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Eight men and one woman from Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire were arrested in raids yesterday, 15 March 2012, by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers on suspicion of illegally manufacturing and distributing...
Monday 19 March – Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due...
Monday 19 - Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather...
Monday 19 March - Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to...
Eight men and one woman from Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire were arrested in raids yesterday, 15 March 2012, by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers on suspicion of illegally manufacturing and distributing...
NEW AND ONGOING WORKS:
Monday 19 March – Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due...
Monday 19 - Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather...
Monday 19 March - Sunday 25 March 2012 A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to...
A Caerphilly woman who was arrested at an M4 service station with almost £25,000 in her handbag, has been sentenced for tobacco smuggling.
Verna Dunphy, 62, had arranged for Belgian van driver...
Road users travelling on the M5 around junction 6 near Worcester this Sunday (18 March) are being advised by the Highways Agency to expect delays as more than 12,000 rugby fans will be arriving at Sixways Stadium...
A partner in a Leicester food company has been fined after an employee fell around two metres while unloading a shipping container attached to the back of an HGV.
Barry Howard Bullen and his son Jonathan Bullen, directors of Managed Online Solutions (MOS) Ltd in Lancashire, have been disqualified for 11 years and four years respectively, following an investigation by The...
Please be aware of the following traffic bulletin from the Highways Agency
A weekly round up of Highways Agency roadworks across Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
Please be aware of the following traffic bulletin from the Highways Agency
Seven days beginning Monday 19 March 2012
M6 Junction 16 (Crewe) to Junction 15 (Stoke-on-Trent) The southbound carriageway of the M6 between junction 16 and junction 15 (including junction 16 entry slip road) will be closed overnight from 8.00pm to ...
The following information summarises the work being carried out this coming week. It is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
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Jonathan Cregan, the director of a scrap metal dealing company in Cumbria, has been disqualified from being a director for nine years for submitting false VAT returns, following an investigation by the Public...
An innovative scheme to help reduce disruption caused by road works on London's busiest roads was given the go-ahead today by Transport Secretary Justine Greening.
Proposals to widen business access to new and alternative sources of finance have been published today by the independent Taskforce on non-bank lending.
New homes for tower hamlets move a step closer
Road users are advised that the old A46 between Lodge Lane, Elston and Flintham will be closed for up to six weeks from the night of Tuesday 20 March whilst a new island near the Eden Day Spa is completed.
An innovative scheme to help reduce disruption caused by road works on London's busiest roads was given the go-ahead today by Transport Secretary Justine Greening.
A remote portable power supply using solar technology, pre-mixed authentic cocktails and halal certified natural beauty products are just three of the ideas from West Midlands firms who have made the final for...
From Monday 19 March drivers are advised that there will be overnight lane closures on sections of the M6 between junctions 5 (Castle Bromwich) and 8 (M6/M5 interchange), as part of the Highways Agency's preparatory...
Proposals to widen business access to new and alternative sources of finance have been published today by the independent Taskforce on non-bank lending.
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The Highways Agency is to close the M50 between Junction 2 and the M5 in the second of three planned weekend closures. The works this weekend are part of an ongoing scheme to deliver major bridge repairs at Bushley...
Proposals to widen business access to new and alternative sources of finance have been published today by the independent Taskforce on non-bank lending.
The 2012 Child Health profiles, produced by the Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) were released on 14 March 2012, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has today launched a consultation on measures to give company shareholders greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.
People trading on the internet who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have been offered the opportunity to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
Please find attached the latest issue of Payback Times – the quarterly publication for the proceeds of crime community.
The practical driving test centre in Bury, Lancashire, is scheduled to re-open on 30 March following the completion of repairs and improvement works. The refurbished test centre will provide candidates with better...
Seventy four charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Epilepsy Society and the Spinal Injuries Association will get a share of more than £6.8 million to test and develop innovative...
Business Minister Mark Prisk has today (14 March) named Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as a flagship trailblazer for retail.
A firm specialising in the manufacture of wooden doors and windows has been fined for safety failings after a worker died at its Leyton premises.
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Work to resurface a 1.2 mile stretch of the M606 in Bradford begins this Sunday with work being carried out overnight to minimise disruption. The £130,000 project will improve the motorway in both directions...
A Tottenham Hale futon manufacturer has been prosecuted after a worker fell through a fragile roof light during poorly-managed maintenance work.
Following an incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1, the motorway has been closed northbound between Junctions 25 and 26 and is likely to remain closed until after mid-day.
Main Points – January 2012
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The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
A single Competition and Markets Authority, which will simplify and strengthen the competition landscape, was announced today by Business Minister Norman Lamb.
Proposals to examine the current dismissal process have been announced by the Government today with the publication of a Call for Evidence. Ministers are to seek the views of employers and employees, and gather...
A butcher who stole £3.3m from the taxman to lead a luxury lifestyle after his business collapsed has been jailed today following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Drivers heading into Scotland from Cumbria at the weekend are being advised that the northbound carriageway of the A74(M) motorway will be reduced to a single lane on Saturday 17 March for repairs.
Intellectual property Minister, Baroness Wilcox, today challenged UK firms to make more use of the ‘green channel’ that helps speed up the patent process for innovative eco-friendly ideas and gives a real...
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Good afternoon. I’m grateful for this opportunity to speak to the British Chambers of Commerce and its many members. I value the strong and honest relationship that we enjoy: one ...
A1 Western Bypass, Kingsway Interchange, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Kingsway Interchange for improvement works. There will be a full closure of the southbound carriageway...
Following the serious incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1 between Junctions 25 and 26 this morning, the Highways Agency has been working with the emergency services to clear the site and get the ...
New evidence has emerged which shows that around 7,000 more women in the UK may be victims of the PiP scandal caused by a French breast implant manufacturer, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. These...
Paul William Sharpley, a director of Property 360 Limited in Suffolk ,has been disqualified from acting as a company director or from managing or in any way controlling a company for seven years after an investigation...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency's roads w/c 18/3:
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...
Today, we are publishing “Challenge it, Report it, Stop it”—the Government’s plan for tackling hate crime.
Hate crime—crime which is motivated by hostility to the victim’...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon)has today made the following Statement.
The Defra commissioned report, Determining the Extent...
My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following statement.
The Government is today publishing a call for evidence on dealing...
My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs has today made the following statement.
The trade formation of the EU Foreign Affairs Council will meet in Brussels...
My honourable friend the Minister Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following Statement.
I am pleased to announce publication later this morning of Growth...
The Government are today publishing a call for evidence on dealing with dismissal and on the concept of “compensated no-fault dismissal” for micro businesses. We are also publishing an update on the...
I am pleased to announce publication later this morning of “Growth,
Competition and the Competition Regime: Government Response to Consultation” which will detail the Government’s proposals...
The Trade Formation of the EU Foreign Affairs Council will meet in Brussels on Friday 16 March 2012. I will represent the UK for all the items on the agenda.
The first two substantive agenda items involve...
I am today publishing a report on Departments’ and agencies’ performance on handling Members’ and peers’ correspondence during the calendar year 2011. Details are set out in the table ...
In the Spending Review 2010, the Government announced their intention to increase employee contributions in public service pension schemes. This followed on from Lord Hutton’s interim report on public service...
Today I have laid an updated set of regulations that set out how local councils should prepare and consult on their local plans. The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 will ...
I have laid before Parliament statutory instruments that amend the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. These amendments and this statement fulfil requirements in the Green Energy...
In March 2011, my predecessor commissioned Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics, to undertake a review of the fuel poverty definition and target. As part of this review, he was asked to consider...
The DEFRA commissioned report, “Determining the Extent of Use and Humaneness of Snares in England and Wales—WM0315”, will be published today on the DEFRA website at WM0315. While I recognise...
The Government are today launching a consultation on how to introduce equal civil marriage.
During a listening exercise conducted in 2010 on allowing civil partnerships to take place on religious premises...
Tom Winsor has today published the final report of his review of remuneration and conditions of service for police officers and staff in England and Wales.
The review began its work on 1 October 2010. The...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 8 March in Brussels. I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following items were discussed.
The Council began in mixed committee with Norway...
In his written ministerial statement on 20 January 2011, Official Report, column 51WS, the Minister for Europe outlined the coalition Government’s commitment to further strengthen parliamentary scrutiny...
My right hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a statement of changes in the immigration rules, which implement the next phase of our reforms to the immigration system.
The student...
I will attend the first Transport Council of the Danish presidency (the presidency) which will take place in Brussels on Thursday 22 March.
The presidency hopes to achieve general approach on the following...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency's roads w/c 18/3:
Following an incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1, the motorway has been closed northbound between Junctions 25 and 26 and is likely to remain closed until after mid-day.
Following the serious incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1 between Junctions 25 and 26 this morning, the Highways Agency has been working with the emergency services to clear the site and get the ...
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...
A1 Western Bypass, Kingsway Interchange, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Kingsway Interchange for improvement works. There will be a full closure of the southbound carriageway...
The 2012 Child Health profiles, produced by the Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) were released on 14 March 2012, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has today launched a consultation on measures to give company shareholders greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.
People trading on the internet who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have been offered the opportunity to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
Please find attached the latest issue of Payback Times – the quarterly publication for the proceeds of crime community.
The practical driving test centre in Bury, Lancashire, is scheduled to re-open on 30 March following the completion of repairs and improvement works. The refurbished test centre will provide candidates with better...
Seventy four charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Epilepsy Society and the Spinal Injuries Association will get a share of more than £6.8 million to test and develop innovative...
Business Minister Mark Prisk has today (14 March) named Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as a flagship trailblazer for retail.
A firm specialising in the manufacture of wooden doors and windows has been fined for safety failings after a worker died at its Leyton premises.
Don’t lose your vote
Work to resurface a 1.2 mile stretch of the M606 in Bradford begins this Sunday with work being carried out overnight to minimise disruption. The £130,000 project will improve the motorway in both directions...
A Tottenham Hale futon manufacturer has been prosecuted after a worker fell through a fragile roof light during poorly-managed maintenance work.
Following an incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1, the motorway has been closed northbound between Junctions 25 and 26 and is likely to remain closed until after mid-day.
Main Points – January 2012
Main Points
Main Points
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
A single Competition and Markets Authority, which will simplify and strengthen the competition landscape, was announced today by Business Minister Norman Lamb.
Proposals to examine the current dismissal process have been announced by the Government today with the publication of a Call for Evidence. Ministers are to seek the views of employers and employees, and gather...
A butcher who stole £3.3m from the taxman to lead a luxury lifestyle after his business collapsed has been jailed today following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Drivers heading into Scotland from Cumbria at the weekend are being advised that the northbound carriageway of the A74(M) motorway will be reduced to a single lane on Saturday 17 March for repairs.
Intellectual property Minister, Baroness Wilcox, today challenged UK firms to make more use of the ‘green channel’ that helps speed up the patent process for innovative eco-friendly ideas and gives a real...
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
Good afternoon. I’m grateful for this opportunity to speak to the British Chambers of Commerce and its many members. I value the strong and honest relationship that we enjoy: one ...
A1 Western Bypass, Kingsway Interchange, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Kingsway Interchange for improvement works. There will be a full closure of the southbound carriageway...
Following the serious incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1 between Junctions 25 and 26 this morning, the Highways Agency has been working with the emergency services to clear the site and get the ...
New evidence has emerged which shows that around 7,000 more women in the UK may be victims of the PiP scandal caused by a French breast implant manufacturer, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. These...
Paul William Sharpley, a director of Property 360 Limited in Suffolk ,has been disqualified from acting as a company director or from managing or in any way controlling a company for seven years after an investigation...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency's roads w/c 18/3:
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...
The 2012 Child Health profiles, produced by the Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) were released on 14 March 2012, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has today launched a consultation on measures to give company shareholders greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.
People trading on the internet who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have been offered the opportunity to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.
Please find attached the latest issue of Payback Times – the quarterly publication for the proceeds of crime community.
The practical driving test centre in Bury, Lancashire, is scheduled to re-open on 30 March following the completion of repairs and improvement works. The refurbished test centre will provide candidates with better...
Seventy four charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Epilepsy Society and the Spinal Injuries Association will get a share of more than £6.8 million to test and develop innovative...
Business Minister Mark Prisk has today (14 March) named Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as a flagship trailblazer for retail.
A firm specialising in the manufacture of wooden doors and windows has been fined for safety failings after a worker died at its Leyton premises.
Don’t lose your vote
Work to resurface a 1.2 mile stretch of the M606 in Bradford begins this Sunday with work being carried out overnight to minimise disruption. The £130,000 project will improve the motorway in both directions...
A Tottenham Hale futon manufacturer has been prosecuted after a worker fell through a fragile roof light during poorly-managed maintenance work.
Following an incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1, the motorway has been closed northbound between Junctions 25 and 26 and is likely to remain closed until after mid-day.
Main Points – January 2012
Main Points
Main Points
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
A single Competition and Markets Authority, which will simplify and strengthen the competition landscape, was announced today by Business Minister Norman Lamb.
Proposals to examine the current dismissal process have been announced by the Government today with the publication of a Call for Evidence. Ministers are to seek the views of employers and employees, and gather...
A butcher who stole £3.3m from the taxman to lead a luxury lifestyle after his business collapsed has been jailed today following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Drivers heading into Scotland from Cumbria at the weekend are being advised that the northbound carriageway of the A74(M) motorway will be reduced to a single lane on Saturday 17 March for repairs.
Intellectual property Minister, Baroness Wilcox, today challenged UK firms to make more use of the ‘green channel’ that helps speed up the patent process for innovative eco-friendly ideas and gives a real...
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
Good afternoon. I’m grateful for this opportunity to speak to the British Chambers of Commerce and its many members. I value the strong and honest relationship that we enjoy: one ...
A1 Western Bypass, Kingsway Interchange, Tyne & Wear Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1 at Kingsway Interchange for improvement works. There will be a full closure of the southbound carriageway...
Following the serious incident on the northbound carriageway of the M1 between Junctions 25 and 26 this morning, the Highways Agency has been working with the emergency services to clear the site and get the ...
New evidence has emerged which shows that around 7,000 more women in the UK may be victims of the PiP scandal caused by a French breast implant manufacturer, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. These...
Paul William Sharpley, a director of Property 360 Limited in Suffolk ,has been disqualified from acting as a company director or from managing or in any way controlling a company for seven years after an investigation...
The following works are planned on the Highways Agency's roads w/c 18/3:
The Highways Agency has announced that the M6 between junctions 9 and 11 will be closed for six nights from Monday 12 March – 3 nights northbound and 3 nights southbound – to complete the £1.5m resurfacing...