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This policy statement commits the department to maintaining its Environmental Management System to ISO 14001, and more specifically to the prevention…
I am today publishing a paper which sets out the next steps in the Government’s reform of the social housing system, in light of the responses…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Written ministerial statement by Rt Hon Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on the publication of the Robert Hamill Inquiry.
Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan was in Aberystwyth to visit the National Library of Wales and Aberystwyth University. Mrs Gillan…
Welsh Office Minister David Jones today praised the Big Society spirit of Mid Wales as he visited voluntary and community organisations to…
The Prime Minister said on Monday that at the heart of the Big Society is rebuilding responsibility and giving people more control over their…
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles urges councils to let citizen journalists and bloggers in to council meetings.
A letter from the Local Government Minister to all councils urging greater access to council meetings
Emerging world markets and innovation by Scottish companies are key to securing Scotland's economy in the future, the Secretary of State for Scotland heard on a visit to Glasgow today (Wednesday 23 February).
The Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore met children from the Big Noise Orchestra today to see how music is helping to bring the local community together.
The Government has today written to the presiding officers of the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales to give them the opportunity to signal whether they wish to vary the dates of their 2015 elections by …
The coalition government has agreed to guarantee an additional £199.5m for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
HRH The Earl of Wessex attended a presentation of Duke Of Edinburgh Gold Awards at Hillsborough Castle.
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex on the third engagement of the day visited The Spectrum Centre, Shankill Road Belfast to celebrate the success of the Belfast Activity Centre (BAC) with their youth building programmes.
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex has presented 13 inmates at Hydebank Young Offenders' Centre in Belfast with Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award certificates today.
Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has welcomed the Welfare Reform Bill as the biggest shake up of the welfare system for 60 years and…
Basic carbon tool can assist authorities in demonstrating the carbon benefits of bids to the local sustainable transport fund.
Locally elected councillors should all have to vote on decisions about whether they want to pay staff salaries over £100,000, Local Government…
A number of councils are risking their reputations by salami slicing jobs and slashing services without cutting out all the waste first. …
Read the latest Labour market Statistics for Scotland
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