» Thursday, October 21, 2010
PM and DPM Public Meeting
Asked why the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister would both be taking part in the event, the PMS replied that it was not unusual for the two of them to do events together. There had been a big announcement yesterday and no doubt members of the public would have questions they wanted to ask. […]
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» Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Spending Review
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the Chancellor set out the details of the Spending Review (SR) at Cabinet this morning. He set out the principles which governed his approach to the SR; reform, fairness and growth. Reform was about ensuring that we were driving out waste in all areas and promoting reform. Fairness meant […]
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» Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
Asked if there would be more than 490,000 public sector redundancies in the Spending Review, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) advised people to wait for the Chancellor’s statement tomorrow. The PMS said that at the time of the Budget the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) made an assessment of the number of public sector job […]
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Defence Statement
Asked why an experienced politician like the Prime Minister allowed himself to commit a school boy error’ of letting sensitive government documents be photographed, the PMS said that he understood the sensitive document’ in question was the statement that the Prime Minister had just given to Parliament. Put that the Prime Minister had said in […]
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Defence Review
Asked whether final figures for Defence spending would be revealed this afternoon or would people have to wait until the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) tomorrow, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman told the assembled press that people would know about Defence spending this afternoon. When asked to give an assessment in general terms of what kind of […]
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Winter Fuel Allowance
Asked what the Prime Minister had promised in terms of winter fuel payments, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had said that they would be protected. This was also set out in the Coalition Agreement. Put that reports suggesting the winter fuel allowance would go down were untrue, the PMS said that the position […]
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Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
Asked about the BBC Licence fee, the PMS said that the BBC had recently announced that it would be frozen for the next year. Asked about BBC Licence fees for older people, the PMS advised people to wait until tomorrow. Asked when the CSR document would be going to the printers, the PMS said that […]
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» Monday, October 18, 2010
Defence Review
Asked for some broad themes the Prime Minister would touch on in his statement tomorrow, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we had published a National Security Strategy (NSS) today and the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) would be published tomorrow. Asked why the Prime Minister was giving the statement […]
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Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
When asked if the CSR was complete, including the Welfare changes, the PMS replied that as the Chancellor had said yesterday, it was complete. Asked what complete’ meant, the PMS said that it meant that we had made the decisions required to set out budgets for all Government departments. Through that process and the discussions […]
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Banking Code of Conduct
Asked whether the Government was disappointed that Lloyds was not signed up to the Banking Code of Conduct given that it was partly Government owned, the PMS said that he had not seen any statements from banks setting out their intentions. The PMS said he understood that there was some time before this would be […]
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