The UK will provide $500 million in aid to help boost development in Palestine as part of a drive for a 2008 peace deal, the PM has said.
British interests are not best served by being in the EU and the British...
I am starting this petition to make smear tests avaiable for women under the...
services to Boxing!!!!!
Whilst we must have a National Health Service that guaruntees all health...
It is clear that Britain has very little say in the decision making process...
Due to the current problem i would like the goverment to raise the legal age...
The last time the list of medical conditions giving prescription charge...
Gordon Brown has welcomed a group of people recognised for their courage in the annual Lifesavers awards to 10 Downing Street.
Link between bed occupancy and infection 'weakened'
Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for the Middle East, Dr. Kim Howells, arrived in Lebanon today.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has today issued a statement commenting on the Government's response to the Committee's Eleventh Report: Review of the Electoral Commission.
Local Government Minister John Healey announced further progress on re-structuring today taking forward the proposal for two unitary councils in the East and West of Cheshire, to be implemented in line with the ...
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has been informed by Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that EU restrictions on the export of meat and dairy products have now been lifted.
The National Decontamination Project was started in 2003 with the aim quoted...
To Invest In The River Infrastructure To Produce Re-newable Energy I believe...
the universal library project began in 2002 and is a joint project being...
THe government keeps on going on that the UK has kept its red lines on the...
* Advanced Diploma to be equivalent to 3.5 A Levels * Higher Diploma to be equivalent to 7 GCSEs (A*-C) * Schools and colleges teaching Diplomas to 14-16 year olds will get around £1000 extra per student...
Our latest State of the Countryside update includes new information about the take-up of pension credit in rural England:
42% of all eligible rural pensioners are non-recipients of pension...
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Press release to accompany the launch of the fourth State of the Countryside update - Pension Credit take-up in rural areas.
I think that this document asks more question than it answer.
Thanks for your comment. You're quite right, this paper does ask questions, in order to help start debate about what exactly we mean by 'sustainable rural communities' and how we can help make rural communities...
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, today announced the appointment of John Wood as a legally-qualified member of the Charity Commission board. John will succeed Lindsay Driscoll on 1 February 2008.
Possible changes to the rules for dealing with brick, concrete, hardcore, subsoil and other inert waste from the construction, demolition and excavation industries, are published for informal consultation today. ...
A £62 million contract with Boeing to convert eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters to a support helicopter role was announced by the MoD today.
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Kitty Ussher MP, today confirmed that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be responsible for the regulation of the sale of travel insurance sold along with a holiday...
Progress Report on Biodiversity 2005-07
Junior Housing Minister Iain Wright unveiled a major refocusing of Government's homelessness strategy today, challenging hostels and charities to promote greater entrepreneurial spirit and create more training and...
The Met Office's first-ever seasonal tropical storm forecast provided some of the best guidance in 2007, demonstrating greater accuracy than predictions from other forecasting centres.
This is the latest thing from councils. If they find a broken or missing...
The MP for Wrexham has raised the idea that the Welsh dragon should be added...
Encourage people to travel together in a vehicle by increasing the 40p per...
The rain forest, accepted as being the very lungs of Earth are being...
Playgroups & pre-schools have been hard hit in recent times in terms of...
Save our Supplementary schools please. From April 1st, Greenwich council...
There are thousands of animals that are tested on, i hate them suffering but...
More and more people and businesses are getting effected by the file sharing...
We recognise the government’s good intentions in its early-years policy-...
In light of all the disks from government offices going missing we should...
Many drivers who use cruise control in their vehicles, hog the outside lane...
I have just researched the price of buying an electric Moped to travel to...
Air Shows however fun they maybe. Are actually a very high risk hazard to...
The procedures for serving a Statutory Demand, as the Insolvency Service has...
It is common practice in UK to grant the British citizenship in UK. But...
Maybe this already happens but if it doesn't I feel, very strongly, that it...
A recent group on ‘Facebook’ that outlined the number of people who do not...
Bradford Council intends to sell Baildon Towngate Rooms & dispose of this...
We want the Prime Minister to encourage better ocean quality and better...
Schools do a pretty good job of teaching children and young people facts and...
The proposal to ban "samurai" swords will unnecessarily affect those who...
Government Departments have treated citizens' information as their property...
With millions of people celebrating the New Year on December 31st and...
With over 45,000 children being born prematurely in the UK every year and...
Paul James Ward who is a Drag Artiste named Charity Case on the Costa Del...
Children are being encouraged to learn keyboard skills at ages as low as...
do really we need fireworks or bonfires, if this threat to the polar icecaps...
we do not these non geographical numbers as they are routed calls to make...
the last Great Britian Rugby League team to win the Ashes series was in 1970...
We live in a first floor flat.Access in and out the property has been...
The UK Wholesale Gas and Electricity Markets are amongst the most volatile...
Due to cost overruns the UK's funding agency for particle physics and...
As the only shareholder the government should make certain that the...
i some casing like domestic violence it comes down to one persons word...
If the Police now must work as any other citizen of this Country, having no...
The maastricht treaty of 1992 was signed without a referendum. This has been...
For too long we the general public have sat back and watched people starve...
I would like to see the smoking ban completley abolished and give owners of...
worldwide morphine shortage - problem with poppy growing in afganistan - we...
These regulations are being amended to include Gay, Bisexual and Lesbian...
The aim of this petition is to obtain as many signatures as possible to...
Parents need reliable information based on evidence, not commercial pressure...
I'm fed up of seeing christmas decorations in early November.
St Davids Day should become a Bank Holiday even if it is only in Wales. It...
As a Northern Ireland player and manager, Billy Bingham has lead the...
Tony Hart is now 80 years old. During his 50 years of broadcasting he has...
Hundreds of feral cats living at the site of the future Olympic Park in...
Whilst it is accepted that there has been and still is an inequality for...
Outside the Anvil public house at the junction of Reddicap Heath Road and...
Have a day, to celebrate the UK. Everyone will have the day off and have a...
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This report contains the analysis and discussion of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and its implications for rural areas, including such issues as the ...
Following our stakeholder workshop on 27 November, chaired by our Commissioner Norman Glass, we're pleased to present this final Pre-Budget analysis report which we hope will be useful ...
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In addition to our annual State of the Countryside report we recognise the need for more detailed, topic-focused updates, produced as new data...
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Institutional net investment £30.9bn
2.0% rise in third quarter 2007
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 20 December 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve awards of The Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Old community hospitals get £132million face-lift
Findings from a survey of farmers to explore the experiences and views of participants in agri-environment schemes and non-participants in Scotland, as part of ongoing monitoring of the schemes.
Rather than spending Billions of our tax pounds on defence, I would like the...
The Military Covenant says. Our Armed Forces will be called upon to make...
The undersigned demand that: * The government stop claiming that there is a...
Depression can be an overused term. Some people say they are 'depressed'...
In order to significantly reduce industrial release of Carbon Dioxide into...
The access to the office for the elderly and disabled is easy with five...
By granting tax credits to people the Government have acknowledged that you...
Many people would like the car driving age changed to 16 as by then people...
Mr Brown, we have noted your concern for the population of Zimbabwe, and...
Unpopular housing schemes or other major projects are being railroaded...
On the 11th of November 2007, 6 boys aged 12 and under were able to enter a...
Alcohol has not had any real increase in prices for years, whilst the cost...
As stated in a previous petition of mine the attitude of all T.V. companies...
For far too long non-smokers have been forced to endure the effects of a "...
Great Britain has the strongest track cycling team in the world and the...
All parrots should be let back into the wild. No Parrots should be in a cage...
Train services from Kings Cross Thameslink have been terminated and replaced...
Over many generations the British system of income tax has grown ever more...
Sir Bob Kerslake will be the first Chief Executive of the new Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the Government announced today.
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THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet, Data Security, Europe, Bank of England, Pre-Charge Detention and Christmas
November: CPI at 2.1%, RPI up to 4.3%
A series of maps showing environmental noise around 18 major airports in England has been published today by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
In the wake of the 25th anniversary of the Falklands campaign we would like...
many teenagers smoke at the age of 14 and many people buy them for the...
It is been reported via email from a number of concerned people, that post...
The general public are constantly exhorted by the Government to cut down on...
The final verse of the National Anthem goes as follows: 6. Lord grant that...
I would like to give my support to the Richmond Informer Newspaper who drew...
After decades of keeping the country side green belt these large estate are...
Help for Heroes has taken the initiative to raise funds to build a swimming...
James Toseland this year won his second World Superbike Championship. This...
The Highways Agency has today opened the £120 million improvement scheme for the A2/A282 at Dartford five months ahead of schedule. This scheme has been completed in time for the annual Christmas holiday...
I accept that I have to do what I can about climate change but it would be...
This little island of ours is getting choked up with vehicles, one of the...
Draw up legislation making it mandatory that All vet practices are...
'...insist that the Royal Mail accepts that it has a duty to the UK's electors to deliver postal votes to the Returning Officer at the time of an election, to apologise to the voters of Test Valley for its failure...
The Post Office is the only shop left in this parish and also provides PO...
All new builds should with immediate effect be installed with Micro...
We would like you to petition the Prime minister to stop the closure of...
We advocate an annual Democracy Day public holiday on the Monday nearest to...
Urban sprawl is a blight on our landscape and is an inefficient use of land...
We unanimously believe that taper relief should be left at 10% for founders...
It has recently come to light that 4 out of 5 schools are not doing a...
More and more families have divorced Mums and Dads. The current legislation...
Too often this government imposes levies and then merely absorbs the money...
In our society, far more than a prevailing belief in the individual...
New proposals to ensure visitors to the UK comply with the conditions of their visa were announced by the Home Office in a consultation published today.
HM Treasury today confirms that the guarantee arrangements for Northern Rock plc described in HM Treasury's announcements dated 20 and 21 September 2007 and 9 October 2007 are being extended, at the request of Northern...
Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, toll bridges, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.
Estimates of Scottish international exports, 2006.
To present national data on Home Care Services, Scotland 2007
Statistics on the number of students receiving Education Maintenance Allowances in academic year 2006-07.
Statistics on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in 2006-07.
The Government announced a major package of reforms to the business tax system in Budget 2007. These reforms will enhance the international competitiveness of the UK, by encouraging investment, promoting innovation...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 4 December in Brussels. The items on the agenda were as follows:
Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact:
The Council agreed that Poland...
Legislation governing public service pensions requires public service pensions to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (state earnings-related pension and state second pension). ...
Following representations by political parties in Northern Ireland, the Government commissioned Sir David Varney in March 2007 to carry out a review of tax policy in Northern Ireland. His terms of reference were...
I have published the reported mid-year output results for 2007-08 for England's Regional Development Agencies.
The data show the progress made by the Regional Development Agencies between April and September...
The Government set out their vision for postal services in the UK in its 1999 White Paper "Post Office Reform: A World Class Service for the 21st Century" and took this forward in the Postal Services Act 2000...
My Department has today made regulations implementing many of the provisions of the Directive on Statutory Audits of Annual and Consolidated Accounts. (The Statutory Audit Directive—2006/43/EC).
These regulations...
Last week's Children's Plan set an ambition for all new school buildings to be zero carbon by 2016, and announced the appointment of a taskforce to advise on how to achieve this ambition. I will set out the details...
I am today laying before Parliament, with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the joint command paper (Cm 7281) "Confidence in Standards: Regulating and Developing Qualifications and...
I am launching a consultation on "Face-to-Face and Side-by-Side: A Framework for Interfaith Dialogue and Social Action".
We have long recognised the contribution made by faith groups to local communities...
I have today published a summary of responses received in response to the Government's stakeholder consultation document "Modernising Empty Property Relief", and have placed a copy in the Libraries of both Houses...
I am today announcing publication of the new Planning Policy Statement (PPS): "Planning and Climate Change" and a consultation draft of the new PPS: "Planning for Sustainable Economic Development". Copies will...
On 12 June 2007, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government made a statement to the House in which she outlined the independent investigation procedure that was taking place into the incident...
I have today placed in the Library of the House copies of the Ministry of Defence's Autumn Performance Report. This shows that the Armed Forces, supported by their civilian colleagues, continue to achieve our...
I would like to report to the House that this morning Sir Michael Pitt published his interim independent report on the flooding that affected large areas of England in June and July this year.
Sir Michael...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and Kim Darroch (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. My hon. Friend ...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held in Brussels on 6 and 7 December 2007. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
I wish to inform the house that the UK intends to make a contribution of £2134 million to the 15th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA 15) which is the part of the World ...
On 8 October my right hon. Friend the Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Beverley Hughes) and I announced the appointment of Andrew Williamson CBE and Peter Smallridge CBE as independent co-chairs...
In my written ministerial statement of 26 July 2007, I referred to the actuarial review of employer contributions payable under the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS). Hewitt, the PCSPS Scheme Actuary...
On 21 November, the Prime Minister announced that he had asked the Cabinet Secretary, with the advice of security experts, to work with Departments to ensure that all Departments and all agencies check their ...
The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing charging scheme account for 2006-07 is published today under Section 3(1)(d) of the Trunk Road Charging Schemes (Bridges and Tunnels) (Keeping of Accounts) (England) Regulations...
The Government need to be sure at all times that the right measures are in place to counter the evolving threat from international terrorism. To achieve this, we need regularly to consider and evaluate specific...
The Prime Minister announced last week that the Government would make a statement on the review of pension scheme assets undertaken by Andrew Young. The Prime Minister said that as a result of the review the ...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held in Brussels on 6 and 7 December 2007. My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Jack Straw); my honourable friend the...
My right honourable friend The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Peter Hain) has made the following Statement.
The Prime Minister announced last week that the Government would make a statement on...
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Andy Burnham) has made the following Written Statement.
Legislation governing public service pensions requires public service pensions to ...
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jane Kennedy) has made the following Written Statement.
The Government announced a major package of reforms to the business tax system...
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Andy Burnham) has made the following Written Statement.
Following representations by political parties in Northern Ireland, the Government...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement.
I wish to inform the house that the UK intends to make a contribution...
We welcome Defra's announcement of £3.5 million funding per year to support the network of Rural Community Councils across England for the next three years. It's a significant...
Responding to HMCIP reports into the Heathrow Detention Facilities, Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) Chief Executive Lin Homer said: