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Health Event

The PMS informed journalists that the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary would launch the listening exercise as referred to in the Health Secretary’s statement on Monday at an event tomorrow. Asked what the aim of the listening exercise was and why the Prime Minister and the Government felt it was necessary, the […]

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Pakistan Aid

Asked if the aid for Pakistan announced by the Prime Minister was over and above what has already been given, the PMS said it was certainly from the overall Department for International Development (DfID) budget, but referred journalists to DfID to check whether it is specific to the Pakistan programme. It is a new announcement […]

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Tuition Fees

When asked about the education committee trying to put a 3% limit on how much interest students can be charged on tuition fees, the PMS said that not all universities had come forward with the fees they were going to charge. The Government’s position was very clear that charging anything above the 6,000 figure quoted […]

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Internships

Asked whether the Prime Minister employed any interns, the PMS explained that there is a secondment programme within government for officials, but no internship programme like the one announced today. Asked whether the Prime Minister had ever been an intern, the PMS referred journalists to political advisors. original source.

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Oliver Letwin Comments

Asked whether Oliver Letwin would apologise after the Prime Minister confirmed he had made remarks about Sheffield, the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman (PMS) told the assembled press that it was not practice to comment on private conversations and referred them to the comments made by both Oliver Letwin and the Prime Minister earlier in the day. […]

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Libya

Asked which Minister was leading the debate on UK humanitarian aid to Libya, the PMS told journalists that it would be Andrew Mitchell. Asked whether discussions were taking place today with the EU about lifting EU sanctions against Musa Kusa following comments by the Foreign Secretary yesterday, the PMS referred journalists to the Foreign Office. […]

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Tuition Fees

Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about plans by universities such as the University of Central Lancashire to charge the maximum amount of 9,000, the PMS replied that the expectation has always been that universities would only charge 9,000 as an exception, not the norm. There is a process in place with the Office […]

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