who worked on the Home Front to provide food and timber during World War II, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment announced today...
Seven projects for dealing with England's waste moved a step closer to securing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding today.
Following expert consideration of surveillance and tracing results, Defra has today confirmed the intention to lift the Protection and Surveillance Zones put in place as part of control measures for the H5N1 avian...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
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The Government is to crack down on rogue employers with a range of new powers, including potentially unlimited penalties for the most serious offenders and stronger powers for inspectors to investigate evidence ...
Following the Pre-Budget Report on 9 October 2007, the Treasury has today published four consultation documents.
Ensuring that everyone in the UK can access the financial system and manage their finances is the objective of the Action plan for financial inclusion for 2008-11, launched today by Economic Secretary to the Treasury...
This is the latest in a series of quarterly statistics publication notices which announces the availability of the Scottish Household Survey for a particular quarter
A National Statistics publication on Scotland's business stock in 2007.
The final Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council under the Portuguese presidency will be held in Brussels on the 6 and 7 December 2007. My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Peter Hain) has made the following Statement.
The Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC, and I announced on 1 October 2007 a joint public...
I have today laid a statutory instrument, the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007, which amends the requirements relating to the commissioning of fixed building services in Part L (conservation...
On 25 July 2007 I announced to the House the nine unitary proposals that the Secretary of State was minded to implement, having considered all the available relevant information, if and when the necessary provisions...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 5 and 6 December 2007. The Health and Consumer Affairs part of the Council will be taken on 6 December.
Items on the main ...
The Department is publishing today a new national strategy to modernise service provision and deliver the newest treatments for stroke. Between 9 July and 12 October 2007, a consultation on a draft document was...
The Department has published the consultation document "Valuing People Now—From Progress to Transformation". The document has been placed in the Library and copies are available for hon. Members in the Vote Office...
I am pleased to announce that Dr Judy MacArthur Clark CBE DVMS DLAS DipLAM FIBiol MRCVS has been appointed as the next Chief Inspector of the Home Office Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate. She will...
Over the next year, the Government will bring in the biggest shake-up of the immigration system for over 40 years. As part of this, key aspects of our migration reform programme are being announced today, including...
The final Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council under the Portuguese presidency will be held in Brussels on 6-7 December 2007. My right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Jack...
The Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC and I announced on 1 October 2007 a joint public inquiry under the Inquires Act 2005 into the explosion on 11 May 2004 at a plastics factory operated by ICL Plastics Ltd ...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Peter Hildebrand to be a Salaried Regional Chairman of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales). Mr Hildebrand will be assigned to the London...
More primary school children than ever before are achieving the level expected for their age in English, Maths and Science, as shown by the Primary School Achievement and Attainment Tables published today. But Ministers...
DICKSON v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 44362/04 [2007] ECHR 1050 (4 December 2007)
DICKSON v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 44362/04 [2007] ECHR 1051 (4 December 2007)
M & Anor (Children), Re [2007] UKHL 55 (5 December 2007)
In this claim the Czech Republic applies to set aside an Award on Jurisdiction dated 15 May 2007 pursuant to section 67(1)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1996, on the grounds that the arbitral tribunal lacked substantive...
This is the judgment of the Court, to which we have both contributed.
This is an application by the prosecution for leave to appeal against rulings of His Honour Judge Price, given at the Crown Court at Southwark during the trial of A, on 2 July 2007 and 11 July 2007. By the first...
This appeal is, as far as I am aware, the first time that this court has had the opportunity to consider the Bermuda Form which has emerged in the last 15 years or so, partly as a response to the problem of diminution...
This appeal revisits the much travelled areas of constructive trust and proprietary estoppel. It is an appeal by the Claimants, Martin Powell and his wife Janet, from the order made on 9 August 2006 by HHJ Levy...
The appellant, Wendy Haines ("the Wife") married David Haines ("the Bankrupt") in 1991. There was one child of the marriage born in 1997. In April 2002 the Bankrupt and the Wife bought Strudges Farm, Dunhampton...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has Peter Hildebrand to be a Salaried Regional Chairman of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales). Mr Hildebrand will be assigned to the London South ...