News story: SOCA interim Chairman announced
Mr Rimmer will oversee the final weeks of SOCA. The National Crime Agency launches in nine weeks. He is taking over from Sir Ian Andrews who resigned from the post last week.
View ArticlePress release: Foreign Secretary calls Spanish Foreign Minister Garcia-Margallo
William Hague spoke to Spanish Foreign Minister Garcia-Margallo today to welcome Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy’s commitment to reduce controls at the Spanish/Gibraltar border.The Foreign Secretary...
View ArticlePress release: Eid messages from the Foreign Secretary and Baroness Warsi
Foreign Secretary William Hague said:It gives me great pleasure to send my best wishes to Muslims in the UK and across the world who are celebrating Eid ul Fitr.During the holy month of Ramadan,...
View ArticleNews story: Two charged in money laundering investigation
Updated: Updated story after the two defendants successfully applied to have the charges droppedA man and a woman have been charged in connection with an investigation into an alleged criminal money...
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News story: Inside MOD's tube station
Last week, the Ministry of Defence announced that it will be selling one of its central London sites at 206 Brompton Road, after the property was declared surplus to military requirements.Original...
View ArticleNews story: Response to The Independent newspaper regarding government green...
SirThe global climate change investment survey you report (Tues 6 August ‘Green policy failure choking off billions in private investment’) highlights the need for governments to put in place the right...
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News story: Eid 2013: David Cameron wishes Muslims around the world Eid Mubarak
Prime Minister David Cameron said:I send my warmest wishes to Muslims in the UK and overseas as they celebrate the festival of Eid-al-Fitr. After a month of longer summer days fasting, praying and...
View ArticleNews story: Eid 2013: Deputy Prime Minister's video message
DPM’s message for Eid 2013Full transcriptEid Mubarak. As Ramadan draws to a close I’d like to send my very best wishes to Muslims across Britain and the world for a joyous and blessed Eid al-Fitr.This...
View ArticlePress release: Tax rules for employee benefits and expenses under review
The complex system for reporting and taxing employee benefits and expenses is ripe for a complete overhaul, an interim report published today by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) concludes.The...
View ArticleNews story: Prime Minister announces £500 million to relieve pressures on A&E
With over 1 million more people visiting A&E compared to 3 years ago, last year’s harsh winter put exceptional pressure on urgent and emergency wards.The new funding will go to A&E departments...
View ArticleSpeech: Parliaments of the Future
Thank you so much for the warmth of that introduction. It is an enormous pleasure and privilege to be here today at this exceptional institution in front of this distinguished audience and in this...
View ArticleNews story: PHE supports new tattooing and body piercing guidance
In response, a new ‘Tattooing and body piercing guidance toolkit’ launched today (8 August) will provide local authorities and businesses with information on good standards of practice, and promote...
View ArticlePress release: Hugo Swire marks anniversary of protests in Burma
Today marks the 25th anniversary of large-scale protests in 1988, during which hundreds of thousands of Burmese people took to the streets to call for democracy. The protests were brutally put down by...
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Press release: Fuel Poverty, England 2011: statistical press release
Headline statistics on the new Low Income High Costs measure:In 2011:Around 2.39 million households in England were fuel poor under the new proposed LIHC measure, representing approximately 11% of the...
View ArticlePress release: DfT statistics on road traffic, journey reliability and...
The Department for Transport has today (8 August 2013) published the following statistics:Road traffic estimates for Great Britain: quarter 2 2013Reliability of journeys on the Highways Agency’s...
View ArticlePress release: £16 million boost to attract more adopters
The £16 million funding – available from later this year until 2016 – will help new and existing voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) to develop new and creative ways to recruit more adopters.The new...
View ArticleNews story: Baroness Warsi sends her best wishes to those celebrating Eid
I want to send my best wishes to Muslims across Britain and beyond who are celebrating Eid ul Fitr. Ramadan this year - falling during long July days and in the middle of a heatwave - has been a...
View ArticlePress release: Driver training exemption set to cut costs and bureaucracy
A rule forcing mechanics to pay for professional driver training is to be abolished saving UK businesses £29 million, Roads Minister Stephen Hammond has announced.Under current European rules, anyone...
View ArticlePress release: £7 million funding for Cumbria’s flood damaged roads
Roads in Cumbria damaged by devastating flooding in 2009 are to be repaired thanks to government funding, Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin has announced.Cumbria County Council is set to receive...
View ArticleNews story: Michael Fallon's comments on the release of Fuel Poverty...
“This new, better targeted definition will help get support to the most vulnerable in society.“Two million households received cuts to their bills last winter under the Warm Homes Discount, and the...
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