The bank of England licences banks in Northern Irland and scotland to print...
The opportunity to win the Premier League, FA/League Cups is now virtually...
The teaching profession needs to be brought in line with other public sector...
Here in Norfolk, the County Council, the District Councils, the PCT the Mental Health Trust and other bodies such as the National Service Frameworks Implementation Teams all ignore Rural Proofing. ...
Thanks for your comment Mike, and for flagging up the MIND & NIMHE report.
This document is available as a download only Minutes of the ninth meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 6 December 2007.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 10th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 14 February 2008.
Asked what David Miliband had said at Cabinet on the Pakistan elections and was the Prime Minister happy at this stage that they had been free and fair elections, the PMS said that on the latter point, there was...
Asked what particular aspects of Citizenship the Home Secretary would mention, the PMS said there would be a Green Paper and a statement to the House tomorrow. We had had the Goldsmith Review looking at some of ...
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be meeting with the Chinese envoy, the PMS said that the Prime Minister met Chinese State Councillor Tang yesterday. The envoy for Darfur was in the UK this week and would ...
Asked what the Prime Minister's reaction was to the announcement of Fidel Castro's retirement from the Presidency, the PMS replied that our position on Cuba was a longstanding one; the Government had always sought...
Asked what the Northern Rock discussion was about, the PMS said it was initiated by words of support by the Prime Minister for all of the work that the Chancellor had been doing, which was strongly supported by ...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a brief summary of Cabinet that morning. Cabinet met for about an hour and twenty minutes. There was a discussion on the issue of citizenship, ahead of Jacqui...
Asked if we were due to hear back on bugging soon, the PMS replied that it was best to check with the Ministry of Justice on this.Asked when the National Security Strategy would be published, the PMS replied that...
Asked if the Government had yet received the report of the monitoring commission on the Pakistan elections, the PMS replied that he was not aware that we had received the report yet. original source.
Asked for details of Cabinet this morning, the PMS replied that Cabinet met for an hour and 20 minutes, they had a discussion of citizenship ahead of the green paper, Jacqui Smith's statement and the Prime Minister...
Asked if the Government was aware that the man who was now going to run Northern Rock was a "non-dom", the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that he was not going to comment on any individual's tax status...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Northern Rock, Cabinet, Pakistan elections and misc
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet, Northern Rock, Cuba, Chinese envoy to Darfur, citizenship, Pakistan and Rose inquiry
Gordon Brown has pledged the UK's support for the rebuilding of Lebanon's institutions and for making progress on its current political impasse.
The Driving Standards Agency today confirmed the driving test fee structure that was proposed last summer.
Some 70% of drinkers actually want to stop drinking. So if you just make it...
Following the annoucement that oral examinations could be scrapped because...
In view of the increased interest in family information and that the 100...
The government must make it obligatory for all insurance companies to offer...
If the government is so concerned about being green that it allows the mayor...
As of the time of writing this petition, Northern Rock appears to still be...
I am a 34 year old man with Mental health issues, who has been on a housing...
The law on mobile phone use while driving has become a joke, I urge you to...
Local Authories should be given retrospective powers to compulsory purchase...
PA is a life long and life threatening condition that has been forgotten by...
Many UFO sightings and encounters are reported every year by trained,...
Northern Rock shareholders have introduced a petition for Taxpayers money to...
The Royal Mail plans to close 37 Post Office branches in the Tees Valley and...
Abingdon is rapidly becoming a ghost town, shop owners are unable to afford...
Firstly, for some time now female circumcision has been illegal in this...
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If a shopkeeper is caught selling alchohol or cigarettes to children they...
METHYL METHACRYLATE is a dangerous chemical often found in the liquid...
I belive that it is the right time for the Honour of a Knighthood to be...
With its dimly lit streets and stunning beaches, Whitley Bay can truly be...
To Replace the use of Plastic bottles with Recycled/bio-degradeable glass...
It is becoming increasingly frequent for traffic flow to be disrupted by the...
Stop any senior official from any department from being rewarded financially...
Many residential streets are being used by to park commercial vehicles...
Jack Tagg (a Second World War pilot) has been told he has to go blind in one...
With the growing numbers of wounded personnel repatriated to the UK and with...
The Mayor of London recently announced a £25 charge for 'higher polluting...
Norouz has been celebrated for 2500 years but London councils has decided to...
If your child drops out of school, FE college or is in a job where they are...
More and more patients are going into hospital and never leaving due to...
CBT is being marketed by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE...
The Resource Centre (Formally Bridge Court) is a unique facility in NW Kent...
As well as the distribution of music and films, there are other far more...
After the handling of the Northern Rock crisis we feel that Alistair Darling...
Our facility will be like no other, taking in youth offenders that are...
Every winter, Snake pass is closed to traffic because large lorries shed...
Now that Northern Rock has been nationalised the taxpayer will be footing...
In modern football there is so much money these days, and there are still...
as fuel prices rise so does the cost of living! Electricity and gas prices...
Organised campaigns are attempting to undermine the HFE Bill. They are...
We're lucky to have just such a converted disused railway track near by (the...
We would like the opportunity to petition against the proposed plans to...
Crispin Moor, our Whitehall Director, has written about our participation inquiry 'Strengthening the role of local councillors' for the latest issue of Whitehall and Westminster...
This morning I learned that President Fidel Castro does not intend to accept another term as president of Cuba. It is 49 years since the 1959 Revolution, and no-one can doubt the historic role Fidel Castro has played...
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Angela Eagle, today hosted the first summit of the Carbon Markets Experts Group at No 11 Downing Street.
Memorandum of Guidance on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas: New Edition 1998.
The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has presented petitions in the High Court to wind-up Garrett Tate Partnership Limited and Achieve Media Limited in the public interest.
Floods Recovery Minister John Healey today confirmed over £300,000 of funding to four authorities across the country, to help get communities back to normal following last summer's floods.
With so many schools across the UK being closed and/or joined with other...
Brian Matthew has done more for 1960s popular music than any other...
Within soceity today there seems to be angst amongst various social groups...
The Edict of Expulsion of 1290 expelled all Jews from England. It is still...
Recently there have been increasingly desperate attempts by the music...
If companies were only allowed to charge the same rate for their call...
The Humber bridge board have constantly failed in their charge of the bridge...
Britain is getting wetter. Thats a scientific fact. We need to put in as...
With dog bites recently in the news it is clear that current dangerous dogs...
Many home educated recieve wonderful educations, however there are a good...
People have the grades to go to university, but do not have any...
I would like to see some sort of Insurance that Cyclists & Horse Riders Have...
Until 2002 the Government paid for the flood defences in Lincolnshire and we...
You cannot pay .9p as the lowest figure you can pay is 1 pence so why should...
The health advisory body Health England are proposing that all smokers...
Ofcom is to auction off the airwaves freed up by the digital switchover...
It is shocking to see the number of plastic carrier bags given out by...
A great deal of time and energy is wasted in people commuting to work. We...
Everyday millions of fast food take-away leaflets are posted through people'...
The government should amend the current Law concerning Assured Shorthold...
The proposed mine would be a short term measure that would eat into the...
'...provide more support and funding in Education and Social Care for people with Special Needs and Learning Difficulties' -- Edward Manning
Existing police background checks can only bring to light previously known...
We wish the governement to split the 6 week long school holidays into 2 or 3...
allowing free prescriptions to those on incapacity benefit for more than six...
When I go to the corner shop I don't want to be confronted by pornographic...
we have never been given a proper explanation for what happened on that day...
waterboarding is the practice of preteding to drown somebody as you...
In this area there is an urgent need to improve primary care as well as...
'...assist with child care costs (from child aged 3 months) if both parents are in full-time work.' -- S Griffin
children do not have enough time off school to do homework and study and...
Rather than setting boundaries from parent's pay rate, use an on demand...
It is a frequent occurance that software manufacturers stop selling,...
In the current much hyped world of climate change and carbon reduction, it...
Nick Faldo is Britain's finest golfer of all time and his 6 major titles and...
As a mother of four, I have, on several occasions, had to step in on my...
The government seems to be assuming all religious bodies wish to stop Gay...
The commercial media company GCap is set to close down award-winning theJazz...
Knight Liam Gallagher for services to music . for the past 11 years
Natural England welcomes Defra’s policy and action plan on wild boar in England launched today (Tuesday 19 February).
Hi James, thanks for your comments. For now, I would like to add them to the other views we are collecting and considering, and respond in due course. In the meantime, what I will say is that whilst ...
This document is available as a download only
Our formal response to the Audit Commission's consultation on proposals for the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime. This regime takes...
Thank you for your comments. These are the sorts of issues that our Chairman and Rural Advocate, Stuart Burgess, hears about during his visits to different parts of the country. His jobas Rural Advocate...
We've submitted a formal response to the Audit Commission's consultation on proposals for the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime. This regime takes over from the Comprehensive...
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today challenged the voluntary offsetting industry to provide strong standards for offsetting products so that they can be part of a landmark Government Code of Best Practice for...
The first policy and action plan to help local communities manage feral wild boar populations where they live was announced by Joan Ruddock, Minister for Biodiversity today.
Public knowledge of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) increased significantly between 1996 and 2006, and according to new research released today, the Act has improved the lives of disabled people across the...
Drivers on the M42 in the West Midlands will this week become the first on England's motorway network to benefit from having digital pictograms on the overhead electronic signs.
We would like the British government to approach China re its animal abuse...
If you do not whant a European President please sign this petition.
Asked if the Prime Minister had replied to the Standards Commissioner about the rental income scenario, the PMS replied that this was not a question for him to answer.Asked which football match the Prime Minister...
Asked if the Government was saying anything on the Pakistan election, the PMS replied that there was an European Union observer mission there at the moment monitoring the elections. They were due to report on the...
Asked if Britain would be making any kind of separate announcement on Kosovo following the European Union meeting of Foreign Ministers, the PMS replied that David Miliband would be saying something if he had not...
Asked for a response to new calls for a full inquiry into the Iraq war, the PMS replied that the position remained as it had for some time, which was that this was not something that we would consider whilst troops...
Asked if the Prime Minister was newly converted to the possibility of giving more powers to the Scottish Parliament, especially on taxation, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister set out his position on that in...
Asked if the Government had contact with the European Commission regarding the nationalisation of Northern Rock and state subsidy laws, the PMS replied that the plan was that Northern Rock would submit its business...
Asked what the purpose of the Prime Minister's visit to Brussels was, and had he been before as Prime Minister, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had been to the European Council meeting in December, but the...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be discussing Darfur with the Chinese Councillor this afternoon, the PMS replied that he was sure that the subject of Darfur would come up, as would Burma and other bilateral relations...
Asked about the Prime Minister's speech to the NFU conference, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister may say a few words, but it was not a big set piece speech as such original source...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: NGU conference, China, Brussels, Northern Rock, Scottish parliament, Iraq, Kosovo, Pakistan Elections and misc
International Comparisons
Government launches new framework and extra funding to improve local palliative care services
This is a new scheme taken from a US policy to reward Jobless families more...
The Scottish Government: Community Benefits in Public Procurement Guidance Note
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I attended an informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 7 and 8 February. It provided an important opportunity for discussions on operations and on the transformation of NATO capabilities...
In accordance with the Information Tribunal's decision of 22 January 2008, I have today released what has been described as John Williams' draft of the September 2002 Iraq weapons of mass destruction dossier.
Today I am publishing "Saving Lives, Reducing Harm, Protecting the Public", which sets out what we as a Government, together with the police and our other delivery partners, will be doing over the next three ...
In accordance with section 14(3), 14(4) and 14(5) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC has completed the report on the operation of the Act in 2007, which will be laid before the...
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As a chairman of a small parish council (covering about 2000 acres and 350 people) in a rural but well located village in Cambridgeshire, right on the A1, I would like to comment on the rural issues ...
Thank you for this opportunity to comment.
Your question 2: Barriers to applying rural 'proofing'. I think these are twofold - first, there is no requirement for LOCAL government to...
Thanks for your comments. Hopefully, by working together, central and local government can meet the challenge of providing accessible education for all.
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HM the Queen has appointed John Pius Augustine Ryan to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has...