» Friday, July 30, 2010

Structural Reform Plans

Asked if there were more details of the Government Structural Reform Plan update, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said these are the plans which each government department had published, setting out their key priorities and their milestones. When the plans were announced the Government committed to publishing monthly update reports and the first of these […]

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Structural Reform Plans

Asked if there were more details of the Government Structural Reform Plan update, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said these are the plans which each government department had published, setting out their key priorities and their milestones. When the plans were announced the Government committed to publishing monthly update reports and the first of these […]

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Trident

Asked if there had been any research done on any possible impact to Britain’s Armed Forces if Trident was paid out of the Defence Budget, the PMS said the key thing was that the Government was committed to a nuclear deterrent. The Strategic Defence Review (SDSR) was on going, as was the Spending Review and […]

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Trident

Asked if there had been any research done on any possible impact to Britain’s Armed Forces if Trident was paid out of the Defence Budget, the PMS said the key thing was that the Government was committed to a nuclear deterrent. The Strategic Defence Review (SDSR) was on going, as was the Spending Review and […]

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Welfare Reform

Asked if the Prime Minister had accepted Iain Duncan Smith’s view that marginal pension rates had been made worse in the Budget, the PMS said the Work and Pensions Secretary had been very clear both in his speech and the media interviews this morning that our welfare system needed fundamental reform. Asked for the Prime […]

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Welfare Reform

Asked if the Prime Minister had accepted Iain Duncan Smith’s view that marginal pension rates had been made worse in the Budget, the PMS said the Work and Pensions Secretary had been very clear both in his speech and the media interviews this morning that our welfare system needed fundamental reform. Asked for the Prime […]

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» Thursday, July 29, 2010

Default Retirement Age

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about criticism from some in the business sector that the proposal to scrap the Default Retirement Age (DRA) would create uncertainty, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that the point of this was to give greater choice to both employers and employees. We knew that older workers brought a […]

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Default Retirement Age

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about criticism from some in the business sector that the proposal to scrap the Default Retirement Age (DRA) would create uncertainty, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that the point of this was to give greater choice to both employers and employees. We knew that older workers brought a […]

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Prime Minister’s Trip to India

Asked who decided that the Prime Minister should stay in a hotel that had a butler, the PMS said that accommodation was chosen on both financial and practical considerations. The Prime Minister had said this morning that he wasn’t aware of such a service, but we understood it was the normal practice of the hotel […]

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Prime Minister’s Trip to India

Asked who decided that the Prime Minister should stay in a hotel that had a butler, the PMS said that accommodation was chosen on both financial and practical considerations. The Prime Minister had said this morning that he wasn’t aware of such a service, but we understood it was the normal practice of the hotel […]

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