» Monday, January 5, 2009Savings/Public InvestmentAsked about taxation of savings, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that savers benefited from the low inflation environment we were seeing at the moment, including the price of many goods coming down, which protected the real value of savings. Since 1997 we had introduced significant support to help savers with the introduction of […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Israel/GazaAsked if the Prime Minister believed that the continued action was proportionate and justified, the PMS said that, as the Prime Minister said yesterday to Andrew Marr, the key focus was on what we could do in order to help the situation in Gaza rather than getting into a blame game. The Prime Minister was […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) Economy/RecessionAsked to explain the Prime Minister s comments to Andrew Marr yesterday that only 1 billion of the Government s 18 billion package had been spent, the PMS said that the VAT cost of 12.5 billion for 13 months, which was around 1 billion a month, had already come into effect in December. The other […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (4) MiscAsked if there was Ministerial backing for a third runway at Heathrow, the PMS said that there were a number of proposals relating both to the future of Heathrow and more generally to transport infrastructure. This was something that the Department for Transport was considering and as and when we were in a position to […] 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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