» Monday, April 21, 2008
Tax
Asked for more information about the Government timetable and process for reviewing the impact of the scrapping the 10p tax rate, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that there was nothing more that he could say on this at this point. Asked how the Government would characterise this change, the PMS replied that the Chancellor […]
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Global Campaign for Education
Asked if the phone conference the Prime Minister was having later today was part of his efforts around the Millennium Development Goals, the PMS replied that this was in relation to the Global Campaign for Education, and helping to meet the Millennium Development Goal relating to education for all. Put that the Prime Minister pledged […]
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Petrol
Asked if there was any concern over the threat to petrol supplies with the possibility of a strike, and had there been any difficulty with liaising with the Scottish Government over this, the PMS replied that John Hutton had been speaking about this in the House earlier today. Obviously this was a matter for the […]
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World food prices
Asked if the group of people the Prime Minister would be meeting this week regarding food prices would include the head of the World Food Programme, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the head of the World Food Programme was not on his list of attendees but that the meeting included some people from […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Meeting with President of the African National Congress
Asked if anything could be said about the Prime Minister’s meeting with President Jacob Zuma of the African National Congress (ANC), the PMS replied that there was not much he wanted to say ahead of the meeting on Wednesday. Jacob Zuma was in London this week and had asked if he could see the Prime […]
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10p tax
Asked if the Prime Minister would regard a vote on the Budget as a confidence issue, the PMS replied that at this stage the amendment had not been tabled so we would have to wait and see what happened in Parliament during the course of today and the rest of this week. Asked if the […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Northern Rock
Asked if the Prime Minister accepted that if the Government and the tri-partite authorities had acted earlier in providing support, the Northern Rock crisis could have been avoided, the PMS said that we would not accept that; the circumstances surrounding Northern Rock depended very much on the individual business model that had been pursued by […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Bank of England Liquidity
Asked why last week the had Prime Minister had denied plans to swap debts when asked about the subject, the PMS said that he thought that that question might come up and referred to the transcript of last week’s conversation in which the journalist’s specific question had been whether or not the Prime Minister could […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Misc
Asked why it was that the Prime Minister appeared to be so out of touch, the PMS said that he was not too sure whether that was a statement or a question and went on to say that the Prime Minister had been talking in Scotland that morning about many issues which affected millions of […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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