» Thursday, March 10, 2011
Minister numbers
Asked if the Prime Minister would be studying the Public Administration Committee’s report recommending a reduction in the number of Ministers, the Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) said we will consider the findings of the report. original source.
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Unions
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about a threat of strike action from public service unions, the PMS said that we had a very clear position on strikes and would not speculate about what may or may not happen. We thought it best to get round the table and discuss things. original source.
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» Wednesday, March 9, 2011
No 10 Policy Unit
Asked if anyone was being brought in outside of the civil service to take up jobs in the No 10 Policy Unit, the PMS said that we had said that the Policy Unit would be made up of some civil servants and some Special Advisors. There could be appointments made from outside the civil service, […]
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Libya
Asked if our position was the same as outlined by Hilary Clinton this morning that a no-fly zone would need the backing of the international community and the UN, the PMS said that our position remained as was set out by the Foreign Secretary during his statement to the House earlier this week: we needed […]
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Prince Andrew
Asked if the Prime Minister still had confidence in Prince Andrew, the PMS said that we had set out the position at the beginning of the week and it remained the same. original source.
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» 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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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