» Thursday, January 15, 2009
War on Terror
Asked whether the Prime Minster agreed with the Foreign Secretary s views on the war on terror, the PMS said that the Government s position on the use of the phrase war on terror was well known and had been for some time. The point that David Miliband made in his speech was that terrorism […]
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Economy
Put that Lord Mandelson had mentioned that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor had had more discussions with the banks and could people expect an announcement in the next few days, the PMS said that if we had an announcement to make we would make it at the appropriate time. original source.
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» Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Prime Minister’s visit to Paris
Asked for more information on the Prime Minister s trip to Paris and was it the case that Mr and Mrs Brown were having dinner with the Sarkozys, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that that was correct. They were meeting in Paris this evening and it would be a relatively […]
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Baroness Vadera
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the comments made by Baroness Vadera earlier that day, the PMS replied that the important point was that Baroness Vadera was underlining the fact that there was a great deal of uncertainty in the economy at the moment and that the Government was doing all it could to […]
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Heathrow
Asked for an update on the Heathrow announcement, the PMS said that the announcement would be made in January. Put that further meetings were taking place on the matter and were these ongoing, the PMS advised people to check with DfT on further meetings. original source.
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Jaguar Land Rover
Put that Peter Mandelson said this morning that the Government was talking to Jaguar Land Rover about financial restructuring, and asked if this was not too late as JLR had announced 450 job cuts, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that obviously the Government was disappointed to hear this news. All company job losses […]
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Economy
Asked about plans to help larger companies borrow, the PMS replied that the Government continued to look at a range of options, and as and when the Treasury and Department for Business were in a position to make any further announcements, they would do. Put that Peter Mandelson had been asked on the Today Programme […]
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Business Council
Asked about today s meeting of the Business Council, and would they be discussing Heathrow, the PMS replied that the Business Council met on a regular basis and discussed a wide range of issues. The agenda was set by the Council, which was chaired by a person not from the Government, at the moment it […]
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Gaza
Asked about the Prime Minister s discussion with Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, and asked if any incentive was offered, the PMS replied that we continued to engage with all of the senior leaders in the region. The Prime Minister did speak to Prime Minister Olmert yesterday, he also spoke to President Mubarek of Egypt […]
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Mervyn Davies
Asked what the Prime Minister thought new Minister Mervyn Davies would bring to the Government, the PMS replied that Mervyn Davies was clearly somebody that had a huge amount of international business experience as chairman of Standard Chartered, a genuinely global bank. So he brought a huge amount of expertise and knowledge, not only of […]
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