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Brussels

Asked for more information on the Prime Minister s trip to Brussels, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister would travel to Brussels tomorrow, with the Council meeting starting at about 3pm. The main items to be discussed would be energy and climate change and the economy. On […]

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Zimbabwe

Asked whether military action would be on the agenda at the UN Security Council meeting, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had made clear in the past that that was not really where the debate was in relation to Zimbabwe. The purpose of the UN Security Council meeting on Monday was to ensure that […]

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Mortage Package

Put that the criticism levelled at the package was that the measures would only help people who would be helped out by the banks anyway, such as people with jobs or with job prospects, the PMS said he did not think that that was the case at all. The criteria that the Treasury had set […]

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PMQ’s

Asked what the Prime Minister s reflection was on his slip-up in PMQ s, the PMS said he didn t think the Prime Minister had had any particular reflection on the matter. What he was focussing on were the issues that were of concern to the British people, such as how we provided support at […]

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Welfare Reform

Asked whether James Purnell brought forward his welfare reforms to this time despite the predictions of 3.5 million people being unemployed next year or because of those predictions, the PMS said that the reason for bringing the reforms forward to this time, something that had been in the pipeline for a while, was to ensure […]

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Business Summit

Asked about the summit that Lord Mandelson was hosting, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the purpose of the summit was to focus on how the Government could work with the business community to provide prompt payments, particularly to smaller businesses. After the summit the department would issue a press notice and announce […]

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Assisted Suicide

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on the televising of assisted suicide, the PMS said that this was clearly a controversial issue that deeply divided public opinion. The Government had made it clear that it was a matter of conscience and for Parliament to decide; it had been debated in Parliament on a […]

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