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Asked if the Prime Minister had any message of sympathy for President Chirac, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said the Prime Minister had already been asked about this during his live broadcast earlier. The Prime Minister had said that "the British had always been magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat and we should be magnanimous". Briefing took place at 17:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Louise Casey
Asked if Louise Casey had said apologised, or whether she had spoken to the Prime Minister, the PMS said not as far as she was aware. Briefing took place at 17:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Louise Casey
Asked about remarks made by the head of the anti-social behaviour unit, Louise Casey, which were critical of Government policy, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that the Home Office were looking into the remarks she had made. As a Civil Servant she was subject to a code of conduct. Asked about what the Prime Minister thought about the remarks, the PMS said that the Prime Minister's high regard for Louise Casey was well known, based on her record of achievement in the posts she had held. Asked what that record was, the PMS said that for example she had worked in the rough sleepers unit where the figures now showed a record low. Rough sleepers were down 70% from 1,850 in 1998 to 508 last year. Asked what else she had done to have earned such a high regard from the Prime Minister, the PMS said that the anti-social behaviour unit was doing a huge amount of work as a cross departmental issue. Asked why she reported directly to the Prime Minister, the PMS said that it was a cross-departmental issue. All channels of communication had been checked with the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister and it was perfectly normal for her to report to both of them on such an important issue which covered a lot of departments. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Olympics
Asked what the Prime Minister thought of our Olympic presentation, the PMS said that he obviously thought it had been excellent having been in Singapore for the last two days he had seen at close hand the excellent work that had been put together by our bid team. Now he, like everyone else, would await the result. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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