» Wednesday, September 15, 2010

European Council

Asked about the proposed trade agreement with Pakistan and whether the EU would look to enhance Pakistan’s trading relationship with the EU through tariffs with the country, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that it may be the case that we could do specific things for Pakistan which would benefit them in […]

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Spending Review

Asked if the Prime Minister believed the figure of 4 billion of extra savings quoted by the Chancellor, as Iain Duncan Smith clearly didn’t, the PMS replied that the Chancellor had said several billion pounds of additional welfare savings. There was a spending review negotiation ongoing. Put that it could be more than 4 billion, […]

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Cardinal’s Comments

Put that a Cardinal who was originally supposed to be accompanying the Pope was now not coming due to comments he had made referring to the UK as a third world country , the PMS said that he hadn’t seen the comments but would look into it. original source.

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Andy Coulson

Asked if the Prime Minister’s view of Andy Coulson’s role had changed and whether he still had full confidence in him, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s view had not changed and he still had full confidence in him. Asked if Andy Coulson was being provided with legal advice by the Government, the PMS […]

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

Papal visit

When asked for a comment on whether the Prime Minister thought that the Pope’s visit should be a State visit, the PMS referred people back to the comments put out yesterday afternoon. The State visit had been long established and the Prime Minister was keen it was a success. original source.

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Unemployment figures

Put that the trade unions had said that things would get worse, the PMS said that the unemployment figures we saw today were encouraging. We would have to go through a process in the coming years of trying to rebalance our economy to increase the number of private sector jobs. original source.

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