Ms Dianna Melrose has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba in succession to Mr John Dew who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Melrose will take up her ...
Mr Ian Whitting has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland in succession to Mr Alper Mehmet MVO who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Whitting will take up his appointment...
Ms Andrea Reidy OBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to The State of Eritrea in succession to Mr Nick Astbury who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Reidy will take up ...
At present the rate of interest on a student loan is determined by the rate...
The Government has launched details of its blueprint for improving children's prospects in life following a statement in the House of Commons by Children's Secretary Ed Balls.
The United Kingdom will contribute £15 million ($30 million) to the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced in Bali today.
The Ministry of Defence has announced today that War Pensions and associated allowances will increase by 3.9%, in line with the Retail Price Index. The new rates will mean those in receipt of a 100% Disablement ...
The home secretary looks set to announce the 2.5% pay rise three months late...
Some businesses often supermarkets do not recognise bank holidays and...
I care for my disabled husband and son but only receive one allowance. I...
I was looking forward to KS4 at my school because it meant i was able to...
The UK is one of the only countries in the world where the harmonic...
This used to be the levels that Town Gas had up until the '50s, so we know...
According to a recent article in the Guardian newspaper, Britain's high...
The period between announcing the 'preferred' sites and the consultation...
I have a medical condition called "Chronic Actinic Dermatitis", which makes...
During the winter when the evening rush hour occurs after dark, traffic flow...
Would he also refrain from supporting quangos like the EEC where fraud is...
In my opinion this is a gross misuse of taxpayers' money. We can't (...
For financial reasons (lower mortgage interest rate...), to make our lives...
Recent news report showed hundreds of dead fish being thrown back into the...
Following the recent announcement by the Home Secretary of the Police Pay...
From 9 December, the Rail Link bus run by South West Trains between Romsey...
It angered me to receive a response from the government with regards to a...
The proposal if approved would destroy the natural environment of the area...
Having had 4 pet sheep killed and one severely mauled by 2 local dogs in...
I am 16 and have recently had a interview to become a PCSO, within the Avon...
A new scheme to deal with first time young offenders who have committed a minor offence will be piloted early next year. The scheme aims to stop them going to court unnecessarily, while at the same time ensuring...
WORLD CLASS AMBITIONS FOR ALL CHILDREN - 2020 GOALS OUTLINED - £1 BILLION ALLOCATED TO FUND THE PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, and Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charity Commission, have today jointly published, for consultation, a package of proposals to increase various financial thresholds for...
An action plan which sets a new direction for government policy on the natural environment has been published by Defra today.
Options for sharing responsibility and costs on animal health and welfare policy have been set out in a consultation launched by Defra today.
The UK's front line forces will benefit from a £43M contract that builds on the unique collaboration between the MOD and UK industry, said Defence Minister, Baroness Taylor.
Contracts totalling £28 million have been placed for the manufacture of diesel generators and other important equipment for two new aircraft carriers, Defence Minister Baroness Taylor announced today.
The Scottish Government Travel Plan.
The 7th Annual Report of Environmental Peformance of the Scottish Government.
'...introduce legislation to ensure all new cars travel a minimum of 50 miles on a gallon of fuel.' -- tim leeton bunker
Due to the enormous amount of monies now ploughed into the local council as...
women's refuges are runing out of money all the time and can not provide an...
We the undersigned note the flexibility proposals made by the Head of HMRC...
In Reading, A4 Bath Road at Castle Hill, is a priority lane for traffic...
This has always been a problem for the goverment as they try to stamp out...
In a year that has seen tumultuous storms both at sea and inland, the RNLI...
We want to the Government to legislate against subscription channels (e.g....
Charring Cross G.I.C. should be closed down due to it'sfailiure to comply to...
Police Officers pay a higher percentage of their salary than any other...
Riding boots with steel toe caps are VAT free and, therefore, all riding...
Some pedestians are not as fast as others either because they are disabled,...
I have observed trains being cleaned at London stations and the majority of...
Not everyone can afford to buy their own accommodation (even now prices...
Although I agree that cat ownership should not be allowed to just ANYONE -...
We, the undersigned want official recognition for the British actor, Alan...
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, today announced the appointment of Sir Alan Wilson FBA FRS as the new Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Access conference told that the next step in widening participation in higher education (HE) would be to build stronger structural links between schools, colleges and universities, through the development of HE ...
Communities Minister Iain Wright today announced a further £97 million in Government funding to help local councils meet the housing needs of Gypsy and Traveller families in their area. The funding is...
Research to look at costs of adapting to climate change
The United Kingdom will contribute £15 million ($30 million) to a groundbreaking initiative to reduce the impact of deforestation on the world's climate, UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced ...
I have raised my child on my own. Child support agency was of no help...
Palestinians suffering serious illnesses have long travelled from Gaza to...
Chief Fire Officers from Hampshire, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, London, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight gathered together at the Surrey Fire and Rescue Authority HQ on 6 December 2007 to see the new firefighting...
Pollution Prevention and Control Directions for Combustion Plants
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Pensions Reform (Mike O'Brien) has made the following Statement.
Consultation begins today on draft regulations which will allow protected rights to be held...
28 Nov - Literacy: Scotland - IEA report
29 Nov - Work and family life - OECD report
30 Nov - Home Office performance
3 Dec - Women in the criminal justice system - PRT briefing
3 Dec - Poverty and social exclusion 2007 - JRF report
4 Dec - Science attainment in schools - OECD report
6 Dec - Literacy education: research - ACER report
6 Dec - Corston review - government response
6 Dec - Transport trends 2007 - DfT report
Asked for a date for the National Security Bill and was it likely to be in this session of Parliament or after Christmas, the PMS said that people would have to wait and see but as much notice as possible would ...
Asked to clarify the nature and scale of the divisions within Government over the issue of people having lost their pensions through no fault of their own, the PMS replied that she did not recognise the description...
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be attending the EU Summit in Lisbon, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there had been no update since Friday, which in turn hadn't been much...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: EU summit, pensions and misc.
Deficit narrowed to £4.1bn in Oct 2007
Cuts to red tape are saving UK businesses and third sector organisations more than £800 million per year, according to a Government report released today.
Plans to invest almost £1.3 billion into research aimed at meeting the key challenges facing the nation were outlined today by John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS...
This is the third Key Findings Report to be produced since the SHCS moved to a continuous format in 2003. Prior to 2003 surveys were conducted in 1991, 1996 and 2002 and typically consisted of sample sizes of around...
This summary provides an up-to-date picture on the use of mobile homes as dwellings, examines the nature of the mobile home sector and aims to inform how future policy can be shaped.
This research provides an up-to-date picture on the use of mobile homes as dwellings, examines the nature of the mobile home sector and aims to inform how future policy can be shaped.
This Statistics Publication Notice presents national and education authority level information on the destinations of young people leaving Scottish Schools.
This paper summarises the key findings from a module of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2006 looking at attitudes towards discrimination in Scotland.
This report explores attitudes to discrimination in Scotland in relation to all six of the grounds for which anti-discrimination legislation exists in Great Britain: age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief...
Jointly with the Cabinet Office, I am today publishing "Limiting Pre-Release Access to Statistics: a Consultation Document", copies of which have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses. This fulfils the...
I have decided to appoint the new board members listed below.
Jas Bains
Angela Maxwell
The new appointments will all be for a period of three years.
The appointments will begin on 14 December...
I have decided to appoint the new board members listed below.
Michael Seals
Ann Cartwright
The new appointments will all be for a period of three years.
The appointments will begin on ...
I have decided to appoint the new board members listed below:
Keith Riley
Dolores Byrne
And reappoint the existing board members listed below:
Imtiaz Farookhi
Professor Bill Wakeham...
I would like to bring the House up to date on a number of matters connected to the collapse of Farepak:
Investigation of the collapse
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform'...
The UK continues to be deeply concerned by the political instability resulting from the absence of a President in Lebanon. President Lahoud's term of office expired on 23 November. The ongoing political divisions...
"Putting People First: a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care" is published today. This concordat sets out the cross-sector commitment to personalising public services and the...
I am today announcing that the Home Office will be increasing its contribution to the work of police forces and authorities dealing with serious and organised crime and other protective services. In 2008-09 and...
I met with counterparts from Poland, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with experts from the seven countries for a two-day symposium at Schwielowsee, near Werder, on 30 November...
On 1 December 2007 responsibility for certain functions in respect of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland transferred from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the ...
In March this year, I announced the overall public sector funding package for the Olympic and Paralympic games totalling £9.325 billion. Of this total, £6.090 billion including tax and &...
Consultation begins today on draft regulations which will allow protected rights to be held in Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs). A copy of the consultation document and draft regulations have been placed...
Joie de Vivre Holidays v Sabloff [2007] DRS 5122 (15 November 2007)
Grupo Ferrovial SA v Watson [2007] DRS 4867 (18 November 2007)
Beds Direct Nationwide Ltd v Edoco Ltd [2007] DRS 5125 (19 November 2007)
Stampin' Up! Inc v Whitehead [2007] DRS 5032 (20 November 2007)
1066 Housing Association Ltd v Morgan [2007] DRS 5113 (25 November 2007)
McClure Naismith LLP v 123 Domains Ltd [2007] DRS 5127 (28 November 2007)
Liquitech v Birch [2007] DRS 5112 (29 November 2007)
Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd v Colgan [2007] DRS 5100 (29 November 2007)
Abscissa.com Ltd v Edwards [2007] DRS 5054 (1 December 2007)
Friends Provident Management Services Ltd v River Cruise Investments Ltd [2007] DRS 5157 (4 December 2007)
Cooper v Royal British Legion [2004] EW Misc 3 (NICty) (17 February 2004)
At about 18.50 hrs on Tuesday 13th November 2007 I granted an injunction to restrain the publication of certain information about the claimant set out in a document entitled "Briefing Memorandum". The injunction...
The Claimant and the Defendant were formerly partners, together with Mr Brownlow, in a firm of consulting engineers. On 3 November 2006 judgment in default of defence was entered in favour of the Claimant against...
There are before me two appeals launched by the Defendant in this action against orders made by Master Eyre, the first on 26 September and the second on 23 October. There are, strictly speaking, two defendants ...
In this claim, the claimant seeks alternative injunctions. Those are set out in paras.12 and 13 of its particulars of claim. The claimant is a building contractor who was employed by the defendant developer under...
In May 1993, Beverley Allitt, a State Enrolled Nurse then aged 31, was found guilty of the murder of four young children, of the attempted murder of a further 3 children, and of causing grievous bodily harm...
This judgment is being handed down following the conclusion of proceedings relating to the parentage and future upbringing of a baby girl, M, who was born on the 29th September 2006. M was conceived as a...
These proceedings between the plaintiff father and defendant mother concern their two young children: X born in Canada on 2 July 2005 (now aged two years and 4 months) and Y born in England as recently as 24 May...
This case concerns various classes of intellectual property rights in connection with Multiple Warhead Systems. The features of a Multiple Warhead System ("MWS") are identified in paragraph 1 of a reserved...
MR JUSTICE MITTING: On the evening of Saturday, 5 May 2007 Martin McLoughlin was working as a taxi driver at Orpington railway station. The claimant, a 30 year old man of previous good character, had missed his...
MRS JUSTICE DOBBS: This is an appeal by way of case stated against the decision of the North Somerset Magistrates to admit hearsay evidence, as a consequence of which the appellant was convicted of driving whilst...
MRS JUSTICE DOBBS: This is an application for judicial review. An order under section 42 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 has been made against this claimant, but permission to commence proceedings was granted by...
LORD JUSTICE THOMAS: There is before the court an application for permission to bring judicial review of a decision made by HHJ Lyons at the Crown Court at Wood Green on 3 October 2007, when he extended custody...
MR JUSTICE BURTON: This has been the hearing of an appeal under Section 40 of the Medical Act 1983 by Dr Krishna Lal Gupta, for whom Mr Jeremy Hyam of counsel has appeared, from a decision of the Fitness to Practise...
This is an application by Mrs. Ondine Francis under section 288, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act") for an order quashing the decision of an Inspector appointed by the First Defendant dated 15th...
Between 1952 and 1984 Mr. Gordon Foxley ("GF") was a civil servant working in the Ministry of Defence. Between 2 August 1981 and 4 August 1984 he was Director of Defence Procurement in that Department, clearly ...
Although this case has been listed under the initials AG, the anonymity order has since been revoked because the respondent had absconded and so broken the conditions of the order. He has been prosecuted for such...
LORD JUSTICE TOULSON: The main point in this appeal concerns the meaning of the word "control" in section 53(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which created a new offence of controlling the activities of a prostitute...
This is a renewed application for permission to appeal against a decision of Underhill�J, who gave a full judgment detailing the relevant facts and issues. Its neutral citation number is [2007] EWHC 1704�(...
This is an application by the respondent to an appeal for security for costs and for an order that the appellant be put on terms requiring it to pay certain amounts due under existing costs orders, which are not...
The Law Society, R (on the application of) v Legal Services Commission [2007] EWCA Civ 1264 (29 November 2007)