As promised in my statement of January 23 2008, I am publishing today a consultation on the ways the UK could increase renewable energy in order to meet the UK's proposed share of the EU target to achieve 20 ...
The Secretary of State has today laid regulations to update the home loss payments thresholds in section 30 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (as amended). Home loss payments are paid at a rate of 10 per cent...
The Department for Communities and Local Government has obtained approval for an advance from the contingencies fund to allow the early recruitment and appointment of the boards and senior executives with support...
In 2007, there were 6,241 recorded outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom. These totalled £656,275...
The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the national non-domestic rates requested from them. They are obliged to pay only 6 per cent. of the total national non-domestic rates (NNDR) value...
In 2007, 20 serious offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic immunity were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 'Serious offences' are defined as offences that would...
The "Identity and Passport Service Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08" has been laid before Parliament today and will be published shortly.
I am pleased to announce that the sixth annual report of the appointed person under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been laid before Parliament today. The appointed person is an independent person who scrutinises...
I have today laid before Parliament the Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2008. These rules amend rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984 regarding coroners' powers to make reports to prevent future deaths, and introduce...
I have received the annual report for 2007-08 of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland which is being laid before Parliament today as a Command Paper.
Copies of the report are available...
The hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) has been appointed as a substitute member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of Western...
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) secured three Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPO) today following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). The ruling at Isleworth Crown Court...
Brilliant, thank you
Anonymous
Rural Gloucestershire
Be nice if the link was working to the Quality Parish Updated scheme
Thanks for pointing out the broken link, it should be working now and will take you to NALC's press release about the update. We'll add a link to the updated information on their website as soon as it'...
The PM has visited Sale in Manchester to see a neighbourhood police team in action.
Health Minister Ben Bradshaw today welcomed achieving the important milestone that the 100th Trust has achieved foundation status.
Assessment system will build on improvement and drive up performance in Further Education sector
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, welcomes the launch of BERR's UK Renewable Energy Strategy Consultation: "We fully support the government’...
Asked for the Prime Minister's reaction to Tam Dalyell's comments on Ministers, the PMS said that the Prime Minister's focus today was on meeting with frontline service workers and meeting people involved in their...
Asked if there was anything in particular to highlight in the report on public services, the PMS said that we had yesterday drawn peoples' attention to certain sections from the forward and the fact that next Monday...
Asked if the Prime Minister supported more video conferencing, the PMS said that the Prime Minister believed that the appropriate level of engagement should take place, dependent on the circumstances.Asked how much...
Asked if the Prime Minister intended to react to the result of the Henley by-election today, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was out and about in Manchester today at which there would be media present, so if...
Asked for the Prime Minister's reaction to Italy's suggestion to start removing EU Ambassadors from Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that we had seen the suggestion but that it was not something...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Zimbabwe, Henley by-election, video conferencing, Cabinet Office report on Public Services and miscellaneous
The Government's drive to deliver much needed new affordable homes and safeguard higher housing standards for 8 million social housing tenants took another step forward today as Housing Minister Caroline Flint announced...
A member of Her Majesty's Courts Service from Thames Valley has been awarded the top prize at the HMCS National Awards ceremony in London.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on objections by Cheshire County Council, Sandbach School and Cheshire Admissions Forum to the admission arrangements determined by Sandbach High School...
A number of recent campaigns and policies implemented by the government...
This man has earned the right to sit in the House of Lords - he was the...
Utility companies and large organisations including government, use other...
Drinking license work pretty much like a driving license, where at age of 18...
In the last 10 years over 375,000 people have been killed or seriously...
During the proceedings planning the legislation to open the Post Offices...
The governments policies for dealing with the issue of the gender pay gap...
Many businesses offer carbon-offsetting when purchasing goods and services...
One hundred exceptional school and college leavers from across England have today (Friday 27th June) been named and will take part in the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship; a program created to nurture outstanding...
Asked about the Prime Minister's mood ahead of his first year anniversary, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister had been asked this question at Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) and...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Prime Minister's first anniversary
Investors will have more choice from October following changes to pensions rules allowing protected rights to be held in Self-Invested Personal Pensions (Sipps), Minister for Pensions Reform Mike O'Brien announced...
Insolvency Bulletin
Average house prices in England and Wales remained flat in May, showing no monthly change at £183,266, according to the latest figures from Land Registry. Annual house price growth shows a decline for ...
Average house prices in England and Wales remained flat in May, showing no monthly change at £183,266, according to the latest figures from Land Registry. Annual house price growth shows a decline for ...
I think there should be money, not just 'cares allowance', which is a...
If the monies that you are intending to spend on wind farms,would it be more...
Please note the following AOL reports, released today : One in 10...
The Government policy to close local Post Offices will be damaging to local...
Burma imprisons and murders pro-democracy activists,sometimes their children...
For the NHS to fund treatment for babies with Plagiocephaly & Brachycephaly...
Once again the Government is being pressured by the EU, this time into...
The last two local elections have shown that the people are no longer...
We're encouraging parish and town councils to play an increasingly dynamic and influential role in local government.
Today we're delighted to welcome the update to the national Quality Parish...
This document is available as a download only
Cicera Pope, of our Active and Inclusive Representation and Decision-Making team, has written this article for MJ magazine about how devolved...
Gordon Brown has outlined the next phase of public service reform as a drive for "excellence and fairness".
2008 Q1: UK deficit down again
Economy grew by 0.3% in Q1 2008
The Prime Minister today outlines a bold vision for transforming England's public services. In a Cabinet Office report "Reaching World Class: The next stage in improving public services" published today, he argues...
Five members of the Environment Agency Board have had their period of service extended or have been reappointed for a further three year term. Announcing the appointments today Environment Minister Phil Woolas ...
Main Points This Month
The Highways Agency has awarded a five-year contract for in-vehicle data logging services for its new winter service fleet to Cybit.
Today the third annual Veterans Day will be marked across the country in a series of events. The events will celebrate the contribution made by our veterans of all ages in conflicts both past and present and remember...
Encourages inspirational developments which will serve as exemplars of the highest quality.
Guidance and Application Form.
annual reports
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, Scottish Vetting and Barring Scheme, Analysis of consultation on policy proposals for secondary legislation
The consultation provides information on a second set of standards and condition limits for healthy communities of aquatic plants and animals; as well as proposals to update the 2007 Directions. The proposed standards...
The Bill will reform and consolidate the law of arbitration which is currently outdated and incomplete. The Bill will put the vast majority of the general Scots law of arbitration into a single statute. The aim ...
A New Approach has been developed to calculate the impact of wind farm developments on the soil carbon stocks held in peats. This provides a transparent and easy to follow method for estimating the impacts of wind...
As promised in my statement of January 23 2008, I am publishing today a consultation on the ways the UK could increase renewable energy in order to meet the UK's proposed share of the EU target to achieve 20 ...
The Secretary of State has today laid regulations to update the home loss payments thresholds in section 30 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (as amended). Home loss payments are paid at a rate of 10 per cent...
On 27 March I made a statement to the House on council tax capping for eight authorities. I announced the start of a process that could lead to capping, and said that in the following weeks we would listen carefully...
The Department for Communities and Local Government has obtained approval for an advance from the contingencies fund to allow the early recruitment and appointment of the boards and senior executives with support...
On 2 April 2008, I laid before Parliament a written ministerial statement on provisional payments under the three-year Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme (LABGI). I am now in a position to announce...
In 2007, there were 6,241 recorded outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom. These totalled £656,275...
The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the national non-domestic rates requested from them. They are obliged to pay only 6 per cent. of the total national non-domestic rates (NNDR) value...
In 2007, 20 serious offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic immunity were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 'Serious offences' are defined as offences that would...
The "Identity and Passport Service Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08" has been laid before Parliament today and will be published shortly.
I am pleased to announce that the sixth annual report of the appointed person under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been laid before Parliament today. The appointed person is an independent person who scrutinises...
I have today laid before Parliament the Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2008. These rules amend rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984 regarding coroners' powers to make reports to prevent future deaths, and introduce...
I have received the annual report for 2007-08 of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland which is being laid before Parliament today as a Command Paper.
Copies of the report are available...
The hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) has been appointed as a substitute member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of Western...
During 2006, in response to the continuing terrorist threat to the rail network, the Department for Transport carried out passenger screening trials to test the ability of available equipment and dogs to detect...
The so called ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ is in fact an eleventh century embroidery...
Sia licenced officers put there lifes at risk on a daily basis and should be...
We request the removal of the numerous phone boxes on our pavements as they...
How can we accept this man into our country as a bona fida representative of...
In practice this bill would bring a culture change, allowing and encouraging...
British farmers produce high quality meat and vegetables that are delivered...
While all or some of our Gasometers have storage space the export of gas...
I've just read a petition asking for A.D.H.D. not to be classed as an...
TDA comment on the Ofsted survey: Teacher trainees and phonics - An evaluation of the response of providers of initial teacher training to the recommendations of the Rose Review
UK Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan: Helping Support Businesses Compete in a Global Economy
I think that if this is being used as evidence of what is happening in rural areas then please look at other rural areas. Parts of this film are excellent, others demonstrate a lamentable lack of understanding...
I agree, however, is the CRC and its partners looking to extend the service in line with slippage in the change programme? Maybe the project officer could provide a definitive answer !!!
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Thanks for your comment. The film is just a part of our dossier of evidence to the NHS review, which has also looked at other rural areas.
I'll speak to our policy teams and find out what our current plans are, and get back to you shortly.
DEFENCE Minister Baroness Ann Taylor has today commented on a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) into the Hercules C-130 Tactical Fixed Wing Airlift Capability.
TDA comment on the Ofsted survey: Teacher trainees and phonics - An evaluation of the response of providers of initial teacher training to the recommendations of the Rose Review
TDA comment on the Ofsted survey: Teacher trainees and phonics - An evaluation of the response of providers of initial teacher training to the recommendations of the Rose Review