District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Terence English retires on 31 May 2009.
Mr John Hardwick retires as an Employment Judge (England & Wales) on 31 May 2009.
A Staffordshire-based company which solicited investment from members of the public by providing false and misleading information has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by Companies Investigation...
Coastguard Agency is paying tribute to its 3, 520 volunteers in the Coastguard Rescue Service who perform an important and invaluable role in saving lives around the coast, and is asking those who live in coastal...
Swansea Coastguard this afternoon co-ordinated the rescue of three men from a sinking speed boat.
This consultation started on 29th May 2009 and ends on 30th June 2009.
1.1 This document consults on draft regulations to exempt the use of a number of short range devices (SRDs) from the requirement ...
This consultation started on 29th May 2009 and ends on 10th July 2009.
1.1 In this document we are proposing changes to certain obligations that British Telecommunications plc ('BT') has relating to the...
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Young people have voiced their opinions on how to increase youth participation in the community and in politics, during a round-table discussion with the Prime...
NHS cancer waiting times figures, January to March 2009
NHS staff and those involved in health or social care innovation were today urged by Health Minister Lord Darzi to sign up to attend the first NHS Innovation Expo which will take place at London's Excel Exhibition...
From 1 June 2009, HbA1c (long term blood glucose levels) in all people with diabetes will be measured in millimoles per mol as well as by percentage, the Department of Health said today.
Hundreds of councils right across the country will raise a flag next month to support Britain's first ever Armed Forces Day, the MoD announced today.
The 2009 Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) National Statistics First Release is published at 9.30am today. This is an annual publication of statistical data on public expenditure outturn from 2003-...
Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve, under the Bank of England Act 1998 as amended by the Banking Act 2009, the appointment of the following as directors of the Bank of England, starting on 1 June ...
report on consultation
Authorities on Fuel Poverty: Case Studies
Guidance to Local Authorities on Fuel Poverty
We need your help to develop a revised Action Plan for diabetes care. Â The first Diabetes Action Plan, published in June 2006, set out an ambitious programme designed to bring real benefits for people in Scotland...
In both Scotland and Ireland sustained attention is now being given to the potential benefits which might flow from renewing and refreshing relationships with overseas diasporic populations. The objective of the...
Motorists are being warned that a drink in the sun could put them behind bars as the Government and police join forces to crack down on the menace of drink driving over the summer.
ATV Quad Bikes that are road legal are classed as a PLG, (Private Light...
Please make it illegal to tether horses on the side of the roads. Many...
It is estimated that 90,000 on-road and 100,000 off-road cycling accidents...
The operation to finally remove the remaining section of the 'MSC Napoli' is now underway.
Figures released today show that the Government's scrappage scheme has proved popular with consumers as manufacturers reported brisk sales, with more than 35,000 orders since the announcement of the £2000...
This consultation started on 27th May 2009 and ends on 19th August 2009.
This draft Cycling Action Plan for Scotland has been written after consultation with members of the public, Local Authorities through...
This consultation started on 28th May 2009 and ends on 17th August 2009.
This is the first time KHV will come under Community controls. We need to decide which health status should be declared for England...
Briefing by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on: Burma, MPs’ expenses/Parliamentary reform, Vauxhall, North Korea, D-Day and football
BurmaThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by...
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Had her presence in Burma been merely a personal gesture of defiance with no consequence or importance, then her continued imprisonment might have seemed more of a stubborn act of brinkmanship...
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Aung San’s appeal, she believed, was not so much to extremists as to the great majority of ordinary citizens who wished to pursue their own lives in peace and prosperity under a leader...
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From India she travelled to Britain - and to study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University. It was then she first met Michael Aris, a scholar of Eastern politics, with whom ...
The Prime Minister wrote about Aung San Suu Kyi in Chapter eight of his book Courage - Gordon Brown, published by Bloomsbury. Read an extract from the book.
Read the extractCHAPTER EIGHT - AUNG SAN SUU...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend James William Scobie Newcome MA, FRSA, Suffragan Bishop of Penrith, for election as Bishop of Carlisle in succession to the Right Reverend Geoffrey ...
PM at Youth Citizenship Commission event, 28 May 2009; Crown copyrightTranscript of the Prime Minister’s speech on the Youth Citizenship Commission at Downing Street on Thursday 28 May 2009.
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The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Main Points
A new medical 'fit note' to replace the current 'sick note' and help more people stay in work rather than drift into long term sickness is unveiled today along with a twelve week consultation on ...
A new medical 'fit note' to replace the current 'sick note' and help more people stay in work rather than drift into long term sickness is unveiled today along with a twelve week consultation on ...
Tim Cooper has been appointed new Director at the Office for Disability Issues.
Figures showing that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 97.2 per cent of their full time trained strength requirement have been released today by the MOD. This is up from 97.0 per cent at the same point last year...
Guidance for Civil Servants on the European Election 4 June 2009
Responses to consultation - "Supporting A Smarter Scotland" This is a consultation on supporting learners in higher education
Cycling Action Plan for Scotland (CAPS)
We need your help to develop a revised Action Plan for diabetes care. The first Diabetes Action Plan, published in June 2006, set out an ambitious programme designed to bring real benefits for people in Scotland...
Three companies owned and controlled by Gary and Heather Franklin that sold franchises for the provision of vehicle finance and to recruit members for a 'Supercar' club, have been would in the public interest...
A company which initially provided a design service for building conversions and latterly a design service specifically for planning development applications which had previously been refused has been wound up in...
A South Woodford based "vehicle matching" company has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch of The Insolvency Service.
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
A helicopter rescue to bring a man and young girl to safety after they had become stranded on cliffs in Lulworth nearly had to be aborted this afternoon after crowds gathered to witness the rescue would not stand...
At twenty past five this afternoon a member of the public called Humber Coastguard to alert them to four people who had become cut off by the tide in Robin Hood's Bay and were in need of rescue. ...
Today, the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) published a summary of the responses to its consultation: Building personal accounts: Securing a retirement income.
As part of our work on digital inclusion we've been tasked with providing a rural perspective to the government's Digital Britain report. Our report will raise the rural issues surrounding digital...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed George Robert Bartlett QC to be the President of the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal with effect from 1 June 2009, and Judge Ernest Andrew...
I think it is a shame that the iner cities cannot subsidise the connections of those living further away from the exchange. The days of waiting for enough people in you area to want broadband are suppose...
Energy and Climate Change Minister, Mike O'Brien, today announced the appointment of Richard Maudslay CBE as Chairman of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).
A study of the role of the North Sea in providing storage space under the sea-bed for carbon dioxide from European countries was commissioned today jointly by the UK and Norway. Lord Hunt and the Norwegian Minister...
Chairman of FAWC, Professor Wathes said "This Report considers the welfare of poultry (and other white meat species) in the last few hours of their lives up to the moment of slaughter or killing. It deals ...
This consultation started on 21st May 2009 and ends on 31st July 2009.
The closing date for responses is 31 July 2009.
Responses should be sent to:
LGF 3 Local Government Finance Division...
This consultation started on 26th May 2009 and ends on 18th August 2009.
This consultation covers Northern Ireland only.
The key proposal is:
to rationalise the number of official control monitoring...
This consultation started on 27th May 2009 and ends on 5th August 2009.
1.1 Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be watching the match tonight, the PMS said that the Prime Minister expected and looked forward to watching the match later today when he returned to Downing Street from his visit...
Asked if the Prime Minister had expressed any views at all on the decision by the French government to apparently not invite the Royal Family to the D-Day memorial, the PMS said that we simply did not recognise...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about the latest announcement from North Korea, the PMS said that we were concerned about this. This was clearly a further unnecessary and provocative act by the North...
Asked if the Government was satisfied with the input it had had into the German government’s decision on Opal and whether the EIB was expected to be involved in any discussions, the PMS said that these were...
Put that the Prime Minister had said in his article in the Independent that voters should have the chance to kick out corrupt politicians and what mechanism would he like to see used, the PMS replied that clearly...
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving out a message of support from the Prime Minister in the run up to Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday. On Burma more generally, the PMS said that we...
Gordon Brown has strongly condemned an underground nuclear test in North Korea.
The Prime Minister described the test, carried out on Monday, as “erroneous, misguided and a danger to the world”...
The European Investment Bank should boost lending to businesses and infrastructure projects by 50 billion over the next two years to support Europe’s economic recovery, Gordon Brown has said.
The...
The Queen has approved that the Reverend Georgina Ann Byrne, MA, MPhil, PhD, Team Vicar of Halas, in the diocese of Worcester and Dean of Women s Ministry, be appointed to a Residentiary Canonry in the Cathedral...
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred B's sentence for downloading child pornography to the Court of Appeal.
First Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Research Fellowships announced
OFT, police, Trading Standards, and industry launch action to drive out scammers.
A progress report detailing achievements over the last year following the publication of Scotland's drugs strategy "The Road to Recovery".
Sgrùdadh Saidheans tro Mheadhan na Gà idhlig SSA 2007
The eighth Annual Report of Environmental Performance for the Scottish Government estate, for 2007-08.
The Scottish Government's Carbon Management Plan for the core SG estate from 2009 to 2014.
A company trading in the field of "support publishing" has been wound-up by the High Court in Manchester following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of The Insolvency Service...
he proposals to vary the admission arrangements for King David VA Infant and Junior Schools, Manchester for September 2009. The adjudicator, Dr Ian Craig, has approved the proposals to reduce the admission number...
he proposals to vary the admission arrangements for King David VA Infant and Junior Schools, Manchester for September 2009. The adjudicator, Dr Ian Craig, has approved the proposals to reduce the admission number...
The Sheriff's Determination following the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) at Stornoway and Inverness Sheriff Courts was issued today by Sheriff Alasdair Lorne MacFadyen today. The Maritime & Coastguard Agency...
I think that Children and young people entering care need better support and...
Anyone who violates the human rights of another person or group of people...
There is a great need to raise awareness of Marfan Syndrome, in particular...
Haringey s schools are short changed because the Government gives them less...
'...make it mandatory for all NEWLY QUALIFIED drivers to have to undergo SOME FORM of motorway tuition with a professional Driving Instructor.' -- Mrs Anne Ravenhill
It is absurd that upon the birth of a fourth child, myself and my partner's...
Scrap the TV licence for people on State Benefits such as Jobseeker's...
The ACA is supposed to be a subsistence allowance so that individuals are...
The 11-plus leads to a divisive secondary education system and should be...
bring in jay walking as a law to cut down on perdestrian deaths and stop...
Make new drivers display a green L plate for the first 12 Months and give...
I am fed up with not having somewhere to complain about the services that...
The reason for the petition is that, the economic downturn has created a...
Save the Salford Advertiser Office and all other local northwest based...
1.We want the British government to set up a helpline or some sort of...
What real improvements has the privatisation of many of Britains public...
On 15th May the Foreign Office minister said the cost of the charter flight...
Currently VAT on children's clothing is charged for ages 14+. If like us you...
This so-called "eco town" will double the size of the existing town of...
A 20mph speed default speed limit in towns would improve safety, quality of...
In recognition that water is a basic need for life- unlike power- all...
My husband is self employed and was laid off seven weeks ago. He claimed for...
Thank you for supporting our course. We need your continued support. Sri...
'...save 31 City of London Signals Regiment' -- Deon Ludeke
In order to increase the safety of cyclists by making other vehicle drivers...
LLP's and LCP's on the housing list or any other policies that give housing...
The UK are the one of the largest contributors to the Eurovision song...
Okay, I'm going to be very blunt, I'm speaking for millions of smokers when...
its time for the UK to join the euro and to integrate with our continental...
this general stike should be allowed in order that public can show its...
Petition for a Prayer Room at Birmingham Central Library The new library...
There has been an alarming increase in the number of pregnant women and new...
Governmental departments, quangos, and local authorities should be banned...
due to errors made on the part of the tax credit office (tco), many...
I am sad to hear in the news that everyday another OAP has been beaten for...
We would like the prime minister to arrange with our american friends to...
we feel that councils descisions to ban saint georges day parades due to it...
Crushing a convicted drunk driver's car would remove the ability to keep...
abolish the need for all planning permission for small domestic wind...
A new law should be created that would make the abuse of the public purse a...
The government's equality watchdog, the EHRC plans to cut the number of its...
A district nurse, of my acquaintance, smokes whilst wearing her uniform....
Do we really need to close schools up and down the country just to run...
Currently there are NO requirements- unlike other trap use, to inspect kill...
This petition is to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Dafa...
A director of a bed company whose dealings cost creditors almost £200,000 has been sentenced to a 12 week suspended prison sentence and 150 hours of community service at Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court. He...
Independent garages are being urged to show their commitment to a fair deal for consumers by subscribing to a code of practice on service and repair.
This document is available as a download only
Our response to CLG's consultation on 'Sustainable Communities Act 2007: Local Spending Reports'.
A multi-unit search has been underway all morning for a missing female who was seen to walk into the water at Redcar, Cleveland, shortly before 7.40am this morning. Humber Coastguard are now appealing to the general...
I am a UK citizen but have lived in Uganda for many years. I have witnessed...
We would like the British Government to force companies to make Offshore...
I find it offensive that Police CCTV vans have a sign saying "Smile! You're...
'...to restrict slow moving vehicles ie tractors jcb etc to 30 m.p.h roads as they cause a danger to other faster moving vehicles' -- melvyn jones
I have been married to a somali man who has the same habbit as most other...
i would like there to be a law stating that all private hire/ minincab...
In my experience of the civil justice system I have found that the legal...
A plan known as the Core Strategy has been released for Public Consultation...
We believe that The great British Pub is primarily under threat from the...
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan citizens are currently living in IDP camps...
The Welsh Assembly Government is an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and...
make it illegal for all police officers to recieve wage top ups from private...
Students should'nt have to spend all of their EMA money just to get a bus or...
Many people in the uk are diagnosed with a terminal illness,They or their...
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Presentation by Theresa Huddart, North East Commission on Rural Health, to the 'Policy Making for Places: Rural proofing the work of government...
This document is available as a download only
A briefing note on the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill. This legislation is intended to give communities and local...
This document is available as download only
Feedback from the faciliated sessions at our 'Policy Making for Places: Rural proofing the work of government' event, May 19 2009.
Overnight work to replace traffic loop sensors on the A1089 southbound near Tilbury in Essex is due to take place on Saturday 30 May for one night between 23.30 and 07.00 and a diversion route will be in place. ...
This evaluation of concessionary travel in Scotland aims to establish the effectiveness of each scheme against their policy objectives and to assess the impacts across a range of measures. The study considers the...
Report of pupils Science Knowledge and Understanding attainment by 5 to 14 levels at P5 and P7 for pupils taught science through the medium of Gaelic.
Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative Report Submission details
The Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled People was introduced on 1 April 2006. This followed an agreement reached by the then Scottish Government (SG) and the Confederation of Passenger ...
Over 50 million users have now visited the Department for Transport's pioneering travel information and journey planning service, Transport Direct.
Over 50 million users have now visited the Department for Transport's pioneering travel information and journey planning service, Transport Direct.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in the Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA on Thursday 28 May 2009 at 10.00 a.m.
A little after 11.00 pm yesterday evening Falmouth Coastguard took a call alerting them to two missing climbers who had swum out to Long Island just off Bossiney near Tintagel earlier in the day and had not returned...
Historic Scotland Consultation: The Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.
The crew of the Stornoway based Coastguard Rescue helicopter "Rescue 100" became expert in handling casualties with broken legs this afternoon after being called to three in quick succession. ...
This consultation started on 20th May 2009 and ends on 14th August 2009.
This consultation seeks views on the proposed provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill...
The MOD has today launched a review into its policy governing women serving in ground close-combat roles. Servicewomen are currently excluded from roles where there is a requirement to deliberately close with and...
The OFT has told six debt management businesses and four cold-calling companies to stop using unsolicited and misleading calls to advertise their services or face formal enforcement action.
FIRE SERVICES OFFERING FREE BOAT RISK CHECKS
His Honour Judge Peter Morrell retires as a Circuit Judge on 25 May 2009.
As the warm weather has encouraged boat users to take their vessels out on to the water, possibly for the first time this year, Humber Coastguard have, this afternoon, been dealing with a string of reports of broken...
As the warm weather has encouraged boat users to take their vessels out on to the water, possibly for the first time this year, Humber Coastguard have, this afternoon, been dealing with a string of reports of broken...
Yarmouth Coastguard has dealt with several incidents of missing children today, mainly along the Lincolnshire coast.
Yarmouth Coastguard has dealt with several incidents of missing children today, mainly along the Lincolnshire coast.
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All former Gurkhas who have given more than four years service will now be granted the right to apply for settlement in the UK along with their families.
Yarmouth Coastguard started the Bank Holiday early this morning when they received a call from the crew of the yacht 'Nascar 2' which is taking part in the North Sea Yacht Race, and who heard a Mayday signal...
This consultation started on 13th May 2009 and ends on 24th June 2009.
The Planning Inspectorate is a joint Executive Agency of the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Assembly...
This consultation started on 22nd May 2009 and ends on 17th August 2009.
Defra has launched a consultation on which health status would be most appropriate for England and Wales, in respect of Koi Herpesvirus...
Asked if the Prime Minister had confidence in Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said yes. Asked, when referring to the Prime Minister s comments on GMTV that it was difficult...
Asked if the Prime Minister feared the Mayor of London was inviting controversy by allowing BNP Leader Nick Griffin to Buckingham Palace, the PMS said he did not have a comment on the issue at this point. ...
Asked if the Prime Minister was hosting a garden party for the Gurkhas, the PMS told the assembled press that some Gurkhas would be coming to Downing Street at 4.30pm with Joanna Lumley. Asked if the Prime Minister...
Asked to explain the apparent inconsistency in the Prime Minister s remarks about Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, the PMS said there was no inconsistency in the Prime Minister s remarks. Asked whether it was...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s spokesman on: expenses, Gurkhas and misc
ExpensesAsked to explain the apparent inconsistency in the Prime Minister s remarks about Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, ...
The Queen has been pleased to approve that The Honourable Mr Justice Nicholas John Patten be appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from 4 June 2009, following the appointment of Lord Justice Collins...
April: 7.0bn current budget deficit
1.2% 3 monthly fall into March
Economy contracts by 1.9% in Q1 2009
The UK has given an additional £10 million to help over 2,000,000 people displaced by the fighting in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. This is in immediate...
The 12th annual review of the Government Chemist has been received. The review will be laid before the Scottish Parliament and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House plus those of the devolved Administrations...
Thousands of people remain in desperate need. The priority is to get assistance to those that need it now. How quickly the international agencies are able to do this depends in significant part on the level of...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 5 May 2009. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury represented the UK. The following items were discussed:
Economic and financial situation...
An avoidance scheme has been notified to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that exploits the fact that Corporation Tax (CT) rules provide that losses, arising in a trade in the 12 months prior to its cessation, may...
On 8 May 2008 we introduced through the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085) the new, devolved conduct regime for local authority members, in which responsibility for standards of conduct...
In accordance with section 14(3), 14(4) and 14(5) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC prepared a report on the operation of the Act in 2008, which I laid before the House on 3 ...
I am pleased to inform the House that the explanatory memorandum setting out proposals for the framework powers in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill are available in the Library, ...
I am pleased to inform the House that the proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social Welfare) Order 2009 dealing with Mental Health has been laid today...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal by Croydon Council to establish a new provision for children with speech, language and communication needs and autistic spectrum disorder...
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is pleased to announce the publication of its 'Our Plans for 2009-10' leaflet (available here http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/newsandpublications/mcga-publications...
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the UK Met Office have announced a change to the Inshore Waters Forecasts that are broadcast on VHF radio by Stornoway and Clyde Coastguard during their Maritime Safety...
This consultation started on 21st May 2009 and ends on 13th August 2009.
The government has decided that the control of Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) is necessary to prevent their...
This consultation started on 21st May 2009 and ends on 13th August 2009.
This consultation seeks your views on the government's proposals for a number of substances to be controlled under the Misuse ...
This consultation started around the 22nd May 2009 and ends on 3rd July 2009.
The document contains details on proposal to introduce a definition of "Significant Personal Injury" with regard to claims for ...
The current system of penalty points and fines do not adequately induce a...
The banks and government encouraged young people to invest in the property...
The cap on university places imposed by the goverment in recent months will...
As a community carer, I have noticed that there are yellow bags in some of...
The PCT and League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital have consulted widely and...
'...To treat fathers fair by having our living expences taken into account when being assesed by the child support agency and to make affordable agreement to repay any arrears' -- Alec Evans