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European Council Meeting

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that we expected the European Council Meeting to be dominated by the economy, including issues that related to the G20 Summit next month. The Prime Minister would raise a number of issues on financial sector regulation at the meeting. It was his view that the Turner review published […]

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President Sarkozy

Asked if the Prime Minister had anything specific on protectionism that he wanted to talk to President Sarkozy about at their meeting, the PMS said that we would discuss with all our European partners, the importance of sticking to open markets at this difficult time for the global economy. Asked what was on the agenda […]

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Turner Review

Asked if there was anything in the Turner review that the Government took issue with, the PMS said that it was a very detailed report and there were a lot of specific recommendations. We supported the general approach that Turner had taken, but each specific item would have to be looked at in detail by […]

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Misc

Put that Vera Baird had said on Radio 4 that there were green shoots of economic recovery starting to appear, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that the Solicitor General was an excellent lawyer with a huge amount of expertise on legal matters and that was why she was appointed to her job […]

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Written Ministerial Statement

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government was making clear the procedures under which our security and intelligence agencies, who as the Prime Minister said in the statement, did an excellent job protecting us all, operated. We would also be publishing the guidance that they operated under, in relation […]

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IMF Forecast

Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the latest IMF forecasts, the PMS said that there seemed to have been quite a lot of forecasts from the IMF recently and they appeared to have changed their view on Japan for instance and revised them down from 2.6% to 5% in the space of four or […]

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Misc

Asked if there was any response to the unemployment figures, the PMS said that Tony McNulty had been responding for the Government. The PMS added that he was sure this would come up at PMQ s, so people should wait until then. Asked if there would be another G20 Leader s meeting in November, the […]

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