» Monday, October 18, 2010
Spending Review
Asked why the Spending Review was no longer called the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that pre-1997 they were not called Spending Reviews, they were called Public Expenditure Rounds and they happened annually. In 1997, the first Spending Review under the previous government, and possibly the second, were referred to […]
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Strategic Defence and Security Review
Asked when the next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) would be, the PMS said that there was currently no timing for the next SDSR. We had been clear that the National Security Council (NSC) would continually look at the issue of national security and the Government would report annually to Parliament on the strategy. […]
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» Friday, October 15, 2010
Aid Workers
Asked if there was any further news on the aid workers kidnapped in Somalia, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we had seen the reports and were looking into the situation. original source.
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Bill Wiggin
Asked if Bill Wiggin had resigned and if not, why not, the PMS said that he had not resigned. The Committee had asked him to apologise and pay a sum of money back and he was doing that. Put that the Prime Minister had commented on Bill Wiggin on GMTV last year, the PMS said […]
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Strategic Defence Review
Asked if the Strategic Defence Review had gone to the printers yet, the PMS said that he did not know but advised people to speak to the Cabinet Office on printing deadlines for various documents. Asked if the Ministry of Defence had settled with the Treasury, the PMS replied that we would be settling with […]
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Pupil Premium
Asked whether the 7bn premium would be barnetised’, the PMS said that the Deputy Prime Minister had set out some details today, but full details would be set out next week. Asked where the 7bn funding had come from, the PMS said that the total amount being spent by the Government over the next few […]
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» Thursday, October 14, 2010
Chile
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) informed the assembled press that the Prime Minister spoke to President Pinera of Chile yesterday afternoon. The Prime Minister offered his warm congratulations on the success of the rescue operation. The thoughts of the British people were with the people of Chile. There was huge admiration in Britain for the […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked why the Home Office was issuing new guidance on returning asylum seekers to Zimbabwe and what had changed in Zimbabwe to effect the change, the PMS said that the situation had been kept under review and was recognition of progress in the country and that there was a new Government in place. The PMS […]
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Linda Norgrove
Asked if the Linda Norgrove case would be discussed in the Prime Minister’s meeting with General Petraeus today, the PMS confirmed that he expected it to be discussed, but he made it clear that it was not our intention to provide a day by day account of the investigation. Our objective and our priority was […]
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Quangos
Asked how many quangos were actually disappearing as a result of that day’s announcement, the PMS said that as a result of the announcement more than half of those bodies would be reformed in some way to ensure that they were designed in the right way to do their job. As Frances Maude was making […]
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