» Wednesday, September 7, 2011Morning press briefing for 7 September 2011Wednesday 7 September 2011 Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s spokesperson on: President of the European Council, MP Dinner, Economy, 50p Tax Rate. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) President of the European CouncilAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with the European Council President and his plan to seek a United States of Europe, the PMS said the Prime Minister answered many questions on the European Union yesterday afternoon. The purpose of the meeting was to look ahead to the Autumn and the European Council in October. They […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MP dinnerAsked if one of the Government’s MPs would be hosting a dinner paid for by the Syrian dictator’s nephew, the PMS said there was no member of the Government involved in this dinner. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EconomyAsked if the Prime Minister was confident that his economic plan was working, the PMS said the Chancellor set out our position last night in a long speech on the economy. Asked again if the Prime Minister believed that there was no reason to think again about stimulating the economy, the PMS said that the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) 50p Tax RateAsked if it was still the Government’s policy to abolish the 50p rate, the PMS said the policy was, as set out by the Chancellor at the time of the Budget. The 50p rate was a temporary measure. The Chancellor had asked HM Revenue & Customs to conduct some analysis on the amount of money […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Tuesday, September 6, 2011Morning press briefing for 6 September 2011Tuesday 6 September 2011 Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s spokesperson on: Cabinet, Criminal Justice System, TV in court rooms, free schools, Libya and EU agency workers. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a read-out of Cabinet, which focussed on review of policy in light of the riots; reforms to education; and the situation in Libya and Syria. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Criminal Justice SystemAsked if lessons learnt from the way the courts worked on cases following the riots would be applied more widely, the PMS said that the courts had been highly effective at processing a large number of cases quickly. The PMS said that this was not only efficient, but sent an important message demonstrating that we […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) TV in court roomsAsked if HMG will make an announcement on the use of TV in courts, the PMS replied that the Ministry of Justice would be publishing a Written Ministerial Statement later that day. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Free schoolsAsked about further policy on free schools would be launched later this week, the PMS said that he was not expecting lots of new policies to be announced but confirmed that the Secretary of State for Education would take the opportunity to highlight the problems we have in the education system and how we are […] 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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