» Monday, October 20, 2008

Economy

Asked 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 Prices

Put 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)

Immigration

Asked 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 Working

Asked 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-Businesses

Asked 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-US

Asked 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-Miscellaneous

Asked 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)

Miscellaneous

Asked 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)

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