» Monday, March 10, 2008

Enterprise Agenda

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with John Hutton that we should celebrate businessmen who earn huge salaries, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had always been a very keen supporter of the enterprise agenda. Asked if the Prime Minister thought that some of the salaries were out of proportion, the PMS said that […]

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Child Poverty

Asked if the Government was going to abandon the 2010 child poverty target, the PMS said that there were no plans to abandon the 2010 target. original source.

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Energy Companies

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that energy companies were doing enough to help low income households, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister said something about this at Prime Minister’s Questions a couple of weeks ago and, as we had repeatedly said, Ministers were naturally concerned about the effects that energy price rises had […]

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Commonwealth Day

Asked if the Prime Minister had a Commonwealth Day message, the PMS replied that he was sure he did and that we would circulate one to those people who were interested. original source.

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Lord Goldsmith

Asked how Lord Goldsmith’s report would be produced, the PMS replied that, for guidance, journalists should not anticipate any substantial Government response to this tomorrow. Asked why there would be no response, the PMS said that there would be lots of interesting proposals in the report which would then no doubt provoke a debate. The […]

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Budget

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about leaks regarding the Budget, the PMS replied that there was always speculation at this time of the Budget process. Asked if the Prime Minister bemoaned the fact that leaks at the Treasury had got worse since he left, the PMS said that he would let the journalist […]

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Heathrow

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy with the way the consultation of Heathrow was carried out, the PMS replied yes. original source.

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Weather

Asked if the Prime Minister had any meetings planned regarding the weather conditions, the PMS said that there was nothing specific planned at the moment but obviously this was a fast-moving situation and if that were to change we would let people know. original source.

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