In Focus

Commenting on the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Internocracy on unpaid internships, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts said:

The Government has published two command papers today setting out its response to reports published during the previous Parliament by the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee on Impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research and the Lords Science and Technology Select Committee on Setting priorities for publicly funded research.

The Hearing Aid Council (HAC) will close its doors formally as a Non-departmental Public Body on 1 August 2010.

Two former modelling agency Directors have been banned from running an employment agency for a total of twelve years following action taken by the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS).

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable today announced the appointment of Sir John Savill as Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Tackling underage sales and the drink-fuelled crime and anti-social behaviour that blights many of our communities is a key priority for the Home Office, Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire emphasised on a visit to Newquay tonight.

At half past one this afternoon, Falmouth Coastguard received several 999 calls reporting an incident at Little Fistral Beach, Newquay.

Today, the Prime Minister David Cameron and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh agreed to the extension of the successful UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), which has already created almost 600 new partnerships between UK and Indian institutions at all levels of the education system.  The new programme will be funded by both Governments.

A £2million boost in funding to help local authorities deal with flood risk assessments was announced today by Environment Minister Richard Benyon as part of a package of measures to help prevent and manage future flooding.

Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable has welcomed a series of multi-million pound deals that were announced on Thursday morning in New Delhi between UK and Indian firms.  The deals will support hundreds of jobs in the UK. 

A consultation to help improve care services and healthcare outcomes for adults with autism in England was launched today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk has today announced a £1.5 million investment in the development of wave energy technology during a visit to the South West RDA’s Wave Hub project at Hayle.

A regional breakdown of the fight against piracy and counterfeiting in the UK has been revealed in a new report published today. 

Simon Fraser, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced today that Geoff Dart will become the new Director of the Office of Manpower Economics (OME).

Key results

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable today announced the appointment of Professor Paul Boyle as Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:

The Government’s review of waste policies has been formally launched today.

The Competition Commission (CC) is consulting on changes to the way retail payment protection insurance (retail PPI) is sold.

The Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be consigned to the history books by October 2011 under proposals published for consultation by the Government today.

At half past three this afternoon, Liverpool Coastguard were alerted to an incident in the water at Blackpool beach involving two fourteen year olds.

The UK and India are planning wide-ranging agreements in science and technology to cement bilateral cooperation in medicine, R&D, ICT, energy and education to the benefit of both counties.

Minister for Regional and local economic development, Mark Prisk and Minister for Decentralisation, Greg Clark,  today hosted a round table event with business groups, local authorities and think tanks to listen to their views on the creation of local enterprise partnerships.

The June data from Land Registry's flagship House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 8.4 per cent.  This is the eighth month in a row in which the annual figure has been positive and takes the average property value in England and Wales to £166,072.  The monthly change from May to June is an increase of 0.1 per cent.

Six successful bidders will share £660,000 match funding from the Department of Business for gas refuelling or electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.