» Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Middle East meeting

Asked for a readout of the meeting between the Prime Minister and King Abdullah of Jordan this morning, the PMS read out a statement sent out earlier confirming that the two reaffirmed the important bilateral relationship with Jordan, the UK’s strongest partner in the region. They discussed the latest situation in the Middle East, in […]

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BP oil leak

Put that the Prime Minister may have some concerns about the language used by President Obama against BP, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would not want to comment specifically on what the President had said. However, he hopes that a resolution to the situation could be found as soon as possible. In terms […]

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Multilateral Aid Review

Asked if there was any chance that development funding budgets would be cut, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that the International Development Secretary wanted to ensure, inline with general Government policy, that taxpayers’ money would be spent in the most value for money way, and that it remained inline with our poverty reduction objectives. […]

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Oil Leak

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned with President Obama’s rhetoric regarding the Chief Executive of BP and the knock on affect that could have for the company, the PMS said that clearly the impact of the oil leak in the US was of key concern to President Obama, and the Prime Minister would not […]

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Efficiency Board

Asked if the Efficiency Board’s main current purpose was to chase the 6.5 billion cuts in spending, the PMS said that the board had a coordinating role; it was there to support and work with Government departments to find savings. The Chancellor said yesterday that the new Efficiency and Reform Group at the heart of […]

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» Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Intelligence and Security Comittee

Asked when the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee would be named, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he did not know but would come back to people if there was any more information to give. original source.

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Appointments

Asked if the Government would be publishing a list of Special Advisors and whether that list would include salary details, the PMS replied that the Government would publish a list soon and the intention was to be more transparent about their salaries. Asked if there were any Special Advisors who were separately paid as consultants […]

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Treasury announcement

Put that the former Chancellor had said that there was no substance in the document and it was nothing new, the PMS said that the document was being published at the end of the debate, so people would need to wait for it to be published. The PMS said that it was new in the […]

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Pope’s visit

Asked if Chris Patten had been brought in because spending on the visit had got out of control and there was now a possibility of the taxpayer having to put more money into it, the PMS said that it was his understanding that this was a joint state and religious visit and therefore the costs […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there were a number of updates at Cabinet this morning; the Energy Secretary gave an update on the issue of offshore drilling and the plans to look at whether we needed to strengthen the current regime; and the Foreign Secretary gave an update on Gaza, and on his […]

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