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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by summarising this morning’s Cabinet discussions. Cabinet met for around one hour- there was the usual brief update on parliamentary business from the Chief Whip, a brief update of the situation in Zimbabwe from Lord Malloch-Brown, but most of the hour was taken up by a discussion on the […]

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Economy

Put that conspicuous by its absence in that long list was the issue of the 10p tax rate, and asked if that was raised, the PMS replied that this did come up as part of the general discussion on the economy. There was unanimous support for the position taken by the Prime Minister yesterday, and […]

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Teachers’ Strike

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the teachers’ strike, the PMS replied that the Government’s view had been expressed by Jim Knight, that we were very disappointed by the expected strike this week, but that was obviously nothing compared to the disappointment of parents whose children’s lessons will be disrupted. It was very important, […]

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Global food costs

Asked if the summit on global food prices would just be a talking shop, or would there be something tangible coming out of it, the PMS replied that there was a wide range of people attending including the Head of the World Food Programme, as well as a number of experts in this area. Obviously […]

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Zimbabwe

Asked to give a flavour of Mark Malloch-Brown’s briefing to Cabinet on Zimbabwe, the PMS replied that it was a short update noting the very constructive UN Security Council meeting that took place last week where we there was good interventions from the UN Secretary-General and the Head of the African Union. He noted the […]

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St George’s day

Asked what the latest position was with regard to flags been flown above Government buildings with it being St George’s Day tomorrow, the PMS replied that a consultation was undertaken by Jack Straw and his department, so that was the best place to look for the latest position. Asked if the Prime Minister was planning […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister had sent a message to Joe Calzaghe, the PMS replied that he understood that the Prime Minister wrote to congratulate Joe Calzaghe on his victory. He said that the whole country was very proud of him. Put that there was a controversial film out at the moment that featured suicides […]

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