» Monday, January 12, 2009

Economy

Asked what non-bank institutions were, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister was referring to the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme, for example, or export credits. These were examples of how the Government was providing support to small and other businesses. We had said that that was an […]

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Heathrow

Asked if the subject of Heathrow would be discussed at Cabinet tomorrow, the PMS said we would not normally brief on what would be discussed in Cabinet in advance. We had said that there would be an announcement on Heathrow in January, but it was only the 12th January at the moment, so there was […]

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Misc

Asked for more details on the visit of Ben Bernanke to Downing Street tomorrow, the PMS replied that Mr Bernanke and the Prime Minister had met on a number of occasions before and no doubt they would want to talk about the general situation in the global economy. Asked if the Prime Minister would be […]

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Gaza

Asked for a run down of contacts the Prime Minister had had with Israeli and Arab leaders over the past week the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister had had numerous contacts with people in the region and elsewhere. He continued to speak to Prime Minister Olmert as people would expect. […]

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Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister still saw the need for more coherence in European actions to kick-start the economy, the PMS replied that we were seeing a more coordinated response across Europe to the economic crisis. There was a debate taking place in Germany at the moment about a second fiscal stimulus package, but it […]

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Heathrow

Asked if there would be an announcement from Geoff Hoon on Heathrow this week, the PMS replied that Geoff Hoon had said before Christmas that an announcement would be made in January, and when we were in a position to give people more details we would do. original source.

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