» Thursday, July 9, 2009
News of the World
Asked if anyone in No10 or in Whitehall had had their phones hacked into, the PMS replied that he would not comment in detail on security issues regarding staff at No10 or Government Ministers. If there were further allegations of phone-tapping then they would be for the police to investigate. Asked if he thought the […]
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News of the World
Asked whether the Prime Minister had a view on the possibility of the former Deputy Prime Minister being the victim of phone-tapping, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister s focus at the moment was very much on the issues that were being discussed at G8 and at […]
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G8 Summit
Asked for an update on G8, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had had a series of bilaterals. Yesterday evening, he had met with President Medvedev and this morning he had met Ban KI-Moon and Jacob Zuma. In terms of the agenda for the day, this morning there would be a meeting of the […]
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» Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Financial Regulation
Asked what difference the Council for Financial Responsibility would make to the existing tripartite system, the PMS said that it would put the system on a formal statutory basis; rather than just dealing with the immediate issues it would also monitor system-side financial stability. The Chancellor said in his statement that the Council would draw […]
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Misc
Put that the appointment of a Cabinet Office official, who had served both Tony Blair and the Prime Minister, to write the report for the Iraq inquiry meant that the inquiry was an establishment stitch-up, the PMS said that Sir John Chilcot would lead the inquiry and we were confident that it would be an […]
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G8
Asked if the Prime Minister would like to see a global reserve currency to rival the dollar, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had set out his views on what he would like to see in terms of cooperation at a global level on the economy and on those issues […]
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10p Tax/Financial Services Paper
Asked if the Prime Minister felt it was a bit over the top to suggest that if the Government had lost the 10p Tax vote last night then the whole economy could have gone down the pan, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out his views on the Finance Bill last night; […]
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» Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Defence Review
Asked why the Government would not have a Spending Review if it was having a Defence Review, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the reasons for the Defence Review were set out in the WMS that Bob Ainsworth had published this afternoon; he had set out the reasons why we […]
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Frank Field
promise would be reached over the amendment, the PMS said that people should speak to the Treasury for a readout of Frank Field s meeting with the Chancellor. As the PMS had said this morning, the Government believed that the measures we had put in place were the best and most affordable way to provide […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman began by telling the assembled journalists about Cabinet; there was a presentation from the Chancellor on the economy and a presentation from Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth on Afghanistan. Asked if they discussed the Finance Bill at Cabinet, the PMS said that there was a regular discussion of Parliamentary business, at […]
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