» Monday, June 7, 2010Prime Minister’s meeting with President of the European CouncilAsked what the Prime Minister and Herman Van Rompuy talked about at their meeting, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was essentially a meeting to go through the issues that would come up at the European Council. Put that there had been a suggestion that the Prime Minister could be asked to reveal […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prime Minister’s speech on the economyAsked if the 70 billion figure of debt interest mentioned in the Prime Minister’s speech was an annual figure and if it was in today’s prices, the PMS said that the figure was an annual figure and it was best to check with the Treasury in terms of pricing. Put that there had been a […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetAsked why Cabinet was at a later time this week, the PMS said that Cabinet had been at a number of different days and times so far under this Government. Asked if the Cabinet timing changed so as the Prime Minister could take his children to school and if other people in working life should […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary tripAsked what was on the agenda for the Deputy Prime Minister’s trip, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this should be seen in the context of the Foreign Secretary’s tour as well. This was about championing ties with other European countries and the Government had been very clear that it was going to take […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) DeficitAsked if the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister were in total accord over the deficit reduction, the PMS said yes. Asked if the Prime Minister would definitely rule out a return to what had been described as the brutality of the Thatcher years, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prime Minister’s economy speechAsked what the percentage of shrinkage was, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had stated that people shouldn’t have a pre-conceived idea about the size of the state, but it was very important to get the private sector moving and see growth in the private sector. Asked in what way the Prime Minister felt […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prime Minister’s paysked if it was the case that the former Prime Minister could have claimed 198k and chose to claim 150k and that the new Prime Minister was choosing to claim 142k but could actually claim 198k, the PMS said the Prime Minister’s salary, both the Ministerial and Parliamentary salaries were set by the Senior Salaries […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) US Defence SecretaryAsked if the Prime Minister would be meeting the US Defence Secretary, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be meeting him today. Asked what would be on the agenda, the PMS said that Robert Gates had been touring capitals, he would be meeting the Prime Minister and the National Security Adviser today. They […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | 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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