» Thursday, October 21, 2010

IFS Analysis

Asked what the Government’s response was to the IFS comments on the Spending Review being regressive, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government had tried very hard to make the Spending Review and the Budget as progressive as possible. The PMS said that he noted the IFS analysis was based […]

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

Bank Levy

Asked about the Bank Levy announcement today and whether this would rule out a tax on bankers bonuses, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that today’s announcement would include some of the detail for the Levy announced in the Budget, such as how it would be implemented and what it would be […]

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

IFS Analysis

Asked what the Prime Minister’s view was on comments made by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), suggesting that the Government would have to repeat the Spending Review process if it wanted to recoup all the money it set out to, the PMS said that the Prime Minister agreed with the Chancellor; we believed we […]

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

EU Treaty

Put that the Budget deal announced by France and Germany could mean an amendment to the EU Treaty and what was the Government’s view on that, the PMS said that the Government’s view on changes to the EU Treaty was as set out in the Coalition Agreement. When asked it the Government would accept changes […]

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

PM and DPM Public Meeting

Asked why the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister would both be taking part in the event, the PMS replied that it was not unusual for the two of them to do events together. There had been a big announcement yesterday and no doubt members of the public would have questions they wanted to ask. […]

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

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