» Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Cabinet

Asked what was discussed at Cabinet and if the subject of the economy came up, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that economy came up in passing but that the main items which had been discussed were the situation in Zimbabwe and the situation in Iraq (ahead of the Des Browne’s Statement this afternoon). There […]

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Tax

Put that some members of the Labour Party felt that the abolition of the 10p rate of tax had a detrimental effect for those on a low income, the PMS explained that this was part of an overall tax simplification and reform package in last year’s Budget that included significant increases, particularly in working tax […]

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Cannabis

Asked how the Prime Minister wanted to put across stronger signals regarding the use of cannabis, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had spoken about that in some length this morning. Asked if there would be stronger sentences, the PMS replied that it was best to stick to the Prime Minster’s words this morning; […]

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NATO

Asked if the Prime Minister had any important bilateral meetings tomorrow afternoon at the NATO Summit, the PMS said that we could update journalists on that once we were there; the Prime MInister had some bilateral meetings tomorrow ahead of the working dinner. On NATO more generally there would be a dinner tomorrow evening and […]

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Public Sector Pay

Asked if the Prime Minister had been referring to next year’s settlement when he commented about public sector pay this morning, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been making a general point about the need for continued discipline on public sector pay. Asked if the Prime Minister had been referring to 2009 as […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any more contact with any leaders regarding Zimbabwe, the PMS said that there was nothing more to add; as the Prime Minister had said in his press conference this morning, he would be speaking to the Head of the African Union later on today. We were still awaiting […]

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