» Tuesday, March 24, 2009Global Banks MeetingAsked for a readout of the meeting with chief executives of global banks, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that ahead of the G20 Summit and following on from the G20 Finance Ministers meeting there was clear agreement about the importance of supporting the global economy, restoring lending by dealing head on with troubled […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Mervyn KingAsked for the Prime Minister s response to Mervyn King s comments today, the PMS said that Yvette Cooper had been giving interviews in the last few minutes on this. The Bank of England (BoE) and the Governor of the BoE supported the action that the Government had taken in the form of fiscal stimulus, […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the fall in sterling, the PMS said that we never commented on the pound. Asked about the Prime Minister s response to the CBI figures today, the PMS said that the Governor of the BoE had given his assessment in his letter to the Chancellor, to which […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Meeting with BankersAsked for a readout from the meeting, the Prime Minister s Spokesman told the assembled press that the meeting was just breaking up as he was leaving, so there was no readout just yet. As we had been saying, the meeting with bankers was part of the global discussion that the Prime Minister and the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetAsked for a Cabinet readout, the PMS replied that there was a presentation from the Home Secretary on the updated Contest Strategy, which set out the reasons for the update and the main changes to the strategy paper. There was also a short presentation by the Chancellor on the economy. Asked about what he had […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Inflation FiguresAsked if there was a sense of relief after the figures had been released and was there any sense that the corner had been turned on inflation, the PMS replied that the Government s view was that these were difficult times for the UK and the global economy and as the Chancellor had set out […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Public Sector PayAsked if the Prime Minister anticipated any freeze on public sector pay in the next two years, the PMS said that as the Treasury had been making clear, there had been no decisions yet on public sector pay. The Government was considering the recommendations of the pay review bodies and would make an announcement in […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Jaguar Land RoverPut that Tata were asking for 500million worth of loan guarantees for Jaguar Land Rover and were they likely to get them, the PMS said that questions on assistance to car manufacturers were best addressed to the Department for Business, who had been meeting with car manufacturers over the last couple of months, to discuss […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) G20Asked why the Prime Minister thought the G20 was relevant to ordinary people in Britain, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor had both been setting out in recent weeks and months why the G20 agenda was important for the global economy and therefore the UK economy. It was important that G20 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) PakistanAsked if the Prime Minister was happy with the amount of cooperation there was from Pakistan on counter-terrorism, the PMS said that on the specifics of militants operating in Pakistan, he would not comment on speculation on intelligence operations, but as we had remarked before and as the Prime Minister commented when he visited Pakistan […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) 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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