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Prime Minister’s meeting with City Leaders

Asked if the meeting tomorrow was the one the Prime Minister had referred to last week in his interview with the BBC, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said no and that one of the Sunday papers had erroneously reported on this subject. The Chancellor would have a meeting with the Council of Mortgage Lenders and […]

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Goldman Sachs event

Asked what the event at Goldman Sachs was, the PMS replied that it was a Goldman Sachs private event, which the Prime Minister would be speaking at, and that his words may be released.Asked if a particular subject would be discussed, the PMS replied that they would discuss similar themes around the situation in the […]

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Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister accepted that his message regarding the economy was not getting through to people and that the public no longer had faith in him, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s view was that these were difficult times for the global economy and that the UK could not be insulated from […]

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Prime Minister’s mood

Asked how the PMS would categorise the Prime Minister’s mood this morning following a few days of difficult headlines, the PMS replied that he would categorise the Prime Minister’s mood as being entirely focused on the issues that were of concern to people in the country. At the moment that was the economy, as well […]

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Food prices

Asked if there would be any further actions regarding the food prices, the PMS said that this was clearly something that the Prime Minister and the Government was concerned about; the Prime Minister had written to the Head of G7 and the heads of major national organisations regarding the problems faced by food prices. It […]

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Turkish Foreign Minister

Asked if the Prime Minister would talk about human rights issues with the Turkish Foreign Minister, the PMS replied that this was a short private meeting and that there was a more substantive meeting that was taking place between the Foreign Secretary and the Turkish Foreign Minister so it was best to check with the […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked if the Prime Minister was confident regarding the non-dom status of his special advisors, the PMS replied that all special advisors were governed by the code of conduct on special advisor appointments and all of them adhered to that. original source.

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