» Thursday, April 3, 2008
Alcohol Duty
Asked whether the Prime Minister had any comment on Gerry Sutcliffe’s criticisms of the Budget and the fact that plans for an escalation on alcohol duty was going to damage pubs, the PMS said that he had not seen the comments from Gerry Sutcliffe and neither had the Prime Minister. Without knowing their full context, […]
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Mortages
Asked whether the Prime Minister had any reaction to mortgage lenders not offering their services to customers, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had said in his press conference earlier that week that the tough and difficult action taken on public sector pay during the course of last year had helped keep inflationary pressure […]
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» Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe
Asked for an update on the situation in Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that people would have heard the reports and comments from the opposition parties, but as the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement, it was the analysis of the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission that we would need to […]
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PMQ’s
Asked if the Prime Minister planned to let Harriet Harman do PMQ’s more often, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was focussing on his work at the NATO Summit at the moment. The Prime Minister was being kept informed of developments in the UK as people would expect. The PMS said the process that […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
NATO
The PMS gave an update on who the Prime Minister would be having meetings with at the NATO Summit. There would be a bilateral with the Romanian President and he was then meeting with the Danish Prime Minister. Danish and UK troops were in the same area of operation in Afghanistan, so they would be […]
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NATO Summit
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a summary of the Prime Minister’s schedule at the NATO Summit. The Prime Minister would arrive at the NATO Summit this afternoon and we would then update people on any bilateral meetings he had. He would be attending a dinner this evening. There would be a meeting […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Zimbabwe
Asked for the Government’s understanding of what was happening in Zimbabwe at the moment, the PMS said the position was unclear at the moment in terms of when the election results were to be published. The Prime Minister recorded a clip on Zimbabwe during his visit this morning, reiterating what he said yesterday about respecting […]
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Bertie Ahern
Asked for a reaction to the resignation of Bertie Ahern, the PMS said that this had been announced while she was in transit from Downing Street to the lobby briefing. We would issue a statement shortly, but it was not something she was going to comment on just yet. original source.
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Russia
Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about relations between Russia and Britain due to the fact that the UK had been assigned another Russian dissident, the PMS said she would not comment on circumstances around an individual, but more generally, the Prime Minister had been clear recently with the election of the new Russian […]
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Economy
Put that First Direct had stopped issuing new mortgages to customers and did the Prime Minister have any words of reassurance for the public, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had talked in his press conference about understanding the concerns of home buyers and those with mortgages, but also set out the position that […]
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