» Friday, May 1, 2009

Swine Flu

Asked if there would be any more briefings on swine flu today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had been visiting the NHS offices in Beckenham this morning with Alan Johnson and there would be words from the Prime Minister at the visit. There was no ministerial COBRA […]

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Prime Minister’s Priorities

Asked whether it was true that the Prime Minister was planning some big issue speeches over the coming weeks and was he aware of the comments being made by colleagues that he was not listening to advice, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would continue to focus on the big issues facing the country. […]

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Iraq and Afghanistan

Asked if there were any details on the timetabling of redeployments from Iraq to Afghanistan, the PMS said that it would be a matter for the MOD but he would not accept the premise of the question and the use of the word redeployment. If there were any further announcements on the exact timetable for […]

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Mortgage Protection Scheme

Put that it had been reported yesterday that the Government’s Mortgage Protection Scheme (MPS) had so far only helped one family, the PMS said that the MPS that we had announced in January took three months in order for the benefits to feed through. Therefore it was not surprising that a scheme that was announced […]

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