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The OFT's 'Save Xmas' campaign has had a major impact on people's behaviour towards saving, new independent research shows.
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5 November 2008 16:02
Office of Fair Trading
A Midlands based company that offered cash back incentives to members of the public to encourage them to sign up for expensive mobile phone contracts has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Insolvency Service.
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5 November 2008 15:00
Insolvency Service
John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, will today present an honorary OBE to Professor Paul Matthews, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences at Imperial College.
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5 November 2008 13:53
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Business groups, unions and the government joined forces today for the first meeting of the Fair Employment Enforcement Board.
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5 November 2008 12:33
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Ofwat has provisionally decided not to allow Sutton and East Surrey Water to raise its prices by an average of 10.2% before inflation in 2009-2010.
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5 November 2008 11:15
Water Services Regulation Authority
Twenty of the areas worst hit by alcohol misuse are to receive support as part of a new programme which will help the local health service better identify and intervene with those at risk, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced today.
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5 November 2008 10:29
Department of Health
Some of the UK's top financial services companies will descend on Bahrain from 23 to 25 November to showcase the UK's expertise in Islamic finance at the 15th World Islamic Banking Conference.
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5 November 2008 09:37
UK Trade & Investment
Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities - October 2008
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5 November 2008 09:30
HM Treasury
Every day thousands of road workers across the country put their trust in the hands of around 18 million other road users.
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5 November 2008 06:00
Highways Agency
Graham Holley, Chief Executive of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) said:
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5 November 2008 00:01
Training and Development Agency for Schools
A driver from Cumbria who collided with Highways Agency Traffic Officers while trying to breach their rolling road block has been jailed for nearly five months.
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4 November 2008 17:43
Highways Agency
New amendments to the Government's Planning Bill have been laid in Parliament to strengthen the scrutiny of national policy statements by the House of Lords, and tackle climate change.
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4 November 2008 17:08
Communities and Local Government
NHS CARE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWN FROM PATIENTS WHO CHOOSE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL DRUGS -
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4 November 2008 16:56
Department of Health
At quarter past seven yesterday evening, Falmouth Coastguard received an Inmarsat Standard C Distress alert from a Ukrainan registered cargo vessel called the Katya Zelenko.
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4 November 2008 16:26
Maritime And Coastguard Agency
Richard Foster CBE has been appointed as the new Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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4 November 2008 15:21
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Olu Olasode has been appointed by the Appointments Commission as a Commissioner to the Care Quality Commission with effect from November 1, 2008. Olu is currently a Commission for Social Care Inspection Commissioner and chairs the CSCI Audit and Risk Committee. He is a Board Member of Capacitybuilders. He has been appointed as Chair of the Care Quality Commission's Audit & Risk Committee.
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4 November 2008 15:06
Care Quality Commission
Restrictions which have been in place since the identification of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) in May 2006 have been lifted today.
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4 November 2008 14:34
Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
A new, modern magistrates' court in Loughborough was today officially opened by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Leveson, Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales.
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4 November 2008 14:15
HM Courts Service
The OFT has revoked the consumer credit licence of Vehicle Seller Limited (Vehicle Seller), a vehicle matching company based in north London.
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4 November 2008 12:28
Office of Fair Trading
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today joined Essex Police to congratulate them on being the first police force to deliver the new national Policing Pledge.
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4 November 2008 12:06
Home Office
The age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 from the end of this month, the Government announced today.
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4 November 2008 11:30
Home Office
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice today announced the appointment by Her Majesty of Richard Foster CBE as Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
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4 November 2008 11:00
Ministry of Justice
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice today announced the re-appointment by Her Majesty of Ian Nichol as a Commissioner of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
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4 November 2008 10:43
Ministry of Justice
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has today launched a consultation on new codes of practices for cats, dogs and horses, that will offer practical advice on pet ownership.
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4 November 2008 10:36
Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Local communities will get their next chance to have their say on the eco-town proposals as Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today launches the Government's second round of formal consultation on the proposed locations and standards for eco-towns.
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4 November 2008 10:28
Communities and Local Government
£27 million of new European Social Fund (ESF) money will be invested in innovative projects to help people improve skills and stay in work, or develop new skills and find a new job.
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4 November 2008 10:24
Department for Work And Pensions
A programme of work to develop new and innovative design solutions to help prevent robbery, to crime-proof hot new gadgets and to embed public safety in the design of new public spaces and housing was agreed today by the Home Secretary and the Design and Technology Alliance.
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4 November 2008 09:48
Home Office
Darlington Borough Council referred a proposal to the adjudicator to discontinue Dodmire Infant and Junior Schools and to establish a new community Primary School on the same site from 1 January 2009.
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4 November 2008 09:34
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published the Competition Commission's (CC's) report and recommendations on charges at Stansted Airport, which will govern how much the airport's owner, BAA, can charge airlines during the five-year period beginning April 2009. The report is available on the CAA website at: www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=78&pagetype=90&pageid=10232 and on the CC website at www.competition-commission.org.uk.
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4 November 2008 07:00
Competition Commission
Every day thousands of road workers across the country put their trust in the hands of around 18 million other road users.
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4 November 2008 06:00
Highways Agency
Sixty areas across the country have signed up to become new neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer areas, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today. She also congratulated Essex on being the first police force to deliver the new national Policing Pledge.
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4 November 2008 00:01
Home Office
District Judge Evans will retire from the District Bench on 4 November 2008.
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4 November 2008 00:01
Ministry of Justice - Judicial Appointments
New measures that will simplify workplace dispute resolution and save business over £175m a year reach their final stages in Parliament today.
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4 November 2008 00:01
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
A new £6 million fund to help charitable and voluntary organisations support and develop environmental projects throughout England is being announced by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today.
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3 November 2008 18:16
Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Britain has teamed up with two oil-rich Gulf states to secure a mix of reliable and green energy supplies for the UK and which could see hundreds of millions of pounds pumped into the green energy revolution.
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3 November 2008 17:19
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Arrangements for managing the Government's shareholding in banks subscribing to its recapitalisation fund were announced today by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling.
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3 November 2008 16:43
HM Treasury
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal the convictions of Jason Robert Giles for producing a Class A drug and possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply.
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3 November 2008 15:30
Criminal Cases Review Commission
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision regarding the objection by Peterborough City Council, acting in consultation with the local Admissions Forum, to the admission arrangements for Jack Hunt School.
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3 November 2008 14:15
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
The Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, has today announced that Defra and the English Cattle Industry have agreed to form a new Bovine TB Eradication Group. This will be a joint Defra/Industry group and its remit is set out below. The exact membership of the group will be finalised shortly.
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3 November 2008 14:08
Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Following action taken by the OFT, the High Court has granted an injunction against a West Sussex-based trader responsible for a series of misleading racing tipster mailings.
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3 November 2008 13:34
Office of Fair Trading
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to the admission arrangements of Crompton House (VA) Secondary School. Mr David Taylor, the adjudicator considering the case, has upheld the objection and urged the governors to take full account of the requirements of the Code in its full review of their arrangements for 2010.
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3 November 2008 13:29
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA), the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) are gearing up to take part in Europe's biggest bus and coach event, the Eurobus Expo 2008.
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3 November 2008 12:46
Driving Standards Agency
Issued by News Distribution Service on behalf of Government Equalities Office
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3 November 2008 12:43
News Distribution Service
The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 come into force on Monday 10 November.
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3 November 2008 11:40
Land Registry
If you're thinking about committing benefit fraud, then you need to look over your shoulder because "We're closing in". That's the message from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on the launch of the latest national offensive against benefit thieves.
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3 November 2008 11:26
Department for Work And Pensions
Government plans to protect the taxpayer from the costs of cleaning up new nuclear power stations took a step forward today with the appointment of a watchdog to oversee the decommissioning and waste disposal funding arrangements.
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3 November 2008 11:05
Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Prime Minister's Strategy Unit has today published 'Getting On, Getting Ahead,' which analyses the evidence base on social mobility.
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3 November 2008 10:54
Cabinet Office
The Government has launched two new tribunals today, consisting of a First-tier and an Upper Tribunal. This is part of a radical overhaul of the tribunals' structure designed to strengthen the system and achieve improved and consistent standards for tribunal users.
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3 November 2008 10:33
Ministry of Justice
