» Tuesday, October 9, 2007

CSR/PBR

The 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 […]

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Cabinet

Asked 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 […]

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Letter from David Cameron

Asked 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.

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Hospital Visit with Alistair Darling

Asked 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 […]

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Postal Strike

Asked 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 […]

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Misc

Asked 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, […]

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