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» Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Enterprise Zones

Asked whether the PM was satisfied by progress being made in Enterprise Zones, the PMS said that there was progress being made. 150m of private sector investment had been attracted by the Enterprise Zones and it was important to continue with the progress being made.

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Economy

Questioned about comments from the Bank of England on interest rates, the PMS said that interest rates were a matter for the Bank of England. Asked about the Government’s broader economic plan, the PMS said the right approach was a tight fiscal policy supporting a supportive monetary policy. Mortgage holders and businesses were seeing the […]

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Pensioner Benefits

Asked whether the PM believed that well off pensioners should receive pensioner benefits, the PMS said that the PM had been clear on his position, which was completely unchanged.

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Sir David Nicholson

Asked about the PM’s view on Sir David Nicholson, the PMS said that the PM thought Sir David had done the right thing by apologising. The PM understood the families’ strength of feeling.  

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» Monday, February 25, 2013

Press Briefing – morning 25 February 2013

Monday 25 February 2013 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) gave a readout of the PM’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and answered questions on Lord Rennard and the UK’s credit downgrade The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) gave a brief readout of the PM’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. There […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

» Thursday, February 14, 2013

Press briefing – afternoon 14 February 2013

Thursday 14 February 2013 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on financial transaction tax, horsemeat, opposition 10p tax proposal and immigration.

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Major speech

Questioned on John Major’s speech on an EU referendum and the need to start negotiations the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the FCO is leading a balance of competencies review.

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Financial Transaction Tax

Asked for a response on a potential European Financial Transaction Tax the PMS said that our position was unchanged. We are not opposed to a Financial Transaction Tax in principle but we are clear it would need to be done at a global level.

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Horsemeat

Asked if the government would see FSA test results before they were made public the PMS confirmed this was likely.

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Opposition 10p tax proposal

The PMS directed questions about the PM’s words in PMQs providing inspiration for the Opposition Leader’s speech on a 10p tax rate to the Opposition. He reiterated that tax is a matter for the Chancellor.

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Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria

The PMS confirmed that government does not hold a forecast for the number of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants expected to enter the country but that it has commissioned NIESR to look at the impact of the two countries entering full freedom of movement status which will be published in due course. He explained that it […]

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» Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Press briefing – morning 13 February 2013

Wednesday 13 February 2013 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on the economy and horsemeat

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

The economy

Asked for the Prime Minister’s reaction to Sir Mervyn King’s suggestion that economic recovery is in sight, the Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) said that the Prime Minister’s view was that the economy was healing.

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Horse meat

Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned that British firms were mislabelling meat, the PMS said that, as the Secretary of State had said, it was totally unacceptable if businesses had defrauded the public. Investigations were ongoing. The raids had resulted from the audit of horse abattoirs that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had begun […]

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