» Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Libya

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on Ming Campbell’s comments that William Hague did not have the enthusiasm for the job of Foreign Secretary anymore, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Foreign Secretary had been asked a similar question in his press conference earlier today and had given an answer. […]

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

Police pay

Asked if the Winsor Review proposed the types of changes the Prime Minister wanted to see, the PMS replied that the Home Secretary had said that she would look at the report and there would need to be a period of negotiation. The PMS said we would not be setting out precisely what the pay […]

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

Libya

Asked if one of the people who had been part of the diplomatic mission to Benghazi had been carrying a handwritten letter from the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said no. Asked if that person had been carrying any letter from the Prime Minister, the PMS said no, and that he didn’t know […]

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

Police Reform

Put that there had been allegations this morning that Government had been briefing against the police, the PMS said that the Home Secretary had made one of many speeches on police reform last week, and had been clear that we were going to look hard at police pay and conditions because they constituted 75% of […]

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

Pensions

Asked about the Government’s plans to change the current pension system, the PMS said that there would not be any announcements made today. The Work and Pensions Secretary of State would be making a speech setting out the problems with the current system. One of the problems was that it was a very complex system […]

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

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