Gordon Brown and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon have said they are committed to helping the world’s poorest nations at the G20.

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The day in New York saw the PM take part in a couple of open Q&A sessions, first with guests of the Wall Street Journal and later with students of New York University.

The first Q&A covered... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

'...All persons who have asbos or carry knives should go to a boot camp run by ex. N.C.O's. all to learn manners and respect.' -- Coleen Scriven Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Hi I am a Communications Specialist who is now jobless due to the economic... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

To get three points on your licence for driving less than five miles per... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I urge you to implement a profitsharing system that is non-deferred,generous... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

As a Goverment you have eroded our rights to free speech, the ability to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: economy/G20 and misc

Economy/G20

Put that James Naughtie from the BBC had done a piece in the Washington Post saying that the Prime Minister was flying around... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

A joint statement by the Prime Minister and President of Brazil Luiz In cio Lula da Silva in Brasilia, Brazil, on 26 March 2009.

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Victims of Domestic Violence will receive extra help and support from 18 new Specialist Domestic Violence Courts, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

More lives have been saved and fires prevented thanks to the success of firefighters carrying out Home Fire Risk Safety Checks says an independent report published today.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The average rise in council tax per household next year will be the lowest ever, Local Government Minister John Healey announced today.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Metropolitan Police Authority Race and Faith Inquiry will hold public sessions in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 March 2009.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Sirs, I would like the govt to recognise those of us who are married to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Rosacea is a skin disorder that currently affects millions of people in the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

With the new decision made by Home Office Post Graduate Diploma holders are... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Scoliosis is a condition of the spine which gives the sufferer the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Investigations into Climate Change at current are never focussed on whether... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Politicians should not require second homes nor expenses to cover living... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Noah s Ark Zoo Farm (NAZF) is a zoo just outside Bristol that markets itself... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I am in the USA and President Obama is going live on television to answer... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Refuse all applications that fail to apply when first entering safe country... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The published speed limits should be enforced nationally acoss the entire... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Some prisoners are highly misguided and in need of correction, but most... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson Speech , At Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, 26 March 2009    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

More than 10 million people will have the right to request flexible working from April 6th and government support is helping businesses get ready for the change.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I think that I only want help in writing the plan, and I am not prepared to waste paper and ink on printing all the report just to get to the last chapter, We have done the budgeting and public meetings... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Thanks for your comment. I believe it should be possible to print only the pages you need? Most computers allow you to select a page range to print. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We have a dairy farm in north Derbyshire just inside the SDA area so as the first post already discussed we recieve a lower amount of single farm payment and cannot claim HFA. This puts us at a serious... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Thanks for your post. Your first hand experience is hugely valuable evidence for our inquiry, helping to ensure it really reflects the true situation for our upland communities and the people who live... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The variety of upland situations is well described. Here,in Nidderdale AONB the"incomers" are not second home owners but commuters often living in luxury but looking to their base town....Leeds... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

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Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the reported large bonus for the director of Network Rail was a good thing, the PMS said that he was not going to comment on speculation on an announcement that had not ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Put that James Naughtie from the BBC had done a piece in the Washington Post saying that the Prime Minister was flying around the world because he was in a desperate situation and wanted to be seen meeting serious... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: Lord Myners, Iraq inquiry, Government gilts and Czech Prime Minister

Lord Myners

Asked whether the Prime Minister was happy for Lord Myners to create the ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Gordon Brown and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon have said they are committed to helping the world’s poorest nations at the G20.

The two met in New York today during the Prime Minister’s tour... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Her Majesty The Queen is pleased to approve the appointment of Shahid Malik MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office (in addition to his current role as Parliamentary Under Secretary ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Annual growth slows in February Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer is a quick reference guide for cancer referrals. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

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Asked if the comments made by the Chairman of the European Union were helpful in the run-up to the G20, the PMS said that the Czech Prime Minister had signed up to the language in the communiqu at the end of the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked if the Prime Minister was still confident the Government could continue to raise money in the bond market, the PMS said that the Treasury had already given their response to the events in the gilt auction... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked whether any inquiry would be a Privy Council or behind closed doors inquiry as opposed to a public inquiry, the PMS said that he recognised that there were going to be a lot of people wanting further details... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked whether the Prime Minister was happy for Lord Myners to create the impression that he didn t know how big Fred Goodwin s pension was, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that Lord... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The tourism industry needs to adopt more sustainable and environmentally friendly ways of working in order to secure its long term future and to combat climate change, Tourism Minister Barbara Follett said today... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

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The NHS is celebrating the shortest waits since its records began, Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced today. New data shows that across England the NHS has met its target to treat patients within a maximum... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

£22 million of new European cash will be used to increase employment opportunities and develop people's work skills, Employment Minister Tony McNulty announced today.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The OFT has today published its Annual Plan, setting out its priorities for the year ahead.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The latest data on teachers in publicly funded schools in Scotland, derived from the annual staff census which took place in September 2008. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Migration has a key role to play in meeting Scottish Government targets in its Economic Strategy. The review uses evidence from a range of published and unpublished sources, including datasets, surveys and qualitative... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

My noble Friend the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting (Lord Carter of Barnes) has made the following statement.

I am pleased to confirm the agenda items for which BERR has responsibility... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

On 25 March, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) published a report setting out its findings on the effectiveness of the Payments Council in meeting its objectives. The Payments Council started work in March 2007... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and I are today publishing the Government's response to the report from the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Matthew Taylor) "Living, Working... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Following a review of the Department's delivery bodies which support business, consumers and the public sector in resource efficiency, DEFRA has decided that from April 2010, Waste and Resources Action Programme... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

My right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence, the Secretary of State for International Development and I would like to inform the House about our plans for conflict funding for the next financial ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In my written ministerial statement of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 61WS, I informed the House that the Youth Justice Board had decided to issue rectification notices to STC Milton Keynes Limited, the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In my role as the Government' s anti-corruption champion I am pleased to inform the House that I have today laid before Parliament the draft Bribery Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny ("Bribery - Draft Legislation... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I will attend the first Transport Council of the Czech presidency which will take place in Brussels on 30 March.

There will be a progress report and policy debate on the latest situation on the proposed... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I am pleased to confirm the agenda items for which BERR has responsibility at the forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Telecoms Council) in Brussels on 31 March 2009.

There are ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) today confirmed its new test fee structure for 2009/10 following a public consultation in October last year.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon today announced the appointment of Anna Walker as the new Chairman elect of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) - the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The first Colombian national to be extradited from his home country to face trial in the UK arrived at Heathrow yesterday afternoon.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Due to the mishandling of Billions of Pounds over the last number of years... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Sharks have existed for millions of years prior to the arrival of humans... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Rights are there for the benefit of all (not just those who behave as the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

* Over 300,000 people improve their employment prospects    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

John Denham launches new national hub for Chemistry on site    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In a speech to the Renewable Energy Association in London this morning, Mike O'Brien said:    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

One of the most frustrating issues currently facing the UK is the poor state... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Over the past 2 years I have signed a number of petitions on here and not... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Once Englands Tvs have all turned to digital, each house hold will have to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Taxes from parents that educate their children privately pay for a state... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Some in this country claim that they are opposed to our way of life and... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Clinicians in Scotland continue to have full and unrestricted access to all... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

On fine days when you need to open windows or go out in the garden or put... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

DECC today publishes provisional 2008 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 26 March by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We petition the Prime Minister to require that all privately rented... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This petition is to the ICO and other Government bodies in the UK that may... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

* The whole wide spectrum of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

On Friday 13/03/09 PCS members at Deptford Jobcentre Plus were advised that... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I think that there should be some form of paternity payment for the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Transcript of an address to the European Parliament on 24 March 2009.

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Prime Minister:

Mr President, Members of the Parliament. For this special honour of an invitation to speak... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Harriet Harman MP took the Prime Minister s place at PMQs today as the Prime Minister is in New York.

The working capital scheme, the NHS and VAT tax cuts were on the agenda at today... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

A transcript of a briefing on the G20 for foreign media given by the Prime Minister on 23 March 2009.

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Prime Minister:

Good Evening. I have got a very good excuse for being late... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Briefing by the Prime Minister s Spokesman on: economy, Iraq War and Sir Fred Goodwin

Economy

Asked for the Prime Minister s take on reports of a split between the Treasury and No 10, the Prime Minister... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Prime Minister has taken part in live interviews with The Wall Street Journal and New York University today, answering questions on a range of issues.

In the first of two interviews in New York, Gordon... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Nine more seaside towns will benefit in the latest round of funding from the Government's Sea Change programme, which is reinvigorating England's coastal resorts through investment in culture and heritage... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

-Free EHIC card would give travellers peace of mind-    Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This consultation started on 16th March 2009 and ends on 8th June 2009.

The Government plans to fully establish the Valuation Tribunal for England (VTE) on 1 October this year, as the single national tribunal... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This consultation started on 24th March 2009 and ends on 16th June 2009.

Introduction

At present, there are no tolerances for the potential carry-over of technically unavoidable residues of coccidiostats... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This consultation started on 24th March 2009 and ends on 22nd June 2009.

The European Commission published the proposal to amend the Pregnant Workers Directive in October 2008. The Directive sets down minimum... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This consultation started on 24th March 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.

In The Learning Country: Vision into Action a commitment was... Read more Comment (0), Email this.