» Tuesday, June 30, 2009Public Spending Cuts
Put that there had been reports of heated exchanges at Cabinet about spending cuts and how would he characterise the exchanges at Cabinet, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he would characterise the general mood and exchanges as being very constructive and good tempered. Asked if there was a move towards changing the approach on the subject, the PMS said he would not get into the specifics of the Cabinet discussion. There was a wide-ranging discussion, with the Cabinet talking about how we took forward Building Britain s Future, the economy, Iran, Swine Flu, the Financial Services White Paper and the International Development White Paper. Asked if there was any discussion of when there might be a spending review, the PMS said he would not be getting into the specifics of the meeting. The position on that subject was set out by the Prime Minister yesterday. Asked if there was any discussion on spending cuts, the PMS said that there was a wide-ranging discussion that covered a whole range of issues. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Search for related news 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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