A new initiative of up to £125 million is being set up to improve the global competitiveness of UK advanced manufacturing supply chains, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today.
Warwickshire County Council has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after a self-employed heating contractor lost most of two fingers in poorly guarded machinery.
The Government has launched a consultation that will help tackle unacceptable bank bonuses by improving pay transparency at large banks, Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has announced today. The...
Plans to replace a bridge over the M5 near Gloucester are to be reviewed.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to VAT-registered businesses across the UK about important changes that come into effect this spring.
Two restaurateurs from Edinburgh have been detained on suspicion of failing to pay the right amount of tax, in an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Two restaurateurs from Edinburgh have been detained on suspicion of failing to pay the right amount of tax, in an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Two restaurateurs from Edinburgh have been detained on suspicion of failing to pay the right amount of tax, in an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
The HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) agent strategy moved a step closer today with the publication of responses to the consultation ‘Establishing the future relationship between the tax agent community and HMRC...
Two restaurateurs from Edinburgh have been detained on suspicion of failing to pay the right amount of tax, in an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Rail passengers are set to benefit from easier journeys at stations across the country after Rail Minister, Norman Baker, approved more than £37.5m of Government funding to make stations more easily...
Two restaurateurs from Edinburgh have been detained on suspicion of failing to pay the right amount of tax, in an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Designated drivers will be rewarded in more than 8,000 pubs and student union bars across the country as part of the THINK! Christmas drink drive campaign, launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
London's Pleasure Gardens, a major new arts and entertainment destination in the heart of east London, is set to open on the Queen's Jubilee Weekend, 1 June 2012 after signing a lease agreement with the London...
Local authorities are being given greater control over how their roads appear on maps and satnav systems to help them to better direct traffic, Local Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.
Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today a £16m investment in third rail heating as part of a £38m programme to make sure the rail network is better prepared for severe bad weather...
Tower hamlets launches tweet day to boost city status bid
UK-registered vessels will be able to employ armed guards to defend themselves against pirates in exceptional circumstances under new guidance confirmed by the Government today.
London's Pleasure Gardens, a major new arts and entertainment destination in the heart of east London, is set to open on the Queen's Jubilee Weekend, 1 June 2012 after signing a lease agreement with the London...
Works to install a new concrete barrier between junctions 24 and 25 of the M5 will begin on 12 December. The works around the Bridgwater area will take place in two phases.
Following Budget 2011, the Government has today published responses to a number of tax policy consultations, alongside draft clauses for legislation to be included in Finance Bill 2012.
Women in Tower Hamlets have the chance to become qualified badminton and basketball coaches thanks to an innovative scheme encouraging residents to get more active.
Sport England’s Active Women Fund has...
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool.
Today the Rail Minister Theresa Villiers visited the site for a new direct rail link between Oxford and Bedford. She met representatives from the local authorities and stakeholders, including the East West Rail...
Benefit cheats are being warned that Government will work with a credit reference agency (CRA) to track down fraudsters across the country.
* Three million at-risk patients to receive hi-tech equipment in the home. * New £180 million ‘valley of death’ catalyst fund for new medical breakthroughs. * Cutting NHS red tape to give patients...
A £500,000 project to strengthen bridges along the A19 at North Shields near Newcastle started today (Monday 5 December).
The final care homes, formerly run by Southern Cross, have now been transferred to new operators. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today thanked all parties involved for their diligence and hard work in ensuring...
An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service.
The £1 billion boost to the Regional Growth Fund announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week is expected to enable the fund to support around half a million jobs in total.
Designated drivers will be rewarded in more than 8,000 pubs and student union bars across the country as part of the THINK! Christmas drink drive campaign, launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
I am today announcing the Government’s intention to make changes to the ISA rules that will benefit investors whose ISA savings have been affected by the failure or default of a financial firm. This includes...
This Government are determined to support businesses—large and small—to support growth and build a stronger economy. In support of those aims, the Government announced two important business rates...
I am pleased to confirm that as at the end of 1 December, the first day of the 2011 single payment scheme (SPS) payment
window, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) had released payments totalling over £...
I attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on 1 December.
The FAC was chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Ashton of Upholland...
Further to the statements to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 5 May, Official Report, column 24WS and 30 June
2011,
Official Report
, column 66WS, I wish to inform the House of our plans...
Safeguarding vulnerable members of our society is a key priority for this Government and I am writing to inform the House that we have today published a cross-Government missing children and adults strategy which...
The independent living fund (ILF) operates as an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Work and Pensions and provides discretionary cash payments to disabled people to support independent...
An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service.
A £500,000 project to strengthen bridges along the A19 at North Shields near Newcastle started today (Monday 5 December).
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool.
Today the Rail Minister Theresa Villiers visited the site for a new direct rail link between Oxford and Bedford. She met representatives from the local authorities and stakeholders, including the East West Rail...
Benefit cheats are being warned that Government will work with a credit reference agency (CRA) to track down fraudsters across the country.
* Three million at-risk patients to receive hi-tech equipment in the home. * New £180 million ‘valley of death’ catalyst fund for new medical breakthroughs. * Cutting NHS red tape to give patients...
A £500,000 project to strengthen bridges along the A19 at North Shields near Newcastle started today (Monday 5 December).
The final care homes, formerly run by Southern Cross, have now been transferred to new operators. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today thanked all parties involved for their diligence and hard work in ensuring...
An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service.
The £1 billion boost to the Regional Growth Fund announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week is expected to enable the fund to support around half a million jobs in total.
Designated drivers will be rewarded in more than 8,000 pubs and student union bars across the country as part of the THINK! Christmas drink drive campaign, launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool.
Today the Rail Minister Theresa Villiers visited the site for a new direct rail link between Oxford and Bedford. She met representatives from the local authorities and stakeholders, including the East West Rail...
Benefit cheats are being warned that Government will work with a credit reference agency (CRA) to track down fraudsters across the country.
* Three million at-risk patients to receive hi-tech equipment in the home. * New £180 million ‘valley of death’ catalyst fund for new medical breakthroughs. * Cutting NHS red tape to give patients...
A £500,000 project to strengthen bridges along the A19 at North Shields near Newcastle started today (Monday 5 December).
The final care homes, formerly run by Southern Cross, have now been transferred to new operators. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today thanked all parties involved for their diligence and hard work in ensuring...
An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service.
The £1 billion boost to the Regional Growth Fund announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week is expected to enable the fund to support around half a million jobs in total.
Designated drivers will be rewarded in more than 8,000 pubs and student union bars across the country as part of the THINK! Christmas drink drive campaign, launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
The £1 billion boost to the Regional Growth Fund announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week is expected to enable the fund to support around half a million jobs in total.
Designated drivers will be rewarded in more than 8,000 pubs and student union bars across the country as part of the THINK! Christmas drink drive campaign, launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.