» Monday, October 20, 2008EconomyAsked whether the Prime Minister had been saying in his statement that borrowing was a good thing, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister s point was that we were starting from a position where we had much lower levels of public debt as a proportion of GDP, […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Oil PricesPut that the Prime Minister had asked for petrol prices to come down and whether that applied to gas and electricity prices as well, the PMS said that that had been a point made by the Prime Minister in an article in a Sunday newspaper. What we had seen was prices going up for fuel […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ImmigrationAsked about the Prime Minister s words on immigration, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had been talking about what more we could do in the EU to limit the movement of people who had committed criminal offences in other EU member states and their ability to move to other parts of the European […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy-Flexible WorkingAsked repeatedly about the Government s position on flexible working, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Government s position was clear; it was right that, at a time of uncertainty in the economy, the new Secretary of State for Business, Lord Mandelson, looked at all of the new regulations that were due […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy-BusinessesAsked for the Government s view on allowing businesses to defer VAT purchases for 6 months, the PMS said that he would not comment on proposals that had been made by the opposition. Yvette Cooper had been out this morning responding to that so it was best to refer to her comments. Asked if the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy-USAsked if the Prime Minister was perturbed by early reticence that seemed to be coming from the US on the global regulatory framework, the PMS said that he wouldn t characterise the US position in that way; the Prime Minister had been speaking regularly to President Bush about this and we had seen a commitment […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy-MiscellaneousAsked to confirm that there were no plans to change the overall spending totals that we had in place up until 2010, the PMS said that Yvette Cooper had been on the radio this morning, making the Government s position clear; we wanted to look at ways of re-profiling spending over the next few years. […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscellaneousAsked what digital inclusion was, the PMS said that he did not have all the details but that generally it was about making the digital community more inclusive i.e. giving people more access to digital networks and everything associated with them. Asked about the Prime Minister s European Council Statement today, the PMS said that […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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