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Pakistan

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by informing Lobby that the Prime Minister attended a meeting earlier today held by David Miliband and Douglas Alexander with senior members of the British-Pakistani community. The purpose of the meeting was to hear directly from them the issues surrounding the current situation in Pakistan. Asked where the meeting […]

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Chief of Strategy

Asked for more information on the new Chief of Strategy, when did the Prime Minister first meet him, and did he know him well, the PMS replied that the press notice largely spoke for itself. As the Prime Minister said, Stephen Carter was somebody of huge talents and experience who would be a welcome addition […]

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Fabio Capello

Asked if the Prime Minister had a message of support for the new England football manager, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had written to Mr Capello to wish him well. Asked for a copy of the letter, the PMS replied that we did not usually disclose the Prime Minister’s private correspondence original source.

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Health

Asked for more detail on how people would be targeted for screening, would there for example be a letter going out to every man over sixty, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister was the Prime Minister, he was not the Secretary of State for Health and he was not the Chief Executive of the […]

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Prison Service

Asked why the Government felt the need to crackdown on strikes in the Prison Service, the PMS replied that we would have to wait for Jack Straw’s statement to the House of Commons later today. original source.

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Health Speech

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by saying a few words on the Prime Minister’s health speech. In addition to the information given out that morning on screening, there were two further aspects of the speech that he would draw people’s attention to. The first of these was further action being taken to overcome failure […]

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

Nuclear Power

Asked about the energy announcements on Thursday, the PMS said that it would include the decision of whether or not to go ahead with the next generation of nuclear power stations. Asked what else would be included, the PMS said that it would probably be best to wait for the announcement. Asked if it would […]

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Energy Prices

Asked if the Prime Minister shared the Chancellor’s concerns about energy prices, the PMS said that the Government’s view in general was that we do have a competitive market for energy prices in this country and that price changes were commercial decisions. However, Minister’s were concerned, the Prime Minister as well as the Chancellor, about […]

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Misc

Asked when people could expect the public pay review settlement, the PMS said that he was not in a position at the moment to make any announcement on that. However the Prime Minister made his views on the matter very clear yesterday. Asked if the Prime Minister had any message to give the new England […]

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