Thousands of first-time buyers and key workers could see their purchasing power boosted by up to 50% with new home loans announced in today's Budget.
The adjudicator, Mr Alan Parker, approved the proposal. The existing schools currently share the same site and work in tandem. The proposal to amalgamate the schools had achieved a large measure of public support...
Why, in today's society, where more and more youngsters are committing...
We are currently charged the maximum level VAT of 17.5% on healthy fruit...
Any future levy on plastic bags must not apply to doggie poo bags, as this...
I and all the other parents of pupils at Tame Valley Primary School,...
I was bitten on the face by a dog in Jan 2007 and was very lucky to have...
Announced in the budget on 12/3/08 were increases in Vehicle Excise Duty (...
This is to enable those whose decisions affect all road users to have wider...
Urgent and stronger action is needed if the natural environment is to effectively adapt to the future impacts of climate change, warns Natural England today (Wednesday 12 March) in response to the 2008 Budget.
At least 30per cent of pupils in every school to achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths by 2011
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled press that Cabinet had lasted about 45 minutes.Alistair Darling presented the main elements of the Budget to Cabinet.He said that the background...
The Prime Minister has said he will ask the EU to look at measures aimed at making environmentally friendly products cheaper at the forthcoming EU Council.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Cabinet
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a request by East Riding of Yorkshire County Council to vary the admission arrangements of Beswick and Watton CE VC School. The variation the Council...
Given that the people of this great nation have learned the lesson of what...
PETA reports that cows are transported in suffocating lorries. Those too...
At present voting in parliamentary elections is restricted to British...
Chancellor Alistair Darling has delivered his first Budget speech to the House of Commons.
Mick Elliott, currently Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, has been appointed as the new Director of Culture at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Mr Elliott, who is also Associate Cultural...
The Ministry of Defence and the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will tonight heap praise on military and civilian nurses who work on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan. Addressing over...
The Government's economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all.
Check against delivery
The Chancellor today announced a series of measures to ensure that all individuals and companies pay their fair share of tax.
Budget 2008
Thousands of first-time buyers and key workers could see their purchasing power boosted by up to 50% with new home loans announced in today's Budget.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and Housing Minister Caroline Flint today welcomed proposals in the Budget that will support the Department for Communities and Local Government in taking forward its commitments...
The Bars on the buses that are supposed to help disabled passengers are no...
Other than Manchester these cities don't have any ringroads now, and...
The FairTax would: 1) simplify the tax code; 2) encourage overtaxed people...
Ceredigion Post Office closures have been announced. It seems rural post...
I believe the word 'Disabled' is offensive and demeaning and has no place in...
I'm sorry to use such language, but these greedy MPs are treating us...
The Government today publishes Enterprise: Unlocking the UK's Talent, a new 10 year strategy to make the UK the most enterprising economy in the world - and the best place to start and grow a business.
Report on the Scottish Government's 3rd Equal Pay Review.
Report on the Scottish Government's second Equal Pay Review.
Child poverty, Darfur, the NHS and education were on the agenda at today's PMQs.
Report on the Scottish Government's first Equal Pay Review.
Report on the Scottish Government's 4th Equal Pay Review.
Now that MP's have had their expenses pegged back and rightly so, I totally...
Responding to the report "Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton" by Dr Nazia Khanum OBE, Aneeta Prem, Metropolitan Police Authority lead member...
Asked about the possibility of introducing a Britishness Bank Holiday, the PMS replied that our general position on the Goldsmith Review, as we said this morning, was that the Prime Minister was very sympathetic...
Asked to give a sense of how much input the Prime Minister had on this Budget, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that obviously the Prime Minister had been consulted, as you would expect, but no more ...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: The budget and Britishness
Gordon Brown will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQs session beginning at 12:00 GMT.
Deficit remains at £4.1bn in January
Many of us who are formally citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
If you think the european human rights act should be repealed by parliament...
It's no secret that the energy companies are announcing record profits this...
Over the last two decades Energy Policy has seen a marked shift towards renewables as part of the UK commitment to reduce green house gas emissions by 20% between 2000 and 2010.
Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2007
The Economic Impacts of Wind Farms
Summary research findings from the Drinking and Driving 2007 study, which aimed to measure prevalence of driving after drinking alcohol and to examine attitudes towards drinking and driving amongst drivers in Scotland...
This research aimed to measure prevalence of driving after drinking alcohol (both within and above the legal limit), and to examine attitudes towards drinking and driving amongst drivers in Scotland.
The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2008, which were laid before Parliament on 15 January, committed the Government for the first time to publishing local authority by local authority...
Today the Schools Minister has made a statement on parental preferences and school admissions for 2008, and published for the first time local authority by local authority data on the allocation of school places...
I have today deposited in the House Libraries a press release detailing the latest position in relation to school and community playing fields. The position remains a very positive one with 97 per cent. of concluded...
I represented the UK at an informal meeting of the EU Defence Ministers held on 21 and 22 February 2008 in Brdo, Slovenia. It provided an important opportunity for discussions on EU operations, capabilities and...
Charges to cover the costs of local enforcing authorities in regulating processes which are subject to part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC)) were introduced in April...
The Prime Minister and I invited Dr. Iain Anderson to lead an independent review into the lessons learned from the response to the 2007 outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Dr. Anderson's report has been laid ...
The Government are committed to the swift establishment of a UK Border Agency (UKBA), which will bring together the work of the Border and Immigration Agency, UK Visas and parts of HM Revenue and Customs at the...
On 29 November, Official Report, column WS172, I informed the House that I had formally commissioned Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Courts Administration (HMICA) to lead a thorough inspection and prepare a ...
The Government have always been clear that prison is and will remain the place for violent and dangerous offenders, while there are many less serious offenders for whom community punishments can be more effective...
I am announcing today that David Blakey CBE QPM, formerly Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, has been appointed to lead a review of the Prison Service's measures to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs into...
Currently the Drink Drive Laws do not include passengers of vehicles...
On the A6, just south of Belper town centre, stand the magnificent Herbert...
everyone has gas, electric, water, phone and mobile, they should not be...
Current fireworks legislation is already draconian and if anything needs to...
Stem cells can be used to fight fatal diseases such as leukemia and it is...
It is commonly known in the medical profession that too much salt in our...
We believe by the Prime Minister sanctioning this, violence & crime will be...
The age limits system used to determine when individuals can do certain...
Education, education, education. Thats how 'New Labour' began, and certainly...
The Charity Commission has today launched further draft supplementary public benefit guidance for charities, with the publication of Public Benefit and the Advancement of Education and Public Benefit and Fee-charging...
"Adherence to custody policies and procedures saves lives," according to Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Chair Nick Hardwick.