» Monday, June 7, 2010

Prime Minister’s meeting with President of the European Council

Asked what the Prime Minister and Herman Van Rompuy talked about at their meeting, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was essentially a meeting to go through the issues that would come up at the European Council. Put that there had been a suggestion that the Prime Minister could be asked to reveal […]

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Prime Minister’s speech on the economy

Asked if the 70 billion figure of debt interest mentioned in the Prime Minister’s speech was an annual figure and if it was in today’s prices, the PMS said that the figure was an annual figure and it was best to check with the Treasury in terms of pricing. Put that there had been a […]

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Cabinet

Asked why Cabinet was at a later time this week, the PMS said that Cabinet had been at a number of different days and times so far under this Government. Asked if the Cabinet timing changed so as the Prime Minister could take his children to school and if other people in working life should […]

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Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary trip

Asked what was on the agenda for the Deputy Prime Minister’s trip, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this should be seen in the context of the Foreign Secretary’s tour as well. This was about championing ties with other European countries and the Government had been very clear that it was going to take […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Deficit

Asked if the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister were in total accord over the deficit reduction, the PMS said yes. Asked if the Prime Minister would definitely rule out a return to what had been described as the brutality of the Thatcher years, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out the […]

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Prime Minister’s economy speech

Asked what the percentage of shrinkage was, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had stated that people shouldn’t have a pre-conceived idea about the size of the state, but it was very important to get the private sector moving and see growth in the private sector. Asked in what way the Prime Minister felt […]

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Prime Minister’s pay

sked if it was the case that the former Prime Minister could have claimed 198k and chose to claim 150k and that the new Prime Minister was choosing to claim 142k but could actually claim 198k, the PMS said the Prime Minister’s salary, both the Ministerial and Parliamentary salaries were set by the Senior Salaries […]

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US Defence Secretary

Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting the US Defence Secretary, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be meeting him today. Asked what would be on the agenda, the PMS said that Robert Gates had been touring capitals, he would be meeting the Prime Minister and the National Security Adviser today. They […]

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