» Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Energy

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Nick Clegg that energy-generating companies were trying to blackmail the Government by appearing to be unwilling to fund socially beneficial schemes, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that there was a discussion taking place at the moment between Government and the energy companies; you would expect them […]

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TUC

Asked if it was correct that the Prime Minister was not speaking at the TUC this year, the PMS replied that the tradition, as he understood it, was that the main speech alternated between the Chancellor and the Prime Minister; the Prime Minister gave the speech last year so it was the Chancellor s turn […]

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Stamp duty/mortgage financing

Asked if some sort of intervention in mortgage financing was likely to happen, the PMS replied that the Chancellor had announced back in April that Sir James Crosby would look at how we could make the mortgage market, especially the wholesale mortgage market, function more effectively. Crosby produced his interim conclusions in July and we […]

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Northern Ireland

Asked about today s report on the current state of the IRA, the PMS said that he would not say anything ahead of the report being published; the report would be published at 1.15pm, and that would be followed by a press conference. original source.

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Scotland

Asked for the Government s reaction to Alex Salmond s plans to replace council tax with a new income tax, the PMS said that it was a matter for the Scottish Executive. original source.

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