» Monday, October 25, 2010Business Secretary’s speechAsked whether it was the Government’s policy to return to the principle of sharing the proceeds of growth in future, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that questions about the future course of fiscal policy were something for the Chancellor to decide at future budgets. For the present time we had a […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Universal benefitsAsked if the Prime Minister believed rich pensioners should get an increase to their universal benefit in their state pension when rich parents should not by having their child benefit removed, the PMS said that our objective was that there should be a simple state pension for future pensioners, which was easy to understand and […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ImmigrationPut that the Prime Minister had signalled a rethink on the immigration cap during his speech this morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was not a rethink; the current position was that we had a temporary cap that ran until next spring and we were consulting on a cap for future years. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) European CouncilAsked what the Prime Minister’s position would be on the European budget at the European Council this week, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out his position on the European budget, and he would make those points at the European Council this week, and seek to build consensus around our position. original […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) WikileaksAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with the Deputy Prime Minister that there needed to be an inquiry into the Iraq Wikileaks, and if the Prime Minister could potentially ask Sir John Chilcot to extend the Iraq Inquiry’s remit and look in to specific cases involving British troops, the PMS said that what the Iraq […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if we could expect legislation on bank lending in the next couple of weeks, the PMS said that the Business Department was planning to set out more detailed proposals on finance for industry in general. People should speak to BIS about next steps and timing. Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that he […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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