» Thursday, March 11, 2010

Economy

Asked to comment about Liam Byrne’s remarks on the Government introducing no new taxes as part of the deficit reduction plan, the PMS said, the Government had already set out its position and there would be no further comment. original source.

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

High Speed Rail

Put that it would be a more achievable option to make trains run on time rather than building new infrastructure, the PMS said, Lord Adonis had already stated that the country had the most efficient railway network in living memory with trains running on time but that the current network cannot deliver trains to run […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

President Sarkozy Visit

Asked what would be on the agenda at tomorrow’s Prime Ministerial meeting with President Sarkozy, the PMS said, the economy, the forthcoming summit in Brussels and other international issues such as follow up to Copenhagen climate change talks. Asked if President Sarkozy would meet with David Cameron, the PMS said, he understood the President to […]

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High Speed Rail

Asked why the Government had not started introducing high- speed rail 13 years ago, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that technology was changing all the time in regard to high-speed rail and we were at a juncture now where we could take the decision to invest in this kind of initiative. […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Money Advice Service

Asked what kind of advice the service would give out, the PMS said the service would not be giving out advice on financial products; it was advice on money issues. The PMS said for more detail people should talk to the Treasury. original source.

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Strike Action

Asked whether the Prime Minister would condemn any potential strike action by staff at BA and Network Rail as the UK struggled out of the recession , the PMS said that the Prime Minister followed any industrial action issues closely. It was for the relevant departments to make specific comments. original source.

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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