» Tuesday, September 2, 2008Housing announcementPut that the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) had previously said that taxation matters were for the Pre-Budget Report (PBR)/Budget and asked why a taxation matter had been announced before the PBR/Budget, the PMS said that he had previously said that those were matters for the Treasury and the Chancellor; the point at which the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Monday, September 1, 2008EconomyAsked how the forthcoming series of announcements could be characterised, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister would characterise these announcements by saying that clearly we were facing a challenging international economic situation at the moment that was affecting the UK just as it was affecting other countries. We needed to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) RussiaAsked what the Prime Minister was hoping for today on Russia, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had made his views clear in a comprehensive way in his article in the Observer yesterday. In his view it was vital that we sent a strong and united European Union message today, and we must be […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) MiscellaneousAsked if Stephen Carter would be taking on a different role, the PMS replied that as we had been making clear over the past 48 hours when this sentence in one Sunday newspaper first appeared without any substance at all, we did not recognise this story. As he would normally do before any Lobby briefing […] 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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