http://www.number10.gov.uk The official site of the Prime Minister's Office Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Prime Minister has sent his best wishes to the hundreds of thousands of marchers that are expected to take place in this year's Pride London. About a million people are expected to march through the capital this afternoon to promote equality and diversity and raise awareness of discrimination and the ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19919 The UN Secretary-General's visit to Burma today is a "crucial moment" for the international community, Gordon Brown has said. Writing in a blog for the Huffington Post, the Prime Minister called for the country's leaders to release political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi to mark Ban Ki Moon's arrival. Mr Brown and ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19926 The Prime Minister has written a blog post for the Huffington Post about the UN Secretary-General's visit to Burma, published on 3 July 2009. Read the blog post When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon meets the military dictatorship in Burma today he will have the whole world with him. His mission, to persuade ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19925 The Prime Minister has paid tribute to two soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed with 18-year-old Trooper Joshua Hammond, of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, in Helmand province on Wednesday. The men were travelling in an armoured vehicle which ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19917 Sarah Brown has joined high profile women from around the world calling for the release of Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon arrives in Burma. Ms Suu Kyi is accused of violating the terms of her house arrest and could face a further ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19819 Briefing by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on: Royal Mail, standards legislation, crossrail/public spending and misc Royal Mail Asked what the Prime Minister thought needed to be done about Royal Mail’s pension black hole, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that, as Lord Mandelson said yesterday, the pension remained a matter for the ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19910 [z1video type="brightcove" id="28365883001" width="300" height="254"] Plans to crack down on persistent rogue traders and to ban unsolicited credit card cheques were announced today as the Government published its Consumer White Paper. Read more about the white paper The Prime Minister met debt advisers and their clients in Yorkshire to discuss the white paper ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19897 Briefing by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on: public spending, post office and misc Public Spending Asked if the Prime Minister had made a mistake at PMQs this morning when he said that there would be a 0% rise in public spending, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had ... http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19909