» Tuesday, January 15, 2008

MP’s Pay

Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on the future, regarding MPs continuing to have the right to vote on their own pay, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Leader of the House had made a statement on this towards the end of last week; she had set out that she was […]

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Northern Rock

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to be spending any more time on the Northern Rock issue in the next 48 hours, the PMS said that, as had been said at the lobby briefing this morning, this was something which was discussed as part of a wider discussion on economic stability at this morning’s […]

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Public Sector Pay

Asked if, after the 3 year settlement on teachers’ pay, the Government was likely to review their decision on police pay, the PMS said that people should not get drawn into comparing the two; the police award was for 2007 and the teachers’ award was a Government 3 year forward looking public sector pay award, […]

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Peter Hain

Asked if the Prime Minister had a meeting with Peter Hain after Cabinet this morning, the PMS replied that she would not get into discussing the Prime Minister’s individual meetings with Cabinet members. original source.

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) started by telling the journalists that there were two main items discussed at Cabinet. Firstly, there was a general discussion on the economy led by the Chancellor; this included a brief update on the situation regarding Northern Rock. There was then a more general, more thematic discussion around the issue […]

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

Northern Rock

Asked what was said at Cabinet regarding Northern Rock, the PMS said that this issue was discussed in the context of a much wider discussion about the economy and the economic situation, lead by the Chancellor. It was a brief update; the Chancellor reminded Cabinet colleagues that the situation relating to Northern Rock arose originally […]

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Friendly Fire Story

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the latest friendly fire story, the PMS said that it was best to check with the Ministry of Defence on the exact circumstances surrounding the story and that, until we had a clear understanding of the exact circumstances, we would not be able to comment further. original […]

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Teacher’s Pay

Put that the Prime Minister wanted pay to stay under the inflation target, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had said that he wanted settlements that were consistent with meeting our inflation target and that were affordable within departmental spending plans, but also, that we wanted to see an increasing move towards multi-year pay […]

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

Scottish Parliament

Asked for the Prime Minister’s views regarding plans, promoted by Wendy Alexander, to support greater powers for Scottish Parliament, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought it was a good thing that the respective parties in Scotland were having a debate about this issue but that he would want to wait for the outcome […]

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