» Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)

Asked if there would be more than 490,000 public sector redundancies in the Spending Review, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) advised people to wait for the Chancellor’s statement tomorrow. The PMS said that at the time of the Budget the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) made an assessment of the number of public sector job […]

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

Defence Statement

Asked why an experienced politician like the Prime Minister allowed himself to commit a school boy error’ of letting sensitive government documents be photographed, the PMS said that he understood the sensitive document’ in question was the statement that the Prime Minister had just given to Parliament. Put that the Prime Minister had said in […]

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Defence Review

Asked whether final figures for Defence spending would be revealed this afternoon or would people have to wait until the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) tomorrow, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman told the assembled press that people would know about Defence spending this afternoon. When asked to give an assessment in general terms of what kind of […]

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

Winter Fuel Allowance

Asked what the Prime Minister had promised in terms of winter fuel payments, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had said that they would be protected. This was also set out in the Coalition Agreement. Put that reports suggesting the winter fuel allowance would go down were untrue, the PMS said that the position […]

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

Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)

Asked about the BBC Licence fee, the PMS said that the BBC had recently announced that it would be frozen for the next year. Asked about BBC Licence fees for older people, the PMS advised people to wait until tomorrow. Asked when the CSR document would be going to the printers, the PMS said that […]

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

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