» Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Cabinet
Asked what was covered at Cabinet this morning, the PMS replied that Cabinet had a discussion of data management issue in light of the events of last week with contributions from Alistair Darling and Gus O’Donnell on the review that he was conducting. There was also a general discussion around where we were on counter-terrorism […]
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Capital Gains Tax
Put that the Chancellor today seemed to suggest that there was still room and time for changes to CGT proposals, and asked to clarify the position, the PMS replied that the position was absolutely clear, exactly as set out at the time of the PBR. The Government put forward a number of proposals and HMRC […]
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» Monday, November 26, 2007
Capital Gains Tax
Put that the Prime Minister, in his CBI speech today, had flagged up changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by saying that he would listen to peoples’ concerns, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that he did not think the Prime Minister had said anything in his speech today that he had not said before […]
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Party Funding – David Abrahams
Asked if, to the PMS’s knowledge, Mr Abrahams had ever featured in the honours system, the PMS said he had no information regarding that. Asked if Mr Abrahams was known to the Prime Minister at all, the PMS said that he had not asked the Prime Minister, but that it was a Labour Party funding […]
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Welfare Reform
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman began by giving details of the welfare reform section of the Prime Minister’s speech to the CBI National Conference. The idea he said was the intention to move towards a system whereby people who were able to work but were on benefits should be engaged in some form of training, in […]
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Road Haulage
Asked if the Prime Minister had anything extra to say to road haulers and if not was he ready and planning for blockades, the PMS replied that it was important to bear in mind that even after the planned changes in fuel duty over the next year or so, by 2010, the main fuel duty […]
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Party Funding
Asked repeatedly on the subject of Labour Party funding, the PMS advised people that it would be best to direct such enquiries to the Labour Party. original source.
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Northern Rock
Asked about the proposed Virgin deal to buy Northern Rock, the PMS said that as the Treasury had been making clear, this was still an early point in the process. In any case, Northern Rock – not the Treasury, was leading on this, negotiations were still taking place and it was not the confirmed bid. […]
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Misc
Put that the Independent had carried a story on Saturday that the Government had been offered a rainforest in Guyana and would it be taking up the offer, the PMS asked to get back to people on the subject. Asked if the Government was still committed to the amendment on gay hate crime in the […]
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» Friday, November 23, 2007
CHOGM
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by running through the details of the Prime Minister’s day. The Prime Minister had attended the 1st Session at CHOGM and paid a visit to St Peters primary school for a prize giving and a community discussion. Regarding education, DfID would today announce a £106million package of support for […]
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