The clashes in Lebanon over the last 48 hours are a grave concern. I have today spoken to Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and expressed Britain's firm support for the Lebanese people and government and our desire...
Commenting on the situation in Burma, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said:
Ahead of a seminar on 12 May on Social Policy and the EU, attended by business and trade unionists, Jim Murphy said:
The blocking of aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma is "utterly unacceptable", the Prime Minister said earlier today.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today issued a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and heating professionals following five incidents in the last five years where redundant solid fuel ...
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Our response to the publication of 'Leading Local Change' by the 'Our NHS, our Future' team, which sets the context for the upcoming SHA local...
'Our NHS, our future' have published 'Leading Local Change', setting the context for the upcoming SHA local visions and the principles which will guide their implementation.
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Our Quids In Symposium brought together representatives from government and the financial sector to hear about financial inclusion projects which...
Asked if was the Prime Minister's decision to appointment Chris Smith to Chair of the Environment Agency, and did this not look like cronyism, the PMS replied that there were well established processes for making...
Asked for more reaction on the situation in Burma, the PMS replied that on Burma, clearly this was a very significant crisis and urgent access was essential. We were pressing the Burmese authorities as a matter ...
Asked for the Prime Minister's view on the rise in mortgage costs and house repossessions, the PMS replied that the Government's view was set out by Caroline Flint in terms of what we were doing in order to help...
Asked if it was correct that the Prime Minister had not replied to David Cameron's recent letter on Scotland, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was correct.Asked why the Prime Minister had not...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Scotland, economy, Burma and Environment Agency
Information Bulletin
Warm, sunny, weather forecast over England and Scotland over the next few days is likely to lead to the first summer smog episode of 2008.
After public consultation, Defra has given approval to Leeds University to conduct a research trial this year of GM potatoes. The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist infection by...
The roll out of hundreds of new European Social Fund (ESF) projects across England was welcomed today by James Plaskitt, DWP Minister for the ESF. The new projects will help thousands of people to get qualified ...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today changed its Travel Advice for Lebanon. Due to ongoing violent clashes between rival groups in Beirut, the closure of Beirut International Airport and the blockage of some...
A new £10 million package of measures to support home owners who may be facing difficulties with their mortgage, is announced today by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling and Housing Minister...
A new £10 million package of measures to support home owners who may be facing difficulties with their mortgage, is announced today by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling and Housing Minister...
A new drive to 'buddy up' young people with positive role models to help prevent youth homelessness is to be announced today by Housing Minister Iain Wright.
Over 5 million hectares of land in England, an area roughly twice the size of Wales, are now covered by schemes which aim to conserve our valuable landscape and its wildlife, according to a report published by Defra...
Gordon Brown has begun his tour of the South West by visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall.
At half past seven this morning Clyde Coastguard received a call from fishing vessel 'Oceania' reporting that they had run aground just outside of Troon Harbour with five persons on board.
Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker today stepped up the Government's commitment to the global protection of young people, having signed the Council of Europe's Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual...
Zanzibar, the Government's strategic eMarketplace and Purchase to Pay (P2P) system, has picked up a top prize at the prestigious 2008 MCA Management Awards dinner held in London on April 28.
OGCbuying.solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce in HM Treasury, has today announced the renewal of the framework agreement for Commercial Catering Warewash and Kitchen Waste Management...
The number of adult re-offenders fell 7.4% from 2000 to 2005, according to adult re-offending statistics released today. This indicates that the Government is likely to have achieved its target of a 5% reduction...
Asked for briefing on the Embryology bill, the PMS said he did not have any specific information on that at the moment. The PMS said it would be best to check with the Leader of the House. original source.
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Wendy Alexander's comments this morning, the PMS said that the Prime Minister's position was set out very clearly in the House of Commons yesterday. We went round this course...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by giving the assembled press a flavour of the Prime Minister's speech that he would be making later that day. The speech would be made to an audience of American investors...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Embryology Bill
The Prime Minister has reappointed Sir John Ritblat as a Trustee of the Wallace Collection until 7 August 2011. Sir John is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
To assist the Scottish Broadcasting Commission in their investigations of the role for broadcasting in Scotland's cultural life and broadcast journalism in Scotland, TNS System Three was commissioned to conduct ...
To assist the Scottish Broadcasting Commission in their investigations fo the role for broadcasting in Scotland's cultural life and broadcast journalism in Scotland. TNS System Three was commissioned to conduct...
assessment of the effectiveness and value for money of the PDP and options for improvement within the current level of funding.
evaluation of the Professional Development Programme (PDP) for the Educational Psychologists in Scotland
Consultation Paper for the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 - Amendment Bill 2008
I am today laying amendments to the home information pack regulations to extend the temporary first day marketing provision, and to extend the temporary provision requiring HIPs to include the "lease" only and...
The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) is a long-term programme to deliver a medium weight armoured vehicle fleet with higher levels of deployability and survivability than the current fleet of in-service vehicles...
I am today laying before Parliament the Department for International Development's departmental report 2008.
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up Fast Track Media Limited in the public interest.
Even though foxes are slightly protected from fox hunting, they are still...
Increase State Pensions to £250 a week for all UK single pensioners, with a...
Germany, Poland, Italy, Australia, all encourage the use of fuels such as...
It is the usual rule of thumb in business and reality to downsize and save...
Society only learned about the dangers of CFC emissons from discarded...
These figures show the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales for the first quarter of 2008.
Five pledges will ensure that change is transparent and driven by the best evidence
HM the Queen has appointed Geoffrey Charles Reed 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 assigned...