Hundreds of thousands of people using the M6 in the West Midlands have been delayed this week after cable thieves targeted vital motorway infrastructure between junctions 10 and 10A, which meant that the hard...
Two roofers were caught working on a Swadlincote roof without any safety equipment, a court heard.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne hosted Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishang for the Fourth UK – China economic and financial dialogue (EFD) today.
A crane maintenance firm has been sentenced after two dock workers suffered injuries in a high voltage electric shock at the Seaforth Container Terminal in Liverpool.
NE/091/11 Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs today show that exports from the North East remain strong despite a dip in the latest quarterly figures.
NE/092/11 North East firm revolutionises learning around the globe A North East firm is aiming to revolutionise learning for youngsters around the globe with the help of UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) Virtual...
A worker was left with permanent damage to his arm after being told by his site manager to use a heavy-duty core drill by hand on a construction site in Huddersfield.
The lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have had sex with men is to be lifted following an evidence-based review by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
Trade Minister Stephen Green has announced three new members of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council (EGAC).
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the second quarter 2011.
One of Huddersfield’s oldest firms has been fined for breaching safety laws after a worker’s fingers were partly severed by an unguarded block saw.
Road users will benefit from safer driving conditions as a result of forthcoming road marking and stud renewal works on the A14 between junction 5 and 13.
Asked if the PM would address the issues raised around intelligence and the UK's relationship with the Libyan Government, the PMS said that the PM would cover those allegations in his statement. He added that ...
Asked about the prospect of a new EU Treaty and if the Prime Minister (PM) saw it as an opportunity, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that there weren't any proposals at the moment but that the Coalition...
Monday 5 September 2011 ...
Asked to confirm reports that the PM's office commissioned its own legal advice on the EU's Agency Workers Directive, the PMS said that the EU directive was agreed in 2008, the regulations have been on statute ...
Asked whether the Government would reconsider the terms of reference of Sir Peter Gibson's inquiry, the PMS replied that the objective was to have a credible inquiry that could look at issues thoroughly and properly...
Asked about further policy on free schools would be launched later this week, the PMS said that he was not expecting lots of new policies to be announced but confirmed that the Secretary of State for Education ...
Asked if HMG will make an announcement on the use of TV in courts, the PMS replied that the Ministry of Justice would be publishing a Written Ministerial Statement later that day. original source.
Asked if lessons learnt from the way the courts worked on cases following the riots would be applied more widely, the PMS said that the courts had been highly effective at processing a large number of cases quickly...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a read-out of Cabinet, which focussed on review of policy in light of the riots; reforms to education; and the situation in Libya and Syria. original source...
Tuesday 6 September 2011 ...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The Highways Agency is to spend more than £9m on safety and other improvements along the M62 around Warrington in Cheshire.
VAT rule-breakers have until 30 September to register to pay what they owe under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
A package of maintenance and safety work on the A303 and A30 between Cartgate and Honiton has been scheduled between September and March 2012.
A Worcestershire training company’s plan to buffer its business from the UK recession by developing exports is proving stunningly successfully with the recent gain of a major new contract in Kuwait.
A Langford mushroom farm worker's arm was broken in two places when he was dragged into a net cleaning machine, a court in North Somerset has heard.
A Grantham building contractor and a local authority have been fined after a spread of asbestos during bathroom renovation work at a flat in the town.
The ringleader of a criminal gang has been jailed for five years today for illegally purchasing and possessing 2.3 million cigarettes at airport duty free shops. Michael Pitt (47) from Islington, London was sentenced...
A convicted cigarette fraudster from Blackwatertown has been jailed for three years for failing to pay a £500,000 confiscation order.
More olympic tickets for tower hamlets residents
Hat trick of excellent ofsted ratings for children's centres in tower hamlets
I have realised that the Written Answer given to Lord Skidelsky on 7 July 2011 (Official Report, col. WA 114) contained incorrect figures. The Answer included an error in a table showing PAYE income tax receipts...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement.
I would like to update the House on the drought in the Horn of Africa and on the UK Government...
Sir Richard Scott undertook an inquiry following the collapse, in 1992, of the trial of a UK company known as Matrix Churchill for the alleged supply of prohibited weapons components to Iraq. In the course of...
The Government see strong value in a national college for the fire and rescue service to deliver common, consistent standards of safety-critical training and improved intra-operability across the service in support...
I would like to update hon. Members on the main items of business undertaken by my Department since the House rose on 20 July 2011.
Supporting High Street Recovery
As I outlined in my written statement...
The Secretary of State for Defence announced on 18 July that, as a result of the Government’s commitment to a real-terms rise in the equipment budget of 1% after 2015, he had given the go-ahead for the ...
On 22 June, the Welsh Government published an independent report into the recent work of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales (LGBCW). On the same day the Welsh Government Minister for Local Government...
On 23 June this year I made a statement announcing that the Secretary of State had asked his expert adviser on behaviour, Charlie Taylor, to review the implications for schools of the requirement to record and...
The coalition Government are firmly committed to protecting the security of their citizens and to defending their civil liberties. Our experience is that both security and privacy are possible. We must resist...
I would like to update the House on the drought in the horn of Africa and on the UK Government’s response.
The drought has prompted the most serious food insecurity situation in the world today. Across...
The Government have decided to opt in to the directive on establishing minimum standards
on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. The directive meets the criteria set out in the coalition...
In my answer to the noble Lord Pearson of Rannoch's Question for Written Answer (HL11163) on 18 July (Official Report, col. WA 229), I asked the UK Statistics Authority to reply directly to a matter which fell...
On 12 August 2011 the Government announced a change in legislation to prevent tax avoidance. The Government have set out a clear strategy on preventing tax avoidance and will not hesitate to take action to stop...
In November 2010, the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Greens and MT v UK found that the UK’s ban on prisoners voting was in breach of article 3 of the First Protocol of the European Convention...
I wish to update the House further on the situation regarding Southern Cross Healthcare.
Throughout, the Government’s overriding concern have been for the welfare and safety of the 31,000 residents...
I wish to make the following statement to the House announcing the Government’s response to the Law Commission’s report “Cohabitation: the financial consequences of relationship breakdown”...
I have today placed in the Libraries of both Houses copies of the UK’s fifth periodic report under the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. I intend ...
Open justice is a long-standing and fundamental principle of our legal system. Justice must be done and must be seen to be done if it is to command public confidence.
This Government are determined to open...
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is responsible for all aspects of electoral administration in Northern Ireland, including the successful running of the parliamentary general election held on ...
A package of maintenance and safety work on the A303 and A30 between Cartgate and Honiton has been scheduled between September and March 2012.
A Langford mushroom farm worker's arm was broken in two places when he was dragged into a net cleaning machine, a court in North Somerset has heard.
A Grantham building contractor and a local authority have been fined after a spread of asbestos during bathroom renovation work at a flat in the town.
A Worcestershire training company’s plan to buffer its business from the UK recession by developing exports is proving stunningly successfully with the recent gain of a major new contract in Kuwait.
The ringleader of a criminal gang has been jailed for five years today for illegally purchasing and possessing 2.3 million cigarettes at airport duty free shops. Michael Pitt (47) from Islington, London was sentenced...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The Highways Agency is to spend more than £9m on safety and other improvements along the M62 around Warrington in Cheshire.
VAT rule-breakers have until 30 September to register to pay what they owe under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
A package of maintenance and safety work on the A303 and A30 between Cartgate and Honiton has been scheduled between September and March 2012.
A Worcestershire training company’s plan to buffer its business from the UK recession by developing exports is proving stunningly successfully with the recent gain of a major new contract in Kuwait.
A Langford mushroom farm worker's arm was broken in two places when he was dragged into a net cleaning machine, a court in North Somerset has heard.
A Grantham building contractor and a local authority have been fined after a spread of asbestos during bathroom renovation work at a flat in the town.
The ringleader of a criminal gang has been jailed for five years today for illegally purchasing and possessing 2.3 million cigarettes at airport duty free shops. Michael Pitt (47) from Islington, London was sentenced...
A convicted cigarette fraudster from Blackwatertown has been jailed for three years for failing to pay a £500,000 confiscation order.
More olympic tickets for tower hamlets residents
Hat trick of excellent ofsted ratings for children's centres in tower hamlets
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The Highways Agency is to spend more than £9m on safety and other improvements along the M62 around Warrington in Cheshire.
VAT rule-breakers have until 30 September to register to pay what they owe under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
A package of maintenance and safety work on the A303 and A30 between Cartgate and Honiton has been scheduled between September and March 2012.
A Worcestershire training company’s plan to buffer its business from the UK recession by developing exports is proving stunningly successfully with the recent gain of a major new contract in Kuwait.
A Langford mushroom farm worker's arm was broken in two places when he was dragged into a net cleaning machine, a court in North Somerset has heard.
A Grantham building contractor and a local authority have been fined after a spread of asbestos during bathroom renovation work at a flat in the town.
The ringleader of a criminal gang has been jailed for five years today for illegally purchasing and possessing 2.3 million cigarettes at airport duty free shops. Michael Pitt (47) from Islington, London was sentenced...
A convicted cigarette fraudster from Blackwatertown has been jailed for three years for failing to pay a £500,000 confiscation order.
More olympic tickets for tower hamlets residents
Hat trick of excellent ofsted ratings for children's centres in tower hamlets