» Tuesday, April 21, 2009CabinetThe Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a brief rundown of what had been discussed at Cabinet. There was a discussion on the economy, the Cabinet had gone through the reforms of MP s allowances that we were announcing and there was an update from David Miliband on the situation in Sri Lanka. […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) EconomyOn the economy, the Prime Minister had outlined the global context for the Budget and had said that all countries were tackling similar issues. We were taking action in Britain that we were seeing having an effect. For example, just this morning we had seen the impact of the VAT cut on the retail sector. […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MP’s AllowancesThe PMS said that we were setting out a set of interim proposals that the Government would put to a vote in the House of Commons within the next few weeks, with a view to these coming into effect by the 1st July. It was the view of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet that […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) Operational Efficiency ProgrameAsked whether the programme would mean redundancies, the PMS said it would outline the action we were proposing to take in relation to efficiency to ensure that we got the best value for money for every pound of taxpayer money spent. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) WMS on IsraelAsked for more detail on the WMS, the PMS said that it was a statement that had been issued at the request of parliament to undertake a complete assessment of UK arms and components exported to Israel that might have been used by the Israeli defence forces during the recent conflict in Gaza. The PMS […] 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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