Highways Agency Traffic Officers have been explaining to Exminster Cub Scouts how they help to keep traffic moving along the South West motorway network.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 5 foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Deaf people have been campaiging for years to get BSL to be an offical...
In light of the PM's statement of April 2008 that the International Monetary...
While we totally understand that all athletes have devoted years of their...
The Prime Minister has launched new measures aimed at helping key workers and first-time buyers to get on the property ladder.
Gordon Brown has called for swifter progress on Darfur following a meeting with actor and activist George Clooney in Downing Street.
Process and guidance for the 2008-2011 efficiency programme.
With the removal of the 10 pence tax band the same higher tax allowance,...
The eco-towns are mostly planed to cover green-belt land which will destroy...
Gordon Brown has called for a line to be drawn following the inquest verdict into the death of Princess Diana.
Gordon Brown has said that he wants to do more for those need an extra hand to buy their first home, as he launched a package of new measures aimed at prospective homeowners today.
The Scottish Government Rural Directorate has determined in consultation with Historic Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency that the National Scenic Areas ( NSAs) Programme is likely to have significant...
Report on implementation during 2007
A new ambition for all hostels to provide access to support, training and employment within the next three years to help end persistent rough sleeping, was announced today by Housing Minister Iain Wright. The Minister...
A major package of new measures to support key workers and other first time buyers into affordable homeownership, is being announced today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Housing Minister Caroline Flint.
Goods vehicles crossing Britain's borders face tougher safety checks as Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today announced an extra £24m to clampdown on unsafe HGVs on international journeys.
So many little children are going missing now days, please can we have a...
So many people are injured at work - the killing of a Preston social worker...
There has been a three year moritorium on vets charging for pet...
AOL today reports - "Plans for future of US forces in Iraq are part of '...
I would like the Prime Minister to make it unlawful for local bus and...
I go to a comprehensive school were it took over 2 months to get a light...
Creating a transparent and open admissions process is one of a range of new measures which will be announced by John Denham in a speech on widening participation at the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
‘Economic wellbeing’ is a phrase that's recently entered the language of economists and regeneration professionals.
What does it mean?
Who will deliver it...
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This is the programme for our 'economic wellbeing' roundtable event, hosted by our Strengthening Rural Economies team.
The Consumer Council for Water agrees that Severn Trent Water should be penalised for deliberately misreporting customer service information to Ofwat and failing to meet Guaranteed Standards of Service, but would...
Asked if there had been any change to the situation in Zimbabwe, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been talking about this at his press conference this morning, so the PMS referred people to the language ...
Put that David Cameron had vowed to challenge the abolishment of the 10p income tax band, the PMS said that it was not for him to respond specifically to David Cameron. More generally, it was the Prime Minister'...
Asked whether the Prime Minister shared the concerns of the IOC President over the interruptions to the Olympic torch relay, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister ...
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr Peter Beck DL as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for South Glamorgan upon the retirement of Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO RNR on 13 June 2008.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Olympic touch, income tax and Zimbabwe
Businesses in six areas across the country are to benefit from NHS advice and support to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of their staff, health minister Ivan Lewis announced today.
The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) Consultation Paper Analysis and Final Report provides and overview of the consultation exercise and the responses received.
This report is the result of an inspection into the custody facilities used by the police service in Scotland.
Ruth Kelly, Transport Secretary, today announced the creation of the first official national bus passenger champion to actively represent the millions of people who use buses in the towns, villages and cities across...
Simplification of the tax system by removal of the 10% band can be achieved...
Patients often complain of being left - one of the main reason is that...
The DVLA should be monitored by an independent body to protect drivers...
AOL today reports that 31% of people transferred from one hospital to...
Nearly half a million older people risk being deprived of vital financial...
CryptoFirewall and similar technologies allow printer manufacturers to lock...
I am asking the government to take direct action and put affirmations into...
Criminal Record Bureau checks are supposed to be job specific, however...
This site labelled as WAS 03 is proposing to be used for composting,...
The prices quoted for international flights has become a nonsense, because...
At this point, the speed limit changes from 70 mph to 30 mph right on a bend...
Household net wealth doubles in 20 years
Cohabiting increases
A spectacular seventeenth-century Roman Baroque cabinet, recently reunited with its long lost stand after it was discovered in a York pizza restaurant following a 20 year search, is now at risk of being taken out...
Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government today launched a joint consultation on a strategy to improve and protect honey bee health. Honey bees face a growing number of threats from pests and diseases.
Jeff Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Food and Farming, has re-appointed The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde as Chairman of the Covent Garden Market Authority.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, November 2007, England, and provisional headline results of the January 2008 survey.
PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS WORK TO WORK DIRECTORATE
The final resting places of more than 750 people who lost their lives at sea will be protected by the Ministry of Defence.
After a dismal summer last year, Britain's worst for many years, I have...
The A1307 in Cambridgeshire is one of the county's two most lethal roads....
The tax system has been distorted by the removal of the 10% band on earned...
The UK's record on human rights is in the spotlight this week as it becomes one of 16 countries taking part in the first ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The process...
An investigation of the scope for a statutory User/Design Code to accompany the householder permitted development rights to be be set out in a new statutory instrument.
An investigation of the scope for a statutory User/Design Code to accompany the householder permitted development rights to be be set out in a new statutory instrument.
A new campaign to help hard working parents get their kids ready for university this autumn is being launched today by Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell.
Goods vehicles crossing Britain's borders face tougher safety checks as Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today announced an extra £24m to clampdown on unsafe HGVs on international journeys.
Ofwat today published its proposals to fine Severn Trent Water 3% of its turnover - a total of £35.8 million - for deliberately providing false information to the regulator and providing a poor service...
Government has worked to ensure that important laws come into force on only two dates per year, allowing companies to plan ahead and save time and money.
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Less than half of Britons chose the word "happy" to describe how they felt on the first day of retirement, evidence the traditional sudden stop approach no longer works for many people.
The first planeload of Royal Marines from 40 Commando will touch down at Exeter Airport this afternoon, Tuesday 8th April 2008, where they will be reunited with their loved ones after a successful six-month tour...
District Judge Edward Temple is due to retire as a District Judge on 8 April 2008.