» Tuesday, October 9, 2007CSR/PBRThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by relaying what the Chancellor told Cabinet this morning. The Chancellor said that Britain’s economy remained strong and well positioned to deal with increased global economic uncertainty. He emphasised that the Government’s first priority would always be maintaining economic stability and sound public finances and that the Government would […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetAsked if there were any other discussions in Cabinet about recent events i.e. non-election, the PMS said that the discussion at Cabinet was about Government business; having dealt with Parliamentary business they then went on to discuss the PBR. Europe Asked if there were any discussions in Cabinet on forthcoming business re Europe, the PMS […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Letter from David CameronAsked repeatedly if the Prime Minister had replied to David Cameron’s letter about meeting civil servants, the PMS explained, as he had said at the time, that that issue would be dealt with at an appropriate time. No reply had been sent. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Hospital Visit with Alistair DarlingAsked what the hospital visit that morning had involved, the PMS said that the purpose of visiting the University College London Hospital was to visit the Institute of Nuclear Medicine; the Prime Minister and Chancellor had had a short briefing and were shown the work of that institute including the first PETCT scanner in the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Postal StrikeAsked what the Prime Minister meant yesterday in regards to the postal strike when he said that the Government would not ‘stand idly by’, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s words should speak for themselves; this was an organisation that received a significant amount of financial subsidy from the Government/tax payer, and that it […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if there had been any words of support from ministers at Cabinet this morning regarding the weekend’s events, the PMS said that was a political issue and that there had been PLP yesterday, which was not for him to brief on. However, as he said earlier, the mood at Cabinet this morning was business-like, […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) 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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