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Efficiency Programme

Asked about the Efficiency Programme s target of 30 billion, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Chancellor would give an interim report on the Government s Efficiency Programme and in particular where things stood in light of the review that we set up in the Budget, which Yvette Cooper announced details of […]

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Iraq

Put that Lord Goldsmith s advice to the former Prime Minister that the Iraq war was legal was flawed, and asked for a response, the PMS replied that we had been over this ground many times before. Fortunately the PMS s predecessor covered this on many occasions. Jack Straw had responded on behalf of the […]

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Immigration

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Phil Woolas that there were some immigration lawyers out there who were playing the system, the PMS replied that he had not seen the comments, and as usual would like to see them in their entirety to ensure we had the proper context before commenting. But if that […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled journalists what had been discussed at Cabinet. There was an update from Ed Balls and the Children s Minister Beverley Hughes on where we were on child protection issues in light of the Baby P case. There had been a brief update from the […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Child Protection

Asked for more details of the update given by Ed Balls, the PMS said it was really a summary of the events of the last week and the action that the Government had announced in recent days. Asked if there was any sense of surprise around the Cabinet table that no one had resigned over […]

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Government Efficiency

Put that the PMS had said that the Chief Secretary had stated that there was scope to go beyond the figures mentioned, the PMS replied that what the Chief Secretary did say was that the Chancellor would be updating the House in the PBR on what the interim conclusions were of the reviews of the […]

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Northern Ireland

Asked if we were getting to a crunch-point in negotiations, the PMS advised people to wait and see how things progressed. Asked for any more detail on what was said this morning, the PMS said that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland set out the very good progress that was being made by the […]

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Misc

Asked if the issue of the Saudi oil tanker captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia was raised at Cabinet, the PMS said that it had not come up. Asked if business rates had come up, the PMS said there was no detailed discussion on any tax matters. Asked how long political Cabinet had […]

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