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John Penrose has today published the list of applications to get on the UK's new Tentative List of sites for World Heritage status.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Candidates range from the Shetland Isles in Scotland to the Dover Strait in southern England.
Introduction Thank you to Intellect for inviting me to speak today. The early twentieth century US President Woodrow Wilson said “if you …
Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Around 250,000 pensioners will start getting £80 off their next electricity bill from this month.
A new action plan for the radical shift of power from Whitehall to local councils and communities that will make the Big Society part of every…
Speech by Sir Nick Harvey Minister for the Armed Forces.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has called on Iran to put an immediate stay to the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani by stoning.
Statement by Philip Parham, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Private Thomas Sephton, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, who died in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, on Monday 5 July 2010, of wounds sus…
Micahael Moore welcomes six sites to the UK Government list for UNESCO World Heritage Status.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommends that naphyrone, often marketed as the 'legal high' NRG-1, should be made a Class B drug.
NRG-1, should be made a Class B drug, recommends the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in its advice to government.
A radical plan to banish nonsense red tape and repeal unnecessary laws was unveiled by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today. In a speech…
On Sunday 4 July, prominent Syrian Human Rights Defender, 79 year old Haitham Al Maleh was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of “weakening national morale”.
Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement to the House of Commons today about the treatment of terror suspects.
The Prime Minister has spoken at the FCO Leadership Conference which took place in London on 6 July.
An independent inquiry will be held into whether the UK was implicated in improper treatment of terror suspects held by other countries in the aftermath of 9/11, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.
…Eric Pickles calls time on 'non-jobs' and urges greater vigilance over how every taxpayer pound is spent.…
Foreign Secretary William Hague has today welcomed Israel's decision to move from a list of 120 permitted goods to a list of specific prohibited items in Gaza.
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