Gordon Brown has offered his support to a new fund aimed at preserving one of the world's last remaining ancient forests.
Louise Casey, former adviser on Respect, will take part in a live webchat in Number 10 on the Criminal Justice System on 19 June at 14:00 BST.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 9 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
It is legal to allow a dog to defecate in public if the faeces is removed....
In the past, the local authority or benevolent individuals built fountains...
Home Information Packs are costly and ineffectual as a means of speeding up...
Breast cancer cases have reached record levels and the disease is increasing...
The CPI is a politically expedient con which does nothing to properly...
While corporal punishment towards children remains lawful in the home in the...
After being on the "waiting list" for over 3 years, I am still having to pay...
This development would mean the loss of a unique motorsport and cycling...
Workplace bullying is common. However anyone bullied in their workplace has...
Our Police Service currently fines people £80 for Wasting Police Time, so...
At the moment with the increases in fuel costs, ambulance services and the...
Curtail overseas military interventions and focus on UK defence by bringing...
There is a "serious" shortage of nurses providing neonatal care and...
Newly qualified drivers should be restricted to say 1300cc motorvehicles...
Rupert Murdoch controls massive sections in the UK and US media, controlling...
Following Bush's visit to the UK, please encourage reporters to focus on...
Royalty inherited huge areas of land, which was originally taken from the...
With oil prices soaring and nuclaer power being dangerous and...
Environmentalists, the energy industry, and government must work together to find ways of responding to climate change, said Natural England today (Tuesday 17 June) as it launched new policies to promote sustainable...
Gordon Brown has called for modern crime-fighting measures to be embraced and adapted to fit with the principles of individual freedom and liberty.
Defra has today published an epidemiology report into the Avian Influenza outbreak confirmed in Oxfordshire on 4 June.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall is to attend the National Veterans Day celebrations at Blackpool on June 27.
The office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on variations to the admission arrangements of Bollin Community Primary School, Stamford Park Community Infant and Junior schools, Altrincham, Cheshire...
The Rural Social Justice Coalition is a diverse body of national organisations working together to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged people in rural areas.
The Coalition...
This is an easy read version of Better Health, Better Care, Scotland’s action plan for health, which seeks to help people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring ...
The Ministry of Defence has become the largest organisation ever to be recognised as meeting the Investors in People (IiP) Standard.
Outbreaks Letter from CNO to Chief Execs - November 2008
Graham Holley, Chief Executive of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) said: "I welcome this far-sighted report. It will help to ensure that expectations for mathematics teaching in primary schools...
Crown servants, e.g. Customs, Immigration and, presumably, the new UKBA/UKBF...
The Government has today published Sir John Baker's Report on MPs' Pay and Pensions which he submitted to the Government on 30 May.
Ed Balls and Andrew Adonis today accepted the recommendations of a major independent review of maths in primary schools and announced plans to train more than 1,000 specialist maths teachers a year over the next...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting Wiltshire to see “the other side to Wiltshire”, during a two-day visit hosted by Devizes-based...
Asked if the Government had any contingency powers or emergency plans to ensure the free flow of petrol, the PMS replied that this was the final day of the current fuel tanker dispute, and as John Hutton had been...
Asked if the Prime Minister supported what was being done in Scotland by raising the legal age to buy alcohol in shops and supermarkets from 18 to 21, the PMS replied that our general position on this and the focus...
Asked if an acceptable outcome of the upcoming Council meeting would be that European Union members went ahead with the decision making process excluding Ireland, the PMS replied that he was not sure that anyone...
Asked what impression the Prime Minister gathered about the President's intentions towards Iran, the PMS replied that they both spoke at some length about Iran in the press conference, and he did not have much further...
Asked to clear up the confusion over Iran sanctions, as Javier Solana's spokeswoman said these had not been discussed earlier in Brussels, the PMS replied that the information that he had from the Foreign Office...
Asked for more details on tomorrow's speech, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that it would be on the general themes of security and liberty. It would look at the new threats that we faced both in relation...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Security and Liberty Speech, Iran, President Bush, Europe, alcohol and fuel strike
The Prime Minister will deliver a speech on liberty and emerging threats to security in London at midday today.
May: CPI up to 3.3%, RPI rises to 4.3%
Information Bulletin
The following statistics released today by the Department of Health:
More patients are able to see their GP in the evenings and at weekends, statistics released today by the Department of Health show.
The increasing sophistication of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used by UK Armed Forces means that the current airspace above Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is now insufficient to accommodate the full training requirement...
The Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth is to get a boost to her top speed in a £9 million overhaul to be carried out by Babcock Marine at Rosyth in Scotland, Defence Minister, Baroness Taylor, announced today...
Create no go areas for trawlers in Scotland's salt water lochs,and the river...
cut taxes on alcohol and allow drinking in public places such as town...
Please sign this petition if you think household waste should be collected...
Last year, Gordon Brown made a commitment to build 3 million more homes by...
Either the global population needs to decide to do without mass produced...
local authority's management “officers” should report directly to an elected...
Make the local government ombudsman truly independent and accountable by...
Results of the annual survey of teacher and educational pyschologist vacancies.
Discussion paper setting out our strategic approach to tacking alcohol misuse.
Agricultural output,agriculture in the economy, agricultural sector profiles, food and drink sector profile, payment scheme expenditure, net farm incomem total income from farming, financial and employment data.
I represented the UK at the Energy Council in Luxembourg on 6 June.
The Council was dominated by negotiations on the internal energy market, resulting in an agreement on a general approach on the third ...
I have set the Rural Payments Agency the following performance targets for 2008-09:
To have paid 80 per cent. by value of valid 2008 single payment scheme (SPS) claims by 31 January 2009 and 90 per cent...
I have set the central science laboratory (CSL) the following performance targets for 2008-09:
Service Delivery Quality
Outputs from applied research R&D are delivered to deadline, meet agreed...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council was held on 9 and 10 June 2008. The health part was held on 10 June. Andy Lebrecht, deputy permanent representative to Brussels, represented ...
Some people have experienced problems downloading the expression of interest form due to security settings on their computer. If you're having problems, try checking your security settings, and make sure...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting Cornwall to report back on our dossier of evidence 'Our NHS, our future: a rural response'. Cornwall...
to create a small zoo on the disused left over area of the x-frontierland site
There are laws protecting animals, in particular dogs. However still in use...
DVLA are currently running an ad about driving bans and points lasting 11...
No one can say that Scottish News is boring- the Dundee Courier with its...
It's selfish having the London to Brighton bike race on fathers Day!
Consolidate pension credits automatically with State Pension without means...
During the fuel tanker strikes, the media make out that all of the petrol...
By implementing the proposed change a fairer system for road use would exist...
There are increasing cases of new residents moving into a location, then to...
Further to my e - mail to Rt Hon Denham about a "time in lieu" substitute...
For three or so years now my wife and I have both recieved the Tax Credit...
Charge for entering the city centre by all means but do not charge people...
The H&S law states workplaces should provide 'adequate supply of wholesome...
I'm totally amazed that my local air ambulance is struggling for funds, due...
Mobile phone owners could be charged to receive calls when using handsets in...
Practical driving tests are an expensive process, and unnecessary amounts of...
Currently council planning officers in England can make planning decisions...
Other countries respect and honour thier war dead why don't we.
55mph (88kph) is the most economic speed.At that speed most cars can achieve...
The Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) is an amount allocated each year to...
We the public are entitled to see the extent to which e-Petitions is a way...
I think the priminister should step in and stop the new test for...
staff need to change their clothes before leaving work to reduce the spread...
We're looking for a Data and Analysis Manager to join our Strategic Analysis team.
You'll provide energetic and creative leadership within the data analysis team, working as an effective...
Details of how the proposed Floods and Water Bill would ensure the country is better prepared to deal with surface water flooding in the future, will today be outlined by Environment Minister Phil Woolas.
The OFT has today launched a market study into property management services for common and shared residential property in Scotland.