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Prisoner Voting

Asked if one of the options the Government was considering was not allowing any prisoners to vote, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that we were looking at the options and it was not right to speculate about what we may or may not do before that work had been completed. There had been a […]

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Egypt

Asked if the Government was still monitoring events in Egypt, the PMS said yes. The continuing protests were now larger than ever and it was our conclusion that more change was required urgently. Asked what kind of change was required, the PMS said that it needed to be an Egyptian-led process. We thought that there […]

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AV Vote

Asked if the Deputy Prime Minister had cancelled his foreign trip this week because there were concerns about the AV Bill, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said no. It was well known that there had been a lot of debate on this Bill in the House of Lords and it would be coming back to […]

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GCHQ Visit

Asked why the Prime Minister was visiting GCHQ today, the PMS said that it had been the Prime Minister’s intention to visit GCHQ for some time. The issue of cyber security was one that we raised and prioritised in the context of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. original source.

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Council Leaders Letter

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Eric Pickles that cuts to local councils should be frontloaded despite opposition from some councils as outlined in an open letter released today, the PMS said that there was an element of frontloading in the Spending Review (SR) settlement because it had to add up. Put that in […]

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Prisoner Voting

Asked if the Government recognised the figure of 143million in regards to possible compensation payments to prisoners, the PMS said no; there were a number of cases outstanding but compensation would be determined by court, which meant nobody would be able to say for certain what the figure would be. Asked what the latest legal […]

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Egypt

Asked if there was any update on the situation in Egypt, the PMS said that our position remained the same: given the fact that continuing protests were larger than ever we would say that more urgent change was necessary. original source.

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