Asked if the new allegations were true about what the current Prime Minister had said to the last Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that we have said what we are going to say about the allegations...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be visiting The Queen this weekend, the PMS said no he was not. Asked if the Prime Minister was to call an election would he still appear before the Iraq Inquiry, the PMS said ...
Asked for a reaction to the Binyam Mohamed ruling, the PMS said that the Home Secretary would be issuing a statement on this and he would not be commenting before that statement. original source.
Asked if any Downing Street tweets had been hijacked, the PMS said it was a matter of concern if tweets were being used inappropriately and were being used to offend people. We would be double-checking that all...
Asked about Portsmouth going into administration, the PMS said that it was deeply regrettable if the club did go into administration, but this was a matter for individual clubs and the HMRC. The issue of sensible...
Asked if the Prime Minister had had any contact with social services or was taking a personal interest in the case, the PMS said not that he was aware of. The Prime Minister was as shocked as anyone by this appalling...
Asked if the Prime Minister was looking forward to his appearance and had he started preparing for it, the PMS said that the Prime Minister welcomed the opportunity to appear in front of the Chilcot Inquiry. The...
Asked if today's upward revision was a sign that the economy would do better than expected this year, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister thought it was welcome...
I am appalled and saddened that Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal against the sentence imposed by the regime has been denied. That failed appeal is sadly no surprise. From start to end, the sole purpose of this show trial...
The Prime Minister condemns today’s suicide bomb attacks in Kabul in the strongest possible terms .Outrages like this will not prevent the successful conclusion of the international efforts to return Afghanistan...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s spokesman on: No10 allegations, hung parliament and Scottish Independence referendum
No10 AllegationsAsked if the new allegations were true about what the current Prime...
The Prime Minister has expressed his disappointment on hearing that an appeal against Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence has been denied.
Burma’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal to end the opposition...
The Prime Minister has appointed Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan to the Board of the Imperial War Museum for a period of four years from 1 March 2010.
Biographical DetailsProfessor Strachan is ...
The Prime Minister has voiced his support for the British Heart Foundation’s Wear Red Day.
The day marks the culmination of National Heart Month, with thousands of members of the public supporting...
Briefing by the Prime Minister s spokesman on: Kabul attacks, PM statement on Aung San Suu Kyi, GDP figures, Iraq Inquiry, Khyra Ishaq, Portsmouth, twitter, Binyam Mohamed and Election Speculation
Kabul attacks...
A transcript of the Prime Minister’s podcast following publication of a Home Office-commissioned report on the sexualisation of childhood, recorded on 26 February 2010.
Read the transcriptAs a parent...
1.4% annual fall into December
Economy grows by 0.3% in Q4 2009.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
New measures to allow motorists using the Severn Crossings to pay tolls by credit or debit card have been laid before Parliament by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan.
Essential maintenance is to be carried out on the A52 Brian Clough Way near Sandiacre, from the Bardill’s roundabout towards Junction 25 of the M1. Work will start on Monday, 8 March and is due to be completed...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful know when to make use of the available help. That help is at hand for businesses during March when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues ...
A father and son were yesterday jailed for eight years for stealing over £700,000 from the taxpayer. The sentences follow a lengthy and complex investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
Serious youth violence was the target of a high-profile police campaign in Merseyside today when Home Secretary Alan Johnson visited Liverpool to see Operation Portcullis in action.
Agents were reminded by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) today that there is one month to go before the deadlines for re-claiming tax change.
Free advice on Tax Credits and Child Benefit will be available at a series of events in Dukinfield and Hyde next week from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) teams offering face-to-face help and guidance.
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on an exquisite drawing by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the drawing, ...
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The January data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price change of 5.2 per cent. This is the second month in a row in which the figure has been positive and takes the average property...
Agreed settlement between Department of Health and Kent Pharmaceuticals Limited.
The MCA are warning shipping companies that action will be taken if they are found to be flouting hours of rest requirements.
1 – 7 MARCH 2010
Regulatory bodies in the UK continue to make good progress putting better regulation principles into practice, according to a set of new reports published today by the Better Regulation Executive.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
A husband and wife business team from Co Tyrone, who siphoned off nearly £4 million through false accounting to avoid paying taxes, have been jailed for six years, and ordered to pay almost £...
Saturday 27 February to Friday 5 March
Armoured vehicles in Afghanistan will be kept on track after the MOD extended a contract of a County Durham firm which provides the metal tracks the vehicles run on, Minister for Defence Equipment & Support...
A1M, Junction 57, County Durham Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1M at Junction 57 for bridge maintenance works. There will be one lane open north and southbound between 8pm and 6am. The works will...
The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), John Vine CBE QPM, has today published the first annual report of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI).
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
The Upper Tribunal, formerly recognised as the Transport Tribunal, has upheld the decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner, Tom Macartney to fine £1,650 and indefinitely revoke and disqualify the...
NEW WORK
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
A soldier whose life was saved by his body armour in Afghanistan has thanked the team who made it – by buying them a pint.
Earlier this week the Maritime & Coastguard Agency Counter Pollution and Response Branch delivered an oil spill clean-up training course for Local Authorities in North Wales.
Northumbrian Water has been ordered to pay more than £34,000 following the potentially fatal crushing of an employee.
A self-employed Gloucestershire man has today been fined for carrying out illegal gas works, leaving residents at serious risk.
A former bankrupt director of a food company from Leicester has been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for running a company and obtaining credit whilst bankrupt following a prosecution by the Department ...
Family hopes lessons will be learned after “horrific” loss
M1 JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28 WIDENING
Weekly round up of road works in wiltshire, gloucestershire, somerset and bristol
A gas fitter from West Yorkshire who put lives at risk by carrying out illegal work was today (26 February) handed a suspended jail sentence and community service for his crimes.
At ten minutes to one this afternoon, Portland Coastguard received a 999 call from a dog owner who had climbed up a 100ft slope to recover his spaniel. Upon reaching the dog, the man was then unable to climb...
Members of the Deal Coastguard Rescue Team were in the right place at the right time for a dog owner this evening when their Staffordshire Bull Terrier was swept into the sea, and found by the Coastguards four...
People all over the country are being invited to body pop and foxtrot for free at thousands of dance classes next weekend as part of the new Let’s Dance campaign.
In September last year and following the House of Lords judgment in Purdy v DPP, the Director of Public Prosecutions issued his interim policy setting out the particular public interest factors he would take ...
My honourable friend the Minister for Business and Regulatory Reform (Ian Lucas) has today made the following Statement.
The EU Competitiveness Council will take place in Brussels on 1 and 2nd March and...
I represented the UK at the Education Council, on behalf of DCSF and BIS.
Summary
The council had only two substantive agenda items-adopting the joint progress report on the education and training...
The EU Competitiveness Council will take place in Brussels on 1 and 2 March and this statement covers the business to be taken at the Council. I shall represent the UK on internal market and industry issues on...
I am publishing the independent Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board's (NAPDB) end of year report on progress by health and social care organisations in implementing the nutrition action plan to improve the nutritional...
We successfully launched the National Identity Service in Manchester on 30 November. So far over 5,000 people have been issued with identity cards and the number is continually growing. These people are already...
I have reappointed Sir David Latham as chairman of the Parole Board from 25 February 2010 for a period of 12 months or until the future status of the Parole Board has been resolved following the consultation "...
With the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I have published today the annual report of the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC). The OJC provides support to the Lord Chief Justice and myself in our joint...
This ministerial statement sets out the Government's decision on the question of compensation for pleural plaques, following their consultation on the issue. A full summary of the submissions we received during...
The Local Transport Act 2008 enables the Secretary of State to confer additional functions, through secondary legislation, on the Rail Passengers' Council, the statutory rail passenger watchdog known as Passenger...
In October 2007 the European Court of Justice decided that disability living allowance (care component), attendance allowance and carer's allowance ("disability benefits") should be classified as sickness benefits...
I am pleased to inform the House that, from April 2010, a series of increases will be made to lump sum payments paid to individuals suffering from mesothelioma and certain other qualifying diseases under the ...
The Right to Control aims to provide disabled adults with more choice and control over the support they need to live their lives, and how they receive that support. It allows them to select whether they receive...
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
New measures to allow motorists using the Severn Crossings to pay tolls by credit or debit card have been laid before Parliament by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan.
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
A self-employed Gloucestershire man has today been fined for carrying out illegal gas works, leaving residents at serious risk.
Weekly round up of road works in wiltshire, gloucestershire, somerset and bristol
At ten minutes to one this afternoon, Portland Coastguard received a 999 call from a dog owner who had climbed up a 100ft slope to recover his spaniel. Upon reaching the dog, the man was then unable to climb...
Essential maintenance is to be carried out on the A52 Brian Clough Way near Sandiacre, from the Bardill’s roundabout towards Junction 25 of the M1. Work will start on Monday, 8 March and is due to be completed...
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
M1 JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28 WIDENING
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The Upper Tribunal, formerly recognised as the Transport Tribunal, has upheld the decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner, Tom Macartney to fine £1,650 and indefinitely revoke and disqualify the...
A father and son were yesterday jailed for eight years for stealing over £700,000 from the taxpayer. The sentences follow a lengthy and complex investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
1 – 7 MARCH 2010
HSE inspectors are to launch an intensive inspection initiative aimed at stopping dangerous practices on building sites in the Norfolk coastal area from King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth. The Health and Safety Executive...
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
NEW WORK
Northumbrian Water has been ordered to pay more than £34,000 following the potentially fatal crushing of an employee.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
New measures to allow motorists using the Severn Crossings to pay tolls by credit or debit card have been laid before Parliament by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan.
Essential maintenance is to be carried out on the A52 Brian Clough Way near Sandiacre, from the Bardill’s roundabout towards Junction 25 of the M1. Work will start on Monday, 8 March and is due to be completed...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful know when to make use of the available help. That help is at hand for businesses during March when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues ...
A father and son were yesterday jailed for eight years for stealing over £700,000 from the taxpayer. The sentences follow a lengthy and complex investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
Serious youth violence was the target of a high-profile police campaign in Merseyside today when Home Secretary Alan Johnson visited Liverpool to see Operation Portcullis in action.
Agents were reminded by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) today that there is one month to go before the deadlines for re-claiming tax change.
Free advice on Tax Credits and Child Benefit will be available at a series of events in Dukinfield and Hyde next week from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) teams offering face-to-face help and guidance.
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on an exquisite drawing by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the drawing, ...
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The January data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price change of 5.2 per cent. This is the second month in a row in which the figure has been positive and takes the average property...
Agreed settlement between Department of Health and Kent Pharmaceuticals Limited.
The MCA are warning shipping companies that action will be taken if they are found to be flouting hours of rest requirements.
1 – 7 MARCH 2010
Regulatory bodies in the UK continue to make good progress putting better regulation principles into practice, according to a set of new reports published today by the Better Regulation Executive.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
A husband and wife business team from Co Tyrone, who siphoned off nearly £4 million through false accounting to avoid paying taxes, have been jailed for six years, and ordered to pay almost £...
Saturday 27 February to Friday 5 March
Armoured vehicles in Afghanistan will be kept on track after the MOD extended a contract of a County Durham firm which provides the metal tracks the vehicles run on, Minister for Defence Equipment & Support...
A1M, Junction 57, County Durham Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1M at Junction 57 for bridge maintenance works. There will be one lane open north and southbound between 8pm and 6am. The works will...
The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), John Vine CBE QPM, has today published the first annual report of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI).
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
The Upper Tribunal, formerly recognised as the Transport Tribunal, has upheld the decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner, Tom Macartney to fine £1,650 and indefinitely revoke and disqualify the...
NEW WORK
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
A soldier whose life was saved by his body armour in Afghanistan has thanked the team who made it – by buying them a pint.
Earlier this week the Maritime & Coastguard Agency Counter Pollution and Response Branch delivered an oil spill clean-up training course for Local Authorities in North Wales.
Northumbrian Water has been ordered to pay more than £34,000 following the potentially fatal crushing of an employee.
A self-employed Gloucestershire man has today been fined for carrying out illegal gas works, leaving residents at serious risk.
A former bankrupt director of a food company from Leicester has been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for running a company and obtaining credit whilst bankrupt following a prosecution by the Department ...
Family hopes lessons will be learned after “horrific” loss
M1 JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28 WIDENING
A gas fitter from West Yorkshire who put lives at risk by carrying out illegal work was today (26 February) handed a suspended jail sentence and community service for his crimes.
At ten minutes to one this afternoon, Portland Coastguard received a 999 call from a dog owner who had climbed up a 100ft slope to recover his spaniel. Upon reaching the dog, the man was then unable to climb...
Members of the Deal Coastguard Rescue Team were in the right place at the right time for a dog owner this evening when their Staffordshire Bull Terrier was swept into the sea, and found by the Coastguards four...
People all over the country are being invited to body pop and foxtrot for free at thousands of dance classes next weekend as part of the new Let’s Dance campaign.
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
A1M, Junction 57, County Durham Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1M at Junction 57 for bridge maintenance works. There will be one lane open north and southbound between 8pm and 6am. The works will...
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
New measures to allow motorists using the Severn Crossings to pay tolls by credit or debit card have been laid before Parliament by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan.
Essential maintenance is to be carried out on the A52 Brian Clough Way near Sandiacre, from the Bardill’s roundabout towards Junction 25 of the M1. Work will start on Monday, 8 March and is due to be completed...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful know when to make use of the available help. That help is at hand for businesses during March when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues ...
A father and son were yesterday jailed for eight years for stealing over £700,000 from the taxpayer. The sentences follow a lengthy and complex investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
Serious youth violence was the target of a high-profile police campaign in Merseyside today when Home Secretary Alan Johnson visited Liverpool to see Operation Portcullis in action.
Agents were reminded by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) today that there is one month to go before the deadlines for re-claiming tax change.
Free advice on Tax Credits and Child Benefit will be available at a series of events in Dukinfield and Hyde next week from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) teams offering face-to-face help and guidance.
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on an exquisite drawing by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the drawing, ...
British manufacturers could save millions of pounds in import duties through an EU scheme promoted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The January data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price change of 5.2 per cent. This is the second month in a row in which the figure has been positive and takes the average property...
Agreed settlement between Department of Health and Kent Pharmaceuticals Limited.
The MCA are warning shipping companies that action will be taken if they are found to be flouting hours of rest requirements.
1 – 7 MARCH 2010
Regulatory bodies in the UK continue to make good progress putting better regulation principles into practice, according to a set of new reports published today by the Better Regulation Executive.
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.
A husband and wife business team from Co Tyrone, who siphoned off nearly £4 million through false accounting to avoid paying taxes, have been jailed for six years, and ordered to pay almost £...
Saturday 27 February to Friday 5 March
Armoured vehicles in Afghanistan will be kept on track after the MOD extended a contract of a County Durham firm which provides the metal tracks the vehicles run on, Minister for Defence Equipment & Support...
A1M, Junction 57, County Durham Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1M at Junction 57 for bridge maintenance works. There will be one lane open north and southbound between 8pm and 6am. The works will...
The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), John Vine CBE QPM, has today published the first annual report of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI).
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
The Upper Tribunal, formerly recognised as the Transport Tribunal, has upheld the decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner, Tom Macartney to fine £1,650 and indefinitely revoke and disqualify the...
NEW WORK
Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 1st March 2010
A soldier whose life was saved by his body armour in Afghanistan has thanked the team who made it – by buying them a pint.
Earlier this week the Maritime & Coastguard Agency Counter Pollution and Response Branch delivered an oil spill clean-up training course for Local Authorities in North Wales.
Northumbrian Water has been ordered to pay more than £34,000 following the potentially fatal crushing of an employee.
A self-employed Gloucestershire man has today been fined for carrying out illegal gas works, leaving residents at serious risk.
A former bankrupt director of a food company from Leicester has been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for running a company and obtaining credit whilst bankrupt following a prosecution by the Department ...
Family hopes lessons will be learned after “horrific” loss
M1 JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28 WIDENING
Weekly round up of road works in wiltshire, gloucestershire, somerset and bristol
A gas fitter from West Yorkshire who put lives at risk by carrying out illegal work was today (26 February) handed a suspended jail sentence and community service for his crimes.
At ten minutes to one this afternoon, Portland Coastguard received a 999 call from a dog owner who had climbed up a 100ft slope to recover his spaniel. Upon reaching the dog, the man was then unable to climb...
Members of the Deal Coastguard Rescue Team were in the right place at the right time for a dog owner this evening when their Staffordshire Bull Terrier was swept into the sea, and found by the Coastguards four...
People all over the country are being invited to body pop and foxtrot for free at thousands of dance classes next weekend as part of the new Let’s Dance campaign.
People all over the country are being invited to body pop and foxtrot for free at thousands of dance classes next weekend as part of the new Let’s Dance campaign.
Members of the Deal Coastguard Rescue Team were in the right place at the right time for a dog owner this evening when their Staffordshire Bull Terrier was swept into the sea, and found by the Coastguards four...