» Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Economy
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that bankers used an appropriate form of words this morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that we did not have any particular comment on this. There was an ongoing Treasury Select Committee inquiry, and we looked forward to receiving it and the recommendations from it. Asked who else […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Jobs
Asked for the Prime Minister’s reaction to 2,300 job losses at RBS today, the PMS replied that obviously any job losses were a matter for regret, and we stood ready to provide whatever support we could through DWP and Job Centre Plus to help those affected. original source.
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Jacqui Smith
Put that the Prime Minister had said early this week that banks should ask themselves some searching questions, and asked if the Prime Minister thought there was a case for Jacqui Smith to ask herself some searching questions over expenses, the PMS replied that in relation in Jacqui Smith, as people knew, she had been […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Cabinet
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a run down of what was discussed at Cabinet. There had been a discussion led by Ed Miliband on the action the Government was taking to help people save money through saving energy, there was an update on issues relating to the voluntary sector from Liam Byrne […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Economy
Asked for more detail on the discussion concerning the economy, the PMS replied that it had been more of an update from the Prime Minster on where we were for example, with the implementation of measures to get banks lending again. As people would know, we were expecting some announcements from the US and others […]
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Select Committee
Put that bankers had been in front of the Select Committee this morning and had the Prime Minister been aware of what they had said, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had had Cabinet this morning and had since been in other meetings, so he didn’t really want to comment on that evidence session […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Royal Mail
Asked if there had been any discussion of Royal Mail in Cabinet, the PMS said only in passing in relation to upcoming parliamentary business. Asked whether the Government was still committed to the part-privatisation of Royal Mail, the PMS said that the Government’s position on the Royal Mail had not changed from the position that […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
President Sarkozy
Asked whether the Prime Minister was satisfied with President Sarkozy’s statement that he deplored the way in which his comments had been reported, the PMS said he did not think it was really for the Government to comment on. Asked whether the Prime Minister shared the President’s concern about the way in which his comments […]
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President Mugabe
Asked whether the Prime Minister had seen the reports that Robert Mugabe was planning to hold an extravagant 85th birthday party, the PMS said that we had seen these reports. We needed to look into the veracity of them, but clearly the Prime Minister’s views on President Mugabe and the excesses of his regime were […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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