» Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Afghanistan
Asked if the Prime Minister’s phone call with President Karzai took place before the latest incident concerning an Afghan soldier killing three British soldiers, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the incident happened overnight and the Prime Minister knew about it when he spoke to President Karzai this morning. The Prime Minister had just […]
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Public Pay Freeze
Asked if Sir Alan Budd’s words at the Treasury Select Committee this morning were a rebuke, the PMS said he was yet to read Sir Alan Budd’s words, but the Prime Minister made clear at PMQs that if you had a fixed budget and you paid people less, then you could employ more people. Put […]
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Misc
Asked how the process of structural reform plans related to the Comprehensive Spending Review, the PMS said that they were parallel processes; the structural reform plans would set out the objectives for the departments and there was a spending review underway which would decide the resources available to departments. Asked why the Prime Minister thought […]
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Education
Asked whether the Prime Minister had spoken to Michael Gove today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had spoken to him. Asked how long their meeting had lasted, the PMS replied that they saw each other regularly. Put that Michael Gove was on the attack today compared to […]
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Office of Budget Responsiblity
Asked if there was any reaction to the comments made by Sir Alan Budd this morning where he had claimed the Prime Minister had mistakenly taken credit for slightly lower unemployment projections, when Sir Alan Budd had argued that it was a matter of methodology, the PMS replied that he had not seen Sir Alan […]
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Afghanistan
Put that President Karzai had issued an apology this morning for an incident in which three British troops were killed and had the Prime Minister reacted at this stage, the PMS replied that the Government was aware of an incident this morning involving ISAF troops. An investigation was underway and when it was appropriate we […]
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Teachers Pay
Asked whether it was right for head teachers to be earning more than the Prime Minister, the PMS said that the department had responded to this. There was already a process underway, whereby the Secretary of State was consulting with the School Teachers Review Body on a number of pay issues, including a proposal to […]
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Economy
Asked how likely an international agreement might be on a banking activities tax, the PMS said that discussions were already underway at the G20 and we were keen for those discussions to progress. original source.
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Misc
Asked if a decision had been made on whether the Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister would address the TUC Congress in September, the PMS replied that he did not know whether we had received an invitation from the TUC and if the Prime Minister was to accept that invitation we certainly wouldn’t be confirming […]
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