A husband, wife and their three daughters have been sentenced for their involvement in a multi million pound tax and money laundering fraud following a successful investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC...
The Government is today publishing its response to the report by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), which sets out plans to fundamentally reform the structure of banking in the UK. This response agrees...
- Viaduct to be demolished in January -
Repair work on a busy road bridge on the A20 near Folkestone in Kent has been completed this weekend.
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury Chloe Smith has today announced a consultation on extending the use of rebated fuel or ‘red diesel’ to allow tractors to grit roads in rural communities.
The UK Border Agency should improve its decision-making and make full use of its powers to improve the quality of service it provides, said John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency...
A husband, wife and their three daughters have been sentenced for their involvement in a multi million pound tax and money laundering fraud following a successful investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC...
A £2.4m Highways Agency project to install a concrete safety barrier along the M1 near Rotherham will get underway after the Christmas and New Year holiday.
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency network w/c 19/12/11:
UK Export Finance has increased its risk capacity for Libya to £375 million – up from the £150 million made available immediately after hostilities ended in September.
Repair work on a busy road bridge on the A20 near Folkestone in Kent has been completed this weekend.
Managers and staff demonstrated a strong customer service ethos and the quality of their decision-making was generally fair, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing...
The general quality of the UK Border Agency’s decision-making can and must be improved, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing his global review of entry clearance...
The Government have agreed that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will support the Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport by making a significant contribution to the security and safety of the...
The Ministry of Defence has concluded a review of the advisory bodies, the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees (formally established under a statutory instrument as the War Pensions Committees). This is...
The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2012 are set out in the following tables. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2012 will take place from the week beginning 9...
The Departments for Education, for Work and Pensions and for Business, Innovation and Skills are today publishing “Building Engagement, Building Futures: Our Strategy to Maximise the Participation of 16...
I am today publishing a technical update to the electricity market reform White Paper “Planning our electric future: a white paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon electricity”(1). The update...
The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council is on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December, in Brussels. I shall represent the UK on agriculture matters on Thursday and the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, ...
A review of the independent agricultural appeals panel (IAAP) has been commissioned and will start work today. The IAAP is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by DEFRA, which provides advice to...
I would like to inform the House of the introduction of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance.
On 13 October, I announced in a statement to the House the conclusions of the Government...
The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012.
In March 2011 the Government published “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England...
As part of the wider reform of policing, I wish to update the House on plans to phase out the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA),
to transfer its critical national functions and to establish a ...
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (“HMCTS”) has prepared a trust statement providing an account of the collection of revenues which, by statute or convention, are due to be paid to ...
Today I have laid before Parliament a public consultation response document; “Response to Consultation on reforms proposed in the Public Bodies Bill—Reforming the public bodies of the Ministry of ...
The Government are today publishing their response to the consultation on the charter for current coroner services.
The charter will help those who come into contact with coroner services in England and...
I attended the second Transport Council of the Polish presidency in Brussels on 12 December.
The Council reached political agreement on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council...
In May, my Department launched the road transportation theme of the red tape challenge—part of the Cabinet Office’s project to review all of the outstanding regulations currently on the statute book...
I am pleased to announce today that the Government have put in place additional support in England for troubled families and where either no one is working or there is a history of worklessness across generations...
I am pleased to announce that today we have achieved key milestones that will help secure a robust, efficient workplace pensions system for the 21st century.
First, we are publishing “Meeting future...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Business and Enterprise (Mark Prisk) has today made the following Statement.
The General Affairs Council will take place in Brussels on 16 December 2011. The ...
My honourable friend the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Statement.
As part of the Government's commitment to conduct triennial reviews of...
My honourable friend the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Statement.
As part of the Government's commitment to conduct triennial reviews of...
Managers and staff demonstrated a strong customer service ethos and the quality of their decision-making was generally fair, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing...
The general quality of the UK Border Agency’s decision-making can and must be improved, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing his global review of entry clearance...
Managers and staff demonstrated a strong customer service ethos and the quality of their decision-making was generally fair, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing...
The general quality of the UK Border Agency’s decision-making can and must be improved, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing his global review of entry clearance...
Managers and staff demonstrated a strong customer service ethos and the quality of their decision-making was generally fair, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing...
The general quality of the UK Border Agency’s decision-making can and must be improved, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing his global review of entry clearance...
Managers and staff demonstrated a strong customer service ethos and the quality of their decision-making was generally fair, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing...
The general quality of the UK Border Agency’s decision-making can and must be improved, said John Vine CBE QPM, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, publishing his global review of entry clearance...