» Wednesday, September 3, 2008EnergyAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) TUCAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Stamp duty/mortgage financingAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Northern IrelandAsked 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. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked 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. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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