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Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'.

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» Thursday, March 10, 2011

Unions

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about a threat of strike action from public service unions, the PMS said that we had a very clear position on strikes and would not speculate about what may or may not happen. We thought it best to get round the table and discuss things. original source.

» Wednesday, March 9, 2011

No 10 Policy Unit

Asked if anyone was being brought in outside of the civil service to take up jobs in the No 10 Policy Unit, the PMS said that we had said that the Policy Unit would be made up of some civil servants and some Special Advisors. There could be appointments made from outside the civil service, […]

Libya

Asked if our position was the same as outlined by Hilary Clinton this morning that a no-fly zone would need the backing of the international community and the UN, the PMS said that our position remained as was set out by the Foreign Secretary during his statement to the House earlier this week: we needed […]

Prince Andrew

Asked if the Prime Minister still had confidence in Prince Andrew, the PMS said that we had set out the position at the beginning of the week and it remained the same. original source.

» Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Libya

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on Ming Campbell’s comments that William Hague did not have the enthusiasm for the job of Foreign Secretary anymore, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Foreign Secretary had been asked a similar question in his press conference earlier today and had given an answer. […]

Police pay

Asked if the Winsor Review proposed the types of changes the Prime Minister wanted to see, the PMS replied that the Home Secretary had said that she would look at the report and there would need to be a period of negotiation. The PMS said we would not be setting out precisely what the pay […]

Libya

Asked if one of the people who had been part of the diplomatic mission to Benghazi had been carrying a handwritten letter from the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said no. Asked if that person had been carrying any letter from the Prime Minister, the PMS said no, and that he didn’t know […]

Police Reform

Put that there had been allegations this morning that Government had been briefing against the police, the PMS said that the Home Secretary had made one of many speeches on police reform last week, and had been clear that we were going to look hard at police pay and conditions because they constituted 75% of […]

Pensions

Asked about the Government’s plans to change the current pension system, the PMS said that there would not be any announcements made today. The Work and Pensions Secretary of State would be making a speech setting out the problems with the current system. One of the problems was that it was a very complex system […]

» Monday, March 7, 2011

Prince Andrew

Asked to explain the contradiction between what the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) had said this morning about the Government supporting Prince Andrew and the Business Secretary’s comments that Prince Andrew should judge the position he wants to be in, the PMS said that he couldn’t see any contradiction between the two comments. The Business Secretary […]

Libya

Asked for details on the next diplomatic mission to Benghazi, the PMS said that our intention was to send more people to Libya in order to strengthen contacts but we would not comment on operational matters. Asked if the Prime Minister had known that the SAS had been sent as part of the diplomatic group, […]

Prince Andrew

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy for Prince Andrew to remain as Trade Envoy, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said yes; we had been saying for some days that we fully supported Prince Andrew in his role as Trade Envoy. Asked about the quote that came from Downing Street over the weekend that the […]

Libya

Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on the group of UK diplomats sent to Libya and how the operation had been handled, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had made a statement last night and would be making a further statement in the House this afternoon, outlining the range of work that […]

Barclays

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the decision to pay Barclays Chief Executive a bonus of 6.5m, the PMS said that we didn’t comment on individual cases. Our position was clear: there were rules and regulations on bonuses set by the Financial Services Authority and they needed to be adhered to. original source.

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» Thursday, March 10, 2011

Unions

» Wednesday, March 9, 2011

No 10 Policy Unit

Libya

Prince Andrew

» Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Libya

Police pay

Libya

Police Reform

Pensions

» Monday, March 7, 2011

Prince Andrew

Libya

Prince Andrew

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