» Monday, July 12, 2010Departmental structural reformAsked if departments’ future budgets would be published as part of their structural reform plans, the PMS said no; the structural reform plans would set out the programmes for different departments, and would reflect commitments made in the coalition agreement. The spending review process was underway and would report in October, which would have an […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Political memoirsAsked if the Prime Minister had read any of the extracts from Lord Mandelson’s new book about the coalition talks, the PMS said that the Prime Minister did not spend a huge amount if time reading newspaper reviews this morning; he had other things to do. Asked if the Prime Minister kept a diary and […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) EducationAsked if there were any plans to help schools who would be told they would no longer get money from Building Schools for the Future, the PMS said that it was important to remember that before this government came in there had already been a substantial reduction in capital spending programmed in, so we were […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Race Online/digital inclusionAsked if the Prime Minister wanted to close down unnecessary government websites, the PMS said that we were trying to streamline the government’s web presence. Asked how the targeted ten million people who were not yet online would do so if places like libraries were closing down, the PMS said that Race Online had published […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandPut that the First Minister had written to the Prime Minister to express his outrage that the referendum would be held on the same day as Scottish elections, the PMS said that he was sure the Prime Minister would reply to the letter. The position was clear; there was a cost saving from holding the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Lords reformAsked for the Prime Minister’s view on non-dom peers, the PMS said that the position on this was set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act; the provisions of that act were about lawmakers and their tax status. The intention was to ensure that those people who were making laws in this country, paid […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Friday, July 9, 2010Prime Minister’s visit to the South WestAsked why the Prime Minister was visiting a junior school today rather than a secondary school in need of building work, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was going to this particular school because the head teacher had sent in a submission to the spending review. Asked what the teacher had […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Office for Budget ResponsibilityAsked when the Government became aware that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) had made changes to their forecast regarding job losses, the PMS said that reporters should speak to the Treasury about the process leading up to the Budget. The most important point was that this was the OBR’s forecast and it was independent. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Chief of Defence StaffAsked if a new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) would be announced next week, the PMS said that a process was underway to appoint a new CDS, and we would make an announcement when ready. Asked if the Prime Minister had been consulted about who the new CDS should be and if he would interview […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) British Ambassador in BeirutAsked what the Prime Minister thought about the blog posted by the British Ambassador in Beirut regarding Hezbollah, the PMS said that the Foreign Office had dealt with this; the Ambassador had been expressing a personal view and the blog had been taken down. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) 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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