News story: Fuel rebate extension plans to remote inland areas take step forward
Fuel retailers in remote areas of the UK are being asked to let the government know how much they charge for petrol and diesel as the government prepares to seek permission from the European Commission...
View ArticlePress release: Wales Office Ministers welcome National Eisteddfod’s return to...
Updated: Added translationSecretary of State for Wales David Jones will welcome the event back to Denbigh for the first time since 2001 when he visits the Maes on Monday (5 August). He will visit...
View ArticlePress release: DfT statistics on road casualties and renewable fuels
The Department for Transport has today (1 August 2013) published the following statistics:Reported road casualties Great Britain: Quarter 1 2013 provisional estimatesReported road casualties in Great...
View ArticlePress release: A new era for the Planning Portal website
The Planning Portal website that provides a one-stop shop for processing planning applications and accessing guidance, is now accepting expressions of interest for investment to ensure it’s enhanced to...
View ArticleNews story: Moore highlights Heritage Lottery Fund role in Scotland
The Black Watch Museum at Balhousie Castle in Perth received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant approval of over £750,000 in March 2012 and last month officially re-opened to the public. The funding...
View ArticleSpeech: London International Shipping Week preview reception
OpeningGood evening ladies and gentlemen and thank you Jim for that warm welcome. While I come with apologies from Stephen Hammond, Shipping and Ports Minister who is currently overseas, I do have some...
View ArticlePress release: Working peerages announced
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the following:Working PeersConservative partyRichard Balfe – former MEP and...
View ArticlePress release: £1.9 million to tackle bed and breakfast living
Communities Minister Don Foster said today (1 August 2013), that the money must be used by councils to reduce the number of families unlawfully stuck in this unsuitable accommodation in their area.He...
View ArticleNews story: National Archive records from 1983 released
The official records of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Office from 1983 have been released by the National Archives.Following a change to the Public Records Act, this is the first year...
View ArticleNews story: New appointments to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
The decision to appoint two deputy chairs to support Independent Police Complaints Commission chair Dame Anne Owers reflects the IPCC’s expanding workload, including the ongoing Hillsborough...
View ArticleSpeech: Speech of House of Commons' Speaker at Rangoon University, Burma
It is an enormous privilege and honour, and a personal joy, for me to be with you here today. I come not only as Speaker of the House of Commons in the British Parliament, but perhaps more...
View ArticlePress release: Yorkshire flag flies at Department for Communities and Local...
Yorkshire Day falls on the anniversary of the Battle of Minden, part of the Seven Years War, which was fought on the 1 August 1759. Soldiers from a Yorkshire regiment played a significant part in the...
View ArticlePress release: Olympic-spirited Derbyshire Village Games project wins Big...
The Derbyshire Village Games project, developed by the not-for-profit Community Sports Trust, has received the Big Society Award from the Prime Minister for invigorating grassroots sport across rural...
View ArticlePress release: £25 million for advanced biofuel demonstration projects
Transport Minister Norman Baker has today (1 August 2013) announced £25 million of capital funding to enable the construction of demonstration-scale waste to fuel and other advanced biofuel plants in...
View ArticleNews story: Last chance to keep Birkin’s Bentley Blower, Jane Austen ring,...
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey took the decisions following recommendations by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), administered by Arts Council...
View ArticlePress release: Multi-million pound investment in offshore wind industry to...
Government and business have today published a long-term strategy that will strengthen the UK’s position in the offshore wind industry. The multi-million pound investment has the potential to unlock £7...
View ArticleNews story: Minister of State hails the Game of Three Halves
Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Mike Penning MP was a guest at the ‘Game of Three Halves’ initiative today, which aims to unite young people from both sides of the community by coaching them in...
View ArticlePress release: PHE publishes new National Child Measurement Programme...
Public Health England (PHE) is publishing new guidance on the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) today (1 August) for implementation in the 2013 to 2014 school year.The guidance supports local...
View ArticleNews story: Resignation of Chairman of Serious Organised Crime Agency
The Home Secretary Theresa May has accepted the resignation of Sir Ian Andrews from his role as Chairman of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), with effect from 2 August 2013. Sir Ian tendered...
View ArticleNews story: UK Government’s multi-million pound strategy to boost Scotland’s...
Certainty and security are central to sustained investment in Scotland’s significant offshore wind resources the Secretary of State for Scotland has said on the day the UK Government and business...
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