An Essex packaging company has been fined after a worker’s hand was injured when it became trapped between the rollers of a glueing machine.
A £1.4m Highways Agency traffic signals project to help drivers using the Hellaby roundabout at Junction 1 of the M18 near Rotherham in South Yorkshire will get underway next month.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is currently involved in an ongoing criminal investigation, conducted with national and international partners, which has resulted in the arrest and...
A director of Maple Grow Limited, Mahmood Anwar Yaqub, has been disqualified from being a company director or in any way managing or controlling a limited company by Birmingham County Court for 15 years, following...
Overnight work to resurface the M6 entry and exit slip roads at Knutsford to improve journeys will take place next month.
The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) is a ground breaking tax agreement between HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Government of Liechtenstein which will ensure that the right tax is paid to the UK...
A recycling company in Rotherham displayed “a blatant disregard†for the safety of 120 workers by failing to protect them properly against dangerous parts of cutting and crushing equipment.
A £1.4m Highways Agency traffic signals project to help drivers using the Hellaby roundabout at Junction 1 of the M18 near Rotherham in South Yorkshire will get underway next month.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has today announced that the Government will waive VAT on sales of the Military Wives choir's Christmas single by making an exceptional one-off charitable donation...
Five tonnes of highly toxic waste, the by-product of diesel laundering, was uncovered at an illegal fuel site in south Armagh yesterday (Tuesday).
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has today announced that the Government will waive VAT on sales of the Military Wives choir’s Christmas single by making an exceptional one-off charitable donation...
Three companies in Essex that mis-sold undeveloped land for investment to the public have been ordered into liquidation in the High Court on grounds of public interest following an investigation by Company Investigations...
Last year we had the coldest December in more than a century, with repeated heavy snowfalls and prolonged sub-zero temperatures. This year has been a starkly different story, with conditions so far this month...
Three companies in Essex that mis-sold undeveloped land for investment to the public have been ordered into liquidation in the High Court on grounds of public interest following an investigation by Company Investigations...
Employers who plan to take on more staff for the Olympic and Paralympic Games must check their labour providers, they were told today.
Two linked Sheffield-based companies which operated a scheme offering to ‘buy’ personal debt from people for £1 and free them from personal liability have been wound up following an investigation by...
The director of DMR Assets Limited, a property management business in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, has been disqualified from acting as a company director by Airdrie Sheriff’s Court for seven years following...
A director of Maple Grow Limited, Mahmood Anwar Yaqub, has been disqualified from being a company director or in any way managing or controlling a limited company by Birmingham County Court for 15 years, following...
Ciarán Devane is today confirmed as Non Executive Director of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. He will take up post on 1 January 2012.
David Ian Henry a former director of Power TV Limited, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for eight years following a court hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Mr Henry’s disqualification...
Ministers are tackling the misery caused by lorry drivers following satnavs down narrow and inappropriate roads as part of a package of new traffic signs rules.
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.
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 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...
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.
- Viaduct to be demolished in January -
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...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today responded to the report of the Public Accounts Committee into tax disputes. An HMRC spokesman said:
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The offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, will be taken on by the Government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK's green energy sources...
Tuffa UK Ltd of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, has won the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding success in exporting its high quality bespoke tanks to...
Commenting on the forthcoming retirement of Sir Kevin Smith as Chief Executive of GKN plc, Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
Government announces heads of agreement on public service pension reform
The 15th member of a gang involved in a £250 million VAT fraud using the supposed import and export of mobile phones, has been jailed today for nine years. Multi-millionaire Nasir Khan’s assets of &...
In a bid to improve the communication of public health messages to help people live healthy lives and to increase the efficiency of its campaigns, the Department of Health has streamlined its agency operation...
£20 million Government funding to help people in the cold weather
Tens of thousands of people across the country will get help during the cold weather following 163 successful proposals from councils...
I am today publishing a report following the three flood insurance working groups established in 2010. The working groups were made up of representatives from Government, the insurance industry and community ...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for
International Development, is today publishing the 12th progress report ...
Section 14(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period...
The Leader of the House of Lords and I are today setting out the next steps in the Government’s preparation of a draft Bill on parliamentary privilege.
The Programme for Government announced our intention...
The Government have received and welcomed a report from Lord Carlile of Berriew on the operation of arrangements for handling national security matters in Northern Ireland for the year to date.
Lord Carlile...
The Government are committed to tackling the legacy of £3.8 billion in child maintenance arrears owed by non-resident parents. They are determined to pursue every penny which can be collected, and the Child...
I represented the UK at the trade session of the above Foreign Affairs Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on 14 December.
Trade Ministers met immediately before the eighth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial...
Further to my announcement on 1 November, I would inform Parliament about the outcome of the review into the status of the chief executive of skills funding and the Skills Funding Agency.
The review has...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 30 November 2011. The following items were discussed:
Breakfast: debrief from Eurog roup meeting of 29 November and discussion of the ...
On 2 November the Chief Secretary to the Treasury made a statement to the House setting out an improved offer on public service pensions to public sector workers (Cm 8214). This offer provided a more generous...
On 2 November the Chief Secretary to the Treasury made a statement to the House setting out an improved offer on public service pensions to public sector workers (Cm 8214). This offer provided a more generous...
I represented the UK at the Telecoms Council in Brussels on 13 December 2011. The meeting was chaired by the Polish presidency.
There were four substantive agenda items:
1. Proposal for a Decision...
Our armed forces make great sacrifices on the nation's behalf, not only on operations overseas, but in their service in the UK too. This Government recognise that the nation in turn has a responsibility properly...
I am today publishing the Government response to the consultation on the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
The consultation has shown broad support for the Government’s proposals for a reformed...
On 2 November the Chief Secretary to the Treasury made a statement to the House setting out an improved offer on public service pensions to public sector workers (Cm 8214). This offer provided a more generous...
On 12 September 2011, I launched a supplementary consultation on the detail of the order to transfer the functions of British Waterways (BW) in England and Wales to a new waterways charity, the Canal & River...
On 2 November the Chief Secretary to the Treasury made a statement to the House setting out an improved offer on public service pensions to public sector workers (Cm 8214). This offer provided a more generous...
Today I am publishing policy updates on the new public health system, covering local government’s new public health functions and the operating model for Public Health England (PHE). Subject to the passage...
On 15 August I wrote to ask Her Majesty’s chief inspector of constabulary, Sir Denis O’Connor, to undertake a review of public order policing and to consider further work to support clearer guidance...
On 10 October 2011, I announced to the House that the Scotland Office would lead efforts to secure a long-term replacement for the emergency towing vessels (ETV) service in waters surrounding the Northern Isles...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency network w/c 19/12/11:
The offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, will be taken on by the Government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK's green energy sources...
- Viaduct to be demolished in January -
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.
Tuffa UK Ltd of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, has won the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding success in exporting its high quality bespoke tanks to...
The 15th member of a gang involved in a £250 million VAT fraud using the supposed import and export of mobile phones, has been jailed today for nine years. Multi-millionaire Nasir Khan’s assets of &...
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.
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 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...
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.
- Viaduct to be demolished in January -
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...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today responded to the report of the Public Accounts Committee into tax disputes. An HMRC spokesman said:
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The offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, will be taken on by the Government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK's green energy sources...
Tuffa UK Ltd of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, has won the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding success in exporting its high quality bespoke tanks to...
Commenting on the forthcoming retirement of Sir Kevin Smith as Chief Executive of GKN plc, Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
Government announces heads of agreement on public service pension reform
The 15th member of a gang involved in a £250 million VAT fraud using the supposed import and export of mobile phones, has been jailed today for nine years. Multi-millionaire Nasir Khan’s assets of &...
In a bid to improve the communication of public health messages to help people live healthy lives and to increase the efficiency of its campaigns, the Department of Health has streamlined its agency operation...
£20 million Government funding to help people in the cold weather
Tens of thousands of people across the country will get help during the cold weather following 163 successful proposals from councils...
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.
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 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...
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.
- Viaduct to be demolished in January -
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...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today responded to the report of the Public Accounts Committee into tax disputes. An HMRC spokesman said:
Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the Civil Service Commission
The offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, will be taken on by the Government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK's green energy sources...
Tuffa UK Ltd of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, has won the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding success in exporting its high quality bespoke tanks to...
Commenting on the forthcoming retirement of Sir Kevin Smith as Chief Executive of GKN plc, Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
Government announces heads of agreement on public service pension reform
The 15th member of a gang involved in a £250 million VAT fraud using the supposed import and export of mobile phones, has been jailed today for nine years. Multi-millionaire Nasir Khan’s assets of &...
In a bid to improve the communication of public health messages to help people live healthy lives and to increase the efficiency of its campaigns, the Department of Health has streamlined its agency operation...
£20 million Government funding to help people in the cold weather
Tens of thousands of people across the country will get help during the cold weather following 163 successful proposals from councils...
£20 million Government funding to help people in the cold weather
Tens of thousands of people across the country will get help during the cold weather following 163 successful proposals from councils...