PRESS RELEASE: WEDNESDAY
The PM confirmed today that the UK is to chair the next G20 financial summit in 2009, following on from November’s meeting in the United States.
During Prime Minister’s Questions...
Briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesman on: credit card meeting, EU financial package, economy, car companies and misc
Credit Card MeetingAsked for more details about the credit card companies meeting...
In the Pre-Budget Report on Monday 24 November, the Government announced that it would increase duties on tax paid on tobacco, alcohol and petrol to offset the temporary cut in VAT to 15 per cent so that prices ...
Ahead of tomorrow's European Council meeting in Brussels on the Electronic Communications & Networks Framework, Minister for Communications, Technology & Broadcasting, Stephen Carter, said: ...
Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson and Consumer Affairs Minister Gareth Thomas have secured agreement from the credit card industry to help borrowers struggling with their credit card bills over the...
Bus passengers will have a new champion fighting their corner thanks to the Local Transport Act, Transport Minister Paul Clark is expected to confirm today. Royal Assent for the Bill will pave the way for Passenger...
Asked about the Governor of the Bank of England s comments that the Government needed to intervene directly with banks if they refused to step up lending, the PMS replied that obviously this was something that ...
Asked what was discussed at the meeting with the New Zealand Prime Minister, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the New Zealand Prime Minister had arrived directly from the APEC summit in Peru. ...
Asked if people could expect the Prime Minister to make an announcement about the G20 Summit today, the PMS said that you could expect an announcement at some point today. original source.
Put that Chancellor Merkel had outlined some help fro Opel and would there be any help from the British Government for Vauxhall, the PMS advised people to check with BERR but from memory, his recollection was that...
Asked to respond to the Times story on legally forcing the banks to lend, the PMS replied that we had always made clear that we had to look at a range of options in order to do what was in the best interests of...
Asked for more details on the package, the PMS said that this had not yet been formally announced. It was his understanding that the announcement would be made shortly. Clearly, we welcomed the fact that there ...
Asked for more details about the credit card companies meeting and what the Prime Minister would like to see emerge from it, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that this would be a meeting...
The Pre-Budget report, VAT cuts and credit cards were on the agenda at today s PMQs.
The Prime Minister also took questions on benefit increases, utility companies and public transport
The Pre-Budget report, VAT cuts and credit cards were on the agenda at today s PMQs.
The Prime Minister also took questions on benefit increases, utility companies and public transport.
The 60,000 children who come into or remain in care each year must be cared...
the benefit support system should not be a something for nothing system
Once again the agenda for the Geneva (Durban II) anti-racism summit is...
The business rates for small shops has now increased to a point that most...
Bring back the QE2 funnel to it's home port of Southampton and and proudly...
Organisations borrowing government money should be prevented from exporting...
This petition wants the Prime Minister to make shops use paper bags more...
Justice must be done and done at all cost. Civilized society is based upon "...
VAT is effectively a regressive tax - that means that people of lesser...
Immigrants should have to take an oral and written english language test...
By scrapping the Severn Bridge tolls, this will actually be beneficial and...
Nursing hospitals staff, should be allowed to nurse patients and not be...
My father turned 60 several weeks ago. As his birthday was after 15th...
The banks caused this recession by irresponsible flawed business models and...
Giving evidence in court is a very traumatic experience alone. This is made...
The current environmental legislation requires new developments to undertake...
It is ridiculous that there are three different bodies controlling aspects...
Today, the Government is announcing £1.5 million to support third sector regional networks in delivering many of the Government's policies and programmes at the regional level. The Office of the Third Sector...
Today, Kevin Brennan, Minister for the Third Sector, published a practical handbook to help public servants open up the consultation process, to reach third sector workers on the ground and to use their experience...
The Competition Commission (CC) is today publishing new guidelines which explain its approach to remedies, such as divestiture, prohibition and behavioural measures, where it decides that mergers are likely to lead...
Seven of London's bridges spanning over a hundred and forty years of Thames crossings were today listed by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, acting upon the advice of English Heritage.
Launch of consultation to modernise healthcare science careers in the NHS
Commenting on the current situation in Thailand, Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell said:
The Highways Agency, which is one of the biggest planters of trees in England, is marking National Tree Week (26 November - 7 December) with tree planting events across its network.
As three new Acts of Parliament go on the statute book, householders and drivers are being challenged to save energy and cut their carbon emissions under the Government's ACT ON CO2 People Power challenge, being...
The OFT has published a new quick guide for businesses on how to comply with competition and consumer laws.
Responses to consultation on licensing for knife dealers
Consultation responses to the Consultation on Regulations under Section 32A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 approved for publication by the respondants.
Local Government Minister John Healey today confirmed a 4.2 per cent funding increase for English councils next year - describing this £2.96bn rise as a fair and affordable settlement for councils to continue...
Communities Minister Baroness Andrews has today confirmed that councils in England are to receive £1.66bn Supporting People Programme Grant funding - as an unringfenced named grant.
Government advice service Consumer Direct is urging people to do their online shopping early this year to make sure presents are delivered in time for Christmas.
The tragic tale of Baby P serves to remind us all that the existing...
'...Provide free headlight test for all motorists at garages, this can be funded from the excessive taxes that UK motorist pay.' -- B Clarke
Young families who work but are above the benefits catchment still struggle...
As you all may have seen a supermarket giant has cut the price of petrol...
Many products are sold in this country with no evidence of there place of...
The Government is asking people for their views on whether the addresses of candidates standing at Parliamentary Elections should be published on nomination and ballot papers.
The Government today welcomed proposals to help small businesses and councils save up to £300m a year through a root and branch overhaul of the bureaucratic planning application process recommended by the Killian...
A European Space Agency (ESA) research centre will be established in the UK following an agreement made by Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Drayson today.
Economy contracts by 0.5% in Q3 2008
Households spend 459 a week
Britain's hospital patients, civil servants, armed forces personnel and others eating in government establishments are being treated to menus that increasingly feature seasonal, home-grown food, Farming and ...
Defra will publish two reports today that build on the evidence base on bovine TB in deer.
Over £90,000 is being provided to enhance the drive to tackle crime and support victims in Manchester, Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Adviser Louise Casey announced on a visit to the city today. ...
Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08
Constitutes Scottish Ministers' determination of the boundaries of the strategic development plan areas.
This report qualitatively examines the aspects of their health care that Scottish patients view as being important. The research includes the views of hospital inpatients, people with a long-term health condition...
A survey to to collect information and views from a representative sample of the Scottish population regarding their expectations and priorities for the provision of GP services. Findings will be used to inform...
This research findings qualitatively examines the aspects of their health care that Scottish patients view as being important. The research includes the views of hospital inpatients, people with a long-term health...
This research findings documents Scottish Health Boards current patient experience activities and Boards representatives experiences of and attitudes towards patient experience. The research also examined expectations...
This research documents Scottish Health Boards current patient experience activities and Boards representatives experiences of and attitudes towards patient experience. The research also examined expectations...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (John Denham) has made the following Written Statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Rt. Hon. James Purnell) has made the following Statement.
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson...
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland (Paul Goggins) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
During the passage of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007, Ministers undertook to...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Shaun Woodward) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2008-09 winter...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's DEL will be reduced by £11,157,000 from £3,379,070,000 to &#...
I am pleased to announce that I have decided to appoint 23 RDA board members, whom between them will serve seven of our Regional Development Agencies. Their names are listed below.
RDA Board Member Appointees...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs total DEL will be increased by £91,338,000 from £4,448,459,000 to £4,539,797,000. Within the...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £152,000 to £166,299,000 and the capital element of DEL will be increased...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday announced as part of the pre-Budget report a temporary reduction in the standard rate of VAT to 15 per cent. from 1 December 2008 to 1 January 2010 when the rate will...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate, HM Treasury's DEL will be increased by £1,318,000 from £220,233,000 to £221,551,000 and the Administration Budget will be...
On 21 November 2008, I represented the UK at the Budget Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).
Finance Ministers agreed to adopt Preliminary Draft Amending Budgets 10—as amended by the Commission...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £16,761,000 from £...
My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs and I are today publishing the Government's response to the consultation paper: "Prosperous Places: Taking Forward the Review...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2008-09 will change as follows:
(1) The...
I am delighted to announce today the publication of "Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom", which has been prepared for me by the UK Geographic Information Panel. Copies have been placed...
I should like to make a statement on the restructuring of coalition regional commands in Iraq and the implications for the ongoing UK mission there.
As the Iraqi security forces have grown and matured, ...
I attended an informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Budapest, Hungary, on 9 and 10 October 2008. It provided an important opportunity for discussions on operations and on the transformation of NATO capabilities...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits (DEL) will be increased by £3,434,312,000—voted and non voted—...
I and Huw Irranca-Davies represented the United Kingdom at November's Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels. Richard Lochhead, Conor Murphy and Elin Jones also attended.
All of the 'A' points were...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £149,848,000 from £1,930,709,...
The Department of Health's element of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £4,630,000 from £98,570,061,000 to £98,565,431,000, the administration cost limit remains unchanged...
The Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR) was established 22 months ago following Sir David Cooksey's recommendations for better co-ordination of health research activities across the ...
I regret that the written answer I gave the hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) on 22 February 2008, Official Report, columns 1069-1071W, included a reference to a write off of £...
Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administrative Budget for 2008-09.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £19,360,000 from...
On 29 October 2008 my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, announced that the Government is making extra money available, totalling £100 million in steady state...
As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the Winter Supplementary Estimates, the Department for International Development's total departmental expenditure limit will be reduced by £1,377,000...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and the National Archives (TNA) total departmental expenditure limit...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate 2008-09, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £1,537,000 from £359,433,000 to £...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the UK Statistics Authority's total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £805,000 from £210,060,000 to...
Plans to change the Charity Commission's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2008-09.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Charity...
I should like to make the following statement:
Subjects proposed for Topical Debates (July 2008- September 2008)
To Note: The list includes all requests and whether they have been submitted on the...
During the passage of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 Ministers undertook to make a statement to Parliament each year on the volume of non-jury trial cases under the legislation. This is ...
Subject to parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2008-09 winter supplementary estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £31,542,000 from £...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) provision for the Scotland DEL will be increased by £329,774,000—of which £...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2008-09 will be decreased by £16,835,000 from £13,255...
Subsequent to a written answer I gave on 15 September 2008, to a parliamentary question on the hourly rates of pay for cleaning contractors, I would like to inform the House that further investigation has revealed...
I am announcing today the publication of Delivering a Sustainable Transport System. This document marks the latest milestone in our longer term planning process, setting out our goals and identifying the various...
The Welsh Assembly Government departmental expenditure limit is reduced by £14,859,000 from £14,309,106,000 to £14,294,247,000. This decrease takes account of the following changes:
An increase...
On 3 March the Government published the five-year cross-Government Independent Living Strategy. The strategy sets out a series of Government commitments aimed at ensuring that disabled people have choice and ...
Remploy's achievement against its targets set by Government for 2007-08.
Target Description Target Achievement To live within the Company's financial means in the 2007-08 financial year. Operating Result...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and I have today published the Government's response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population, "Working for a healthier...
Proposals to improve the way motorcyclists are tested were published today by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA).
The national case for the new linked network of control centres for the Fire and Rescue Service was today laid out by the Government.
The Thames Gateway is in a strong position to weather the current economic storm and grow in the long term, Thames Gateway Minister Margaret Beckett announced in a major speech today.
One of the world leaders in weather forecasting and climate science, the Met Office is about to deliver the world's first free of charge video on-demand weather service for mobile.
Two fishermen have been picked up by a passing fishing vessel and airlifted to hospital by the Portland Coastguard Rescue Helicopter after their boat capsized this morning.
Land Registry has extended the five-year retention period for certain deeds and documents lodged before 13 October 2003. The deadline has been extended to 28 February 2009, after which Land Registry will start destroying...
Tax breaks for public transport season ticket holders Employers should take...
Stop Gay marriages in the church!!!! God created a man and a woman. That is...
Condoms are distributed for free in gay bars around the UK but this is not...
As football is our national sport; and plays a significant role in English...
The Norwich to Liverpool Street railway is a key economic link for East...
all students from all schools go into there community once a week with...
My name is George and I live in Bolton. The reason that I am writing this...
We ask that the government consider and if possible implement the following...
Policemen and women have been banned from joining a white's-only group....
Publicly support a plan to apply any future congestion tax to >all< sources...
I am starting this petition as I am in temp accomadation, I have two sons,...
It will cost every company in this country money. All receipts and paperwork...
Interpal is a leading charity that helps Palestinians in need. IBB (Islamic...
We the undersigned call upon the Government to allow any changes to the...
Since the smoking ban has come into force many pubs and hotels are closing....
We direct the House to support the RNLI as they have agreed the excellent...
Slavery was as wrong as Colonization. However, the colonization is still...
The reduction in interest rates has been welcome, but many lenders are: 1)...
'...bring to account the ruling financial aristocracy i.e. the giant banks, hedge funds and other huge financial institutions, whose parasitic and speculative operations precipitated the current crisis.' -- Barry...
We would advocate instead the inclusion of the equivalent into Income Tax,...
The Country is shocked by the awful situation of Haringey Council and Baby '...
In the past 2-years there have been numerous widely publicised instances of...
We Care was set up by the Express & Echo newspaper in Exeter. We pledged to...
Fitting seatbelts to all buses in service will increase rate of passenger...
Green spaces near your home are even more important to people than green...
To request that the Prime Minister applies pressure on the EU to improve...
Research has shown that many people spend their tax free cash on foreign...
Consider in removing the age old law on listening to Aviationn in the UK, so...
To toughen the job seekers and income support laws by instead of handing...
The damage being caused to the property sector in Britain is an inescapable...
Put forward a realistic code of conduct on public transport. Specifically...
On November 10, 2008 the news broke that Britain's only specialist police...
When the Parent With Care (PWC)is in receipt of Income Support, the amount...
i have had my grandson for 5 years as his mother is a drug addict,for the...
The Nursing Times is campaigning for an end to parking charges for nurses in...
I quote "Every child matters". Well obviously to our local council, children...
It has been reported that a large number of people in the UK are sending...
Make Social Services Management Accountable For Their Decisions and Have a...
More funds should be pushed towards child protection in the United Kingdom....
We the undersigned would like to express our concern about staff relations...
On 3/11 my cat was run over and killed. On 4/11 she was collected by the...
We the voters request that the government scraps the current extradition...
The simple answer to closing Royal Mail post offices in rural areas is for...
Fixed targets for outsourcing work to private companies, voluntary groups and public service organisations by the probation service have been scrapped, Justice Minister David Hanson said today.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in the Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA on Thursday 27 November 2008 at 10.00 a.m.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in the Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA on Thursday 27 November 2008 at 10.00 a.m.
The Honourable Mr Justice Grigson retires from the Queen's Bench Division on 12 January 2009.
Moves towards sustainable energy in the UK are being hampered by old ways of thinking according to a major new report published today by Foresight, the Government's futures think tank.
Briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesman on: Cabinet, G20 meeting, Pre-budget Report, jobs, US and misc
CabinetThe Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a read out from this morning s Cabinet...
Chancellor Alistair Darling has detailed the Government’s plans to deal with the economic downturn in the Pre-Budget Report to Parliament this afternoon.
Chancellor Alistair Darling has detailed the Government’s plans to deal with the economic downturn in the Pre-Budget Report to Parliament this afternoon.
The Prime Minister and Sarah Brown have welcomed the children of Destiny Africa, a children’s choir from an orphanage in northern Uganda, to perform in 10 Downing Street.
As well as performing song...
The Prime Minister and Sarah Brown have welcomed the children of Destiny Africa, a children’s choir from an orphanage in northern Uganda, to perform in 10 Downing Street.
As well as performing song...
The Prime Minister and Sarah Brown have welcomed the children of Destiny Africa, a children’s choir from an orphanage in northern Uganda, to perform in 10 Downing Street.
As well as performing song...
The Prime Minister and Sarah Brown have welcomed the children of Destiny Africa, a children’s choir from an orphanage in northern Uganda, to perform in 10 Downing Street.
As well as performing song...