Asked if the Leader of the House of Commons would deputise for the Prime Minister at PMQs on Wednesday, the PMS said yes. Asked if the Prime Minister would be having bi-lateral talks with the President of Argentina...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on the police using anti-terrorist laws to deal with demonstrations, the PMS said that the Prime Minister s view was that the police did an excellent job acting within ...
Asked if the Prime Minister was satisfied with the explanation from the Employment Minister Tony McNulty regarding his expenses, the PMS said that these were not issues for him to reply to as they related to Mr...
Asked if the meeting with global bank chief-executives tomorrow was a regular meeting, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said no; it was part of a series of meetings that we were having ahead of the G20. Last...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: meeting with global banks, MPs’expenses, demonstrations and misc
Meeting with Global BanksAsked if the meeting with global bank chief-executives tomorrow...
The EU will put measures to the G20 next week which it hopes will lead to global economic recovery and better financial regulation.
Following a meeting in Brussels last Thursday and Friday, Gordon Brown...
The Prime Minister has appointed Professor Tony Badger as a Trustee of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. Upon the retirement of Professor Emma Rothschild on 7th July this year, he will become Chairman.
Biographical...
Gordon Brown met with global bank leaders in Downing Street this morning to discuss the economic outlook and current challenges facing the worldwide financial system.
The Prime Minister and Chancellor...
Transcript of an address to the European Parliament on 24 March 2009.
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For the special honour of this invitation let me thank you Mr President and let...
The Government and the Church of England today published 'Churches and Faith Buildings: Realising the Potential', to help churches and other and faith groups find resources to make their buildings more sustainable...
A new strategy for countering international terrorism was announced by the Home Secretary today.
Denis O'Connor has been selected as the Government's preferred candidate for the post of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today.
Building work on the Royal Navy's most powerful attack submarine programme reached a major milestone today as the traditional 'laying the keel' ceremony was performed by Defence Secretary John Hutton...
Explains the provisions of the T&CP(GPD)(Domestic Microgeneration) (Scotland)Amendment Order (GPDO) which came into force on 12 March 2009.
This report presents the results of the Scottish Government 2008 Employee Survey. The aims of the survey are to provide a comprehensive picture of employees' perceptions of the SG, measure the level of employee...
A review of good practice in local authority engagement with the private rented sector drawn from case sutdies across the UK, including options for working with private landlords to house homeless households.
A review of initiatives to address the problem of empty houses drawn from case studies across the UK.
A major survey of private landlords to consider a range of questions including the tenancy regime, tenancy deposits, awareness of rights and responsibilities, attitudes to letting and future plans in the sector.
A major survey of private tenants to answer questions on awareness of rights/responsibilities, security of tenure, affordability of rents, tenancy desposits, and satisfaction with landlord and property condition...
An overview report summarising the key findings from the review of the private rented sector, including policy responses.
Sumamry of key findings and policy implications from the review of the private rented sector.
Summary of a review of good practice in local authority engagement with the private rented sector drawn from case studies across the UK, including opetions for working with private landlords to house homeless households...
Summary of a review of initiatives to address the problem of empty houses drawn from case studies across the UK.
The Highways Agency's business plan for 2009-10 has been published today. It sets out the agency's budgets for the financial year and how that funding will be spent. The plan contains 13 key performance targets...
Following the motion "to regret that the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/204), laid before the House on 10 February, will not prevent...
I am pleased to announce that The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) will vest on 1 April 2009 as an executive agency of DEFRA.
FERA brings together the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), the UK...
In my statements of 9 and 30 October 2007, (Official Report, 9 October columns 27-28WS and 30 October columns 30-33 WS), I gave details of the ex gratia assistance to be provided to Iraqi staff working for our...
Following a 12-week consultation, which included hearing the views of a wide range of NHS and other stakeholders, I am today publishing final guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care...
Today I am publishing "The Learning Revolution", a White Paper on informal adult learning. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.
The boom in book clubs, on-line research and blogging, together...
A fraudulent wholesaling company has been wound-up by the High Court in Manchester following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Insolvency Service.
A £1 million fund to recruit a new generation of green-fingered apprentices to keep England's parks and green spaces growing has been announced today by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett.
A football match involving people from different faiths is just one of the activities that could take place in England's first-ever 'Inter Faith Week', Communities and Local Government Secretary Hazel...
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in the Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA on Thursday 26 March 2009 at 10.00 a.m.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Race and Faith Inquiry will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Wednesday 25 March starting at 3pm.
Small employers are being urged to file their 2008/09 Employer Annual Return online this year, and get a £75 tax-free payment in the process.
Solent Coastguard received an emergency call this afternoon at around a quarter to four from the Isle of Wight ambulance service alerting the marine emergency service to an injured hang glider.
At quarter past two this afternoon Humber Coastguard were alerted to two canoes off the Redcar shoreline whose occupants appeared to be in great difficulty and needed assistance.
Fewer than 2.5% of shore anglers wear lifejackets when fishing according to research carried out by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. The agency is advising all anglers, whether they practice their sport from...
Two new events will be added to the current legal triggers for compulsory first registration of title when the Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008 comes into force on 6 April.
If the Government is serious about improving democracy then the party list...
All Foreigners to be made to pay for treatment While in this country,the...
The sleaze must be stopped. In the mist of a recession, where the majority...
My mother currently has moderate alzheimers,she was diagnosed with this...
The considerable debate about future tax increases on alcohol if applied...
There is press speculation that Gordon Brown will discuss the sovereignty of...
I guess the results of the West Midlands inquiry will be replicated in the other areas. I live in the uplands of Lancashire and can see from the pdf that the issues we have here are the same. Too much interference...
One other thing, the parish councils have in general produced good parish plans, but many have also 'just gone through the motions' not realising how important they are. I have seen many that are total ...
Thanks for your comments Chris. We're very keen to strengthen the role of local councillors, and to see them better supported. We're following up on a number of receommendations we've made to government...
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Location map for John Dower House, our head office.
Section 58 retrospectively changed a 1987 Act of Parliament. Taxpayers who...
Should local communities have some say in the future of our uplands? That's one of several key questions discussed by people attending our Upland Communities inquiry's first hearing in Ludlow ...
'...to stop london members of parilment geting housing allowance' -- anthony richardson
It costs more to use public transport such as a bus to go into my local...
Award Iraq Medal to those posted to Cyprus at start of war. RAF Akrotiri was...
Sexual education in the UK is of an appallingly low standard, as the...
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This report summarises the main messages arising from our Upland Communities inquiry's first regional hearing in Ludlow, Shropshire, 18 -19...
If Mayfield Station Manchester was reopened it would relieve some of the...
Jade Goody's young sons were encouraged to pose for the cameras just after...
The water industry needs to invest more in new technology and innovative solutions to meet the challenges of the 21st century, according to a new independent report published today.
Did you publish a response to the digital britain interim report?
"‘Leader’ basically enables a ‘bottom up’, community-led approach to delivery of RDPE funding in rural areas and will be implemented through LAGs, which represent public and...
It can be really difficult to access European funding like this, which I think is one of the reasons that the EU have now required that each country set up an rural network to help share information, ...
During the response period Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, spoke to Lord Carter and as a result we've been asked to produce a report for him focussing on ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement ...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail...
Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that...
Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that...
Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that...
Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that...
Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments to the Coroner’s Criminal Justice Bill, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments to the Coroner’s Criminal Justice Bill, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government...
Briefing by the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: assisted suicide, Northern Rock, protectionism and misc
Assisted suicideAsked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments...
Briefing by the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: assisted suicide, Northern Rock, protectionism and misc
Assisted suicideAsked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments...
Briefing by the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: assisted suicide, Northern Rock, protectionism and misc
Assisted suicideAsked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments...
Briefing by the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: assisted suicide, Northern Rock, protectionism and misc
Assisted suicideAsked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments...
Gordon Brown has spoken of his admiration for “the secret army of mums who truly keep communities strong” and also of his pride in his own mother as families throughout the country remember Mother...
Gordon Brown has spoken of his admiration for “the secret army of mums who truly keep communities strong” and also of his pride in his own mother as families throughout the country remember Mother...
Gordon Brown has spoken of his admiration for “the secret army of mums who truly keep communities strong” and also of his pride in his own mother as families throughout the country remember Mother...
The PM said he was saddened to hear the news of Jade Goody’s death.
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I was deeply saddened to hear the news of Jade Goody s death. She was a courageous woman...
The Prime Minister has sent his congratulations to the England women’s cricket team for their “super achievement” in winning the World Cup.
The England women’s cricket...
Transcript of a statement to the House of Commons given by the Prime Minister on 23 March 2009.
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With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement...
CPI up to 3.2%, RPI down to 0.0%
CPI up to 3.2%, RPI down to 0.0%
A new taskforce launched today will help the government and the not-for-profit sector to tackle climate change and environmental issues.
Commenting on the Ombudsman's report 'Six lives: the provision of public services to people with learning disabilities', Barbara Young, Chairman of the Care Quality Commission said: "We welcome ...
The construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of £80m worth of equipment sub-contracts for several UK based companies...
The construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of £80m worth of equipment sub-contracts for several UK based companies...
The construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of £80m worth of equipment sub-contracts for several UK based companies...
The construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of £80m worth of equipment sub-contracts for several UK based companies...
The construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of £80m worth of equipment sub-contracts for several UK based companies...
Following a Whitehall-wide competition the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Chancellor, has appointed Tom Scholar as Second Permanent Secretary, International and Finance directorate, HM Treasury. &...
Following a Whitehall-wide competition the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Chancellor, has appointed Tom Scholar as Second Permanent Secretary, International and Finance directorate, HM Treasury. &...
Following a Whitehall-wide competition the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Chancellor, has appointed Tom Scholar as Second Permanent Secretary, International and Finance directorate, HM Treasury. &...
Following a Whitehall-wide competition the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Chancellor, has appointed Tom Scholar as Second Permanent Secretary, International and Finance directorate, HM Treasury. &...