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Talent Challenge

Asked what the Talent Challenge was and where it would be held, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman told the assembled press that it was something being organised by Business in the Community. The Talent Challenge was about how to harness the talent of every individual in the country and it was something that Business in the […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Pre-charge Detention

Asked to explain why 42-day detention was better than any other amount of time, the PMS said that he was happy to go through the issue again following that morning’s detailed discussion on the subject if people wanted him to. At which point, the question was withdrawn. Asked if the Government was confident of it […]

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Alcohol

Put that Ben Bradshaw said in the Commons that afternoon that the Government was considering legislation on cut-price alcohol and how could you legislate against that unless a minimum price was brought in, the PMS said that he was not aware of the exact context in which Ben Bradshaw had made those remarks, so he […]

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Lisbon

Asked if there had been any news on the EU Summit, the PMS said that we were in exactly the same place in terms of scheduling, as we were this morning. original source.

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Pre-charge Detention

Asked why the figure 42 was plucked out of the ether, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that we were not plucking anything out of the ether as suggested. We were putting in place stronger safeguards around circumstances where an extension beyond 28 days might be necessary, that was the key point to focus on […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister was still confident that the economy was "tickety-boo", the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s position was that no country can insulate itself from the ups and downs of the world economy. The key thing was whether or not the framework and policies were in place to steer a course […]

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EU Treaty

Asked how the Prime Minister could be appearing before the Liaison Committee and go to Lisbon, the PMS replied since yesterday the Liaison Committee had announced that they will be bringing forward the start of the hearing. This was a sign that we were doing everything we could to enable the Prime Minister to be […]

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Misc

Asked how many times the Prime Minister had spoken to Wendy Alexander this week, the PMS replied that this fell into the category of both private conversations and Labour Party matters, and therefore he would not comment. Asked what the Prime Minister’s take was on Dave Hartnett’s assertion yesterday that the lost CDs were part […]

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