I think that the country is in a recession and everyone who has a low wage...
To date governments have been unable to solve the problem of the consumption...
Today's Budget confirms Government plans to deliver a Universal Service in broadband at 2 megabits per second by 2012. The Government will also consult with the BBC Trust on how the emerging under-spend from...
Stuart Burgess, our Chairman has announced today the appointment of our new Chief Executive Sarah McAdam.
She is currently Area Director, London Central, HM Courts Service.
Sarah will be...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, is visiting Berwick-upon-Tweed to find out more about the impacts of major life events on rural people and their service...
Chancellor delivers new support for low carbon industries
There are many reasons why we might want Brown to resign, but rather than...
'...use his powers to ensure that Her Majesty the Queen s position as head of state is not used to endorse Exxon Mobil and Qatargas s controversial Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Milford Haven. The project is...
This petition is to stop the passing of the telecoms package within this...
Ministers and senior officals should be obligated to use them at all times.
Motorists are being offered £2,000 towards a new car or van if they trade in their 10-year-old, or older, vehicle for scrap under plans unveiled by the Government in today's Budget.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today launched a scheme providing up to £5bn of additional trade credit insurance to businesses who have suffered reductions in their level of cover. This will be delivered...
A £750 million strategic investment fund for backing business to come out stronger from the downturn has been announced in today's budget. The fund for "New Industry, New Jobs" provides resources...
Trevor Cherrett, of our Rural Places team, will be leading a workshop ‘Can small towns be more sustainable than larger cities and conurbations?’ at this RTPI conference
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be delivering this lecture as part of York St John University's Town & Gown lecture series.
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Summary of the visit by Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, to Lincolnshire, to examine rural transport...
This consultation started on 14th April 2009 and ends on 10th June 2009.
The Consumer Credit Directive was adopted by the European Commission in May 2008 and must be implemented into UK law by June 2010...
This consultation started on 20th April 2009 and ends on 10th July 2009.
This consultation looks at how local authorities, businesses, the police and communities can better protect the areas where we...
This consultation started on 21st April 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.
A consultation on ordinary residence will run from 21 April to...
This consultation started on 21st April 2009 and ends on 24th July 2009.
The Government has taken a major step to protect communities and businesses from floods and drought. On the 21 April the Government...
This consultation started around the 22nd April 2009 and ends on 14th July 2009.
This consultation document seeks views on the vision, targets and measures for improving road safety in Great Britain beyond...
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 11 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during February 2009 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Albert Einstein once said that if bees disappeared, man would have only four...
The Burscough Rail Curves were taken out in the 1960's. If reinstated rail...
Dear Prime Minister, We kindly ask you to spare few moment to address the...
It is our money; it is only fair that we know what happens to it. MPs are...
The British system of executive government is too powerful, too...
If there is more armed police on the streets and landmarks of Britain then...
With the final switchover to digital TV broadcasts taking place in 2012,...
According to the UK government and media, climate change is melting the...
we enact that all crimes especially anti social behaviour, bullying,...
the concept is simple if the turn out is lower than 50% in any constituancy...
Using the roads, whether as a motorist, cyclist or other is becoming...
Development charity Oxfam has released a statement claiming that the...
How can rural communities and firms harness their assets to weather the recession?
We're partnering with CCH for this conference focusing on the new opportunities for rural England and...
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to explore issues of employment, skills and economic wellbeing.
We're hosting this OECD 2-day workshop focusing on the special challenges of designing appropriate services and delivery mechanisms for rural areas.
Workshop participants from a...
The Prime Minister has launched a new package of mortgage support for homeowners struggling to keep up with payments.
Gordon Brown and Housing Minister Margaret Beckett say mortgage lenders have...
Transcript of Q&A session given by the Prime Minister, in Loughborough, on 20 April 2009.
Read the transcriptPhil Hope MP, Minister for the East Midlands:
Well, good morning, everybody. My...
Transcript of a video recorded by the Prime Minister about reforms to the system of MPs’ expenses.
Read the transcript:Prime Minister:
Going round the country I have been struck by the comments...
David Davies, Chairman of the Free-to-Air Events Review Advisory Panel spent over an hour answering your questions on the review of the list of major national events that are protected for free television broadcast...
CPI down to 2.9%, RPI down to -0.4%
A major landscape painting by one of England's most important painters is to become part of Norwich Castle Museum's permanent collection, Barbara Follett, Minister for Culture and for the East of England...
HM The Queen has appointed Roderick St Clair Mawson Henderson to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice...
APPOINTMENT OF A QUEEN'S BENCH MASTER
The draft Flood and Water Management Bill, designed to improve how we prepare for and respond to flood emergencies and better protect water supplies during drought, has today been published for public consultation...
The Highways Agency is installing new gantries between Junctions 10A (Essington) and 11 (Cannock North) of the M6 next week - commencing Monday 27th April 2009.
A fleet of nearly 200 new armoured vehicles has been ordered by the Ministry of Defence to support frontline troops on operations, it was announced today.
The MOD announced today that it will be conducting an assessment of the health needs of nuclear test veterans and their descendants in a move welcomed by the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA). &...
The Office of Fair Trading has taken action against Mackenzie Hall Ltd, a debt collection company, requiring it to improve its practices.
The findings of the Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP), a year-long programme examining operational spending in the public sector, are published today showing scope for £15 billion of efficiency savings...
Results of Independent School Census for September 2008
this document summarises the key areas of change in the wheelchair and seating services in Scotland.
Report on HMP Edinburgh
Today the United Kingdom signed: (1) the anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreement and general release between the European Community, the member states and the Philip Morris group of companies; and (2) ...
On Friday 17 April I published a consultation paper entitled "Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consolidating Orders and Codes of Practice". Today I have published consultations on "Working Together...
I have made an authorisation under section 19D of the Race Relations Act 1976 as amended, to enable the Secretary of State to request that asylum applicants claiming to be nationals of Afghanistan submit to language...
A serious disturbance involving over 400 prisoners took place at HMP Ashwell, near Oakham in Rutland on Saturday 11 April. HMP Ashwell is a category C training prison. HMP Ashwell was originally an open prison...
I attended the Summit meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government in Strasbourg and Kehl from 3 to 4 April 2009, accompanied by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and my right hon. Friend the Defence...
New support to help homeowners remain in their homes if they fall on difficult times will be available from today, announced Housing Minister Margaret Beckett.
Efforts to get families back home following the 2007 Summer floods continue at pace with almost 40 families returning home each week and many councils predicting that everyone in their area will be back in the next...
Wide-ranging proposals to dramatically cut the number of deaths on the roads were set out by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today as he also confirmed a major overhaul of the driver training and testing process...
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Finance and Resources Committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 23 April 2009 at 2.30pm.