» Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Binyam Mohamed

Asked whether the Obama administration reaffirmed the threat to withhold intelligence, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he thought there were a number of assumptions in the question and he was not sure whether we would agree with any of them. Asked whether he recognised the fact that the Obama […]

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PMQ’s

Asked if the Prime Minister thought we were in a depression, the PMS said that the Prime Minister didn t believe that. Asked why he had said that in PMQ s, the PMS said that it was not the Prime Minister s intention going into PMQ s to describe the current global situation by using […]

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Nuclear Weapons

Asked about the Government s response to President Obama s plan to reduce nuclear weapons, the PMS said that David Miliband had given a long speech on this today. We had been very clear for some time that we strongly supported the global commitment to a world free from nuclear weapons and creating the conditions […]

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Total

Asked about the dispute, the PMS said that we certainly welcomed the progress that had been made. We were pleased that the two sides were talking to each other, but this was really something for the company and the union to resolve between themselves. original source.

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Local Council Pensions

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the size of local council pensions, the PMS said that we had made reforms to public sector pensions a few years ago that were quite significant in terms of the total amount of savings made. original source.

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