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Sir Fred Goodwin Pension

Asked if the Government was going to explore all the legal avenues within the existing law rather than possible new laws, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that our focus was on firstly, looking at Fred Goodwin s contract and whether or not the payments that were made were consistent with his employment contract. […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Sir Fred Goodwin

Asked repeatedly whether the Prime Minister agreed with Harriet Harman that Sir Fred Goodwin would not get his pension, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had been setting out his views on this in the last hour or so and everyone in Government was determined to ensure […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2)

US Trip

Asked for more information on the US trip, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be travelling to the US later today. The Prime Minister would be meeting President Obama tomorrow as well as Vice President Biden. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister would be giving a speech to the US Congress. In terms of […]

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Afghanistan

Asked if there were any particular countries that President Obama and the Prime Minister would be asking for more help from, the PMS said he would not start naming individual countries, but clearly this would be a big issue for discussion at the NATO Summit in early April. Asked if they would be appealing to […]

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Business Lending Guarantee Scheme

Asked if the scheme was behind schedule, the PMS said that we were on track with the launch of the Working Capital Scheme. We were now formally entering negotiations with the banks in relation to specific portfolios. original source.

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Royal Mail

Asked if the Prime Minister was open to further consultation on the Royal Mail package, the PMS said that we were happy to discuss our proposals with whoever wanted to discuss them with us. However, we set out the legislation last week; the Prime Minister had set out why he thought the approach we had […]

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Misc

Asked whether the Government would consider stepping in if HSBC failed to raise the money needed through private investors, the PMS said that he would not answer a hypothetical question on something that was very market-sensitive. Put that the US was not attending the UN Conference on Racism and was there a view from the […]

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