» Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Economy

Asked if there was anything the Government wanted to apologise for, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that we had made the position on lessons learned very clear. In regards to the global financial crisis the Prime Minister had said in his FPA speech on 26th January that all of us had lessons to […]

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Washington

Asked when the Prime Minister had been told that there wasn t going to be a full press conference with President Obama in the Rose Garden, the PMS said that it was for the US administration to decide how it hosted media events. Our understanding was that there was a plan for a media event […]

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PFI Support

Asked for more details on the announcement, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that it would come in the form of a Written Statement, which hadn t been issued as yet, so it would be best for people to wait for the full statement. The PMS added that the Government would […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

US Trip

Asked for an explanation as to why the news conference this afternoon had been downgraded and whether the working lunch with President Obama would still take place, the PMS replied that he did not accept the premise of the question on media availability, which would still go ahead; there would still be a meeting with […]

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Lahore Attacks

Asked for a response to the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team this morning, the PMS said that DCMS had put out a statement this morning from Andy Burnham, which described the attack as shocking and senseless. It went on to say that the game of cricket brings players, spectators and nations together in […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Economy

Asked whether the Prime Minister had made any mistakes in the run-up to the credit crunch and the subsequent recession, the PMS replied that what we had seen today was a re-run of comments that had previously been made by both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister on events leading up to the global financial […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Sir Fred Goodwin

Asked when the Prime Minister was first made aware of the size of Sir Fred Goodwin s pension, the PMS said that he did not have the date to hand. Asked why the Chancellor had expressed his incredulity over the size of Mr Goodwin s pension when the Government had known about it since October, […]

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