» Thursday, November 6, 2008
Brussels
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) explained that the Prime Minister would be travelling to Brussels tomorrow for the informal meeting of the European Council and that he believed this was a decisive moment for the world economy. We were facing a global crisis that required a global solution, which was why the Prime Minister […]
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Taxes
Asked when the Government had cut taxes, the PMS said that we announced a 2.7 billion reduction in taxes in May, and that we had also taken action in relation to stamp duty. Put that the 2.7 billion had been a compensation for a previous tax rise, the PMS said no, not entirely; Alistair Darling […]
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Recapitalisation Programme/Interest Rates
Asked what Yvette Cooper had meant when she talked today about enforcing agreements with recapitalised banks, the PMS said that the banks had made commitments, we expected those commitments to be honoured and we would continue to monitor the situation. Lloyds, who took part in the recapitalisation programme, had released a statement saying that they […]
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Misc
Asked if the Prime Minister would be staying up to watch the Glenrothes by-election result, the PMS said that he didn t know. However, as he had young children the Prime Minister usually got up early, so he also went to bed early. original source.
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by briefing journalists on this morning s Cabinet meeting. Cabinet began at 10am and was still ongoing when the PMS left at around 10:30 to prepare for this briefing. There was a discussion on parliamentary business, followed by an update from the Foreign Secretary following his visit to […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
US Elections
Asked if the Prime Minister would be speaking to the President-elect sometime today, the PMS replied that there was an expectation that the Prime Minister would speak to the President-elect in the next day or two, but we would keep people posted as to exactly when that would happen. Asked if the issue was brought […]
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DRC
Asked for any developments in relation to troop deployments in the DRC either from here or internationally, the PMS replied that there was nothing specific to report. David Miliband reported back to Cabinet in a factual way on his visit and where things were in relation to the ceasefire and the mediation process. original source.
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Economy
Asked what the Prime Minister was hoping to get from the Brussels meeting tomorrow, the PMS replied that we had set out our position on many occasions now in terms of what we thought the overall shape of a package of reforms to the international economy and international financial situation should be. That was reforms […]
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Trade Talks
Put that Cathy Ashton was on the radio this morning talking about the world trade deal and her hopes of getting a deal before Christmas, and asked how optimistic the Prime Minister was of making at least some progress on this, the PMS replied that we were certainly hopeful, and the Prime Minister did think […]
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Interest Rates
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that some banks seemed poised not to pass on any interest rate cuts, and would he consider taking any action to force them to, the PMS replied that there were two assumptions in the question, one that there would be a change in interest rates, and secondly that […]
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