» Monday, November 21, 2011
Working time directive
Asked what the current position was in trying to reform the Working Time Directive (WTD) following talks the Prime Minister had with the German Chancellor, the PMS said the Government was expecting a report from Herman Von Rompuy to the European Council in early December that would set out options for improving the economic governance […]
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Autumn statement
Asked if it was still the Government’s intention to pay off the structural deficit by 2014/15, the PMS said the fiscal mandate was unchanged and there would be an update in the autumn statement. Asked further questions on the fiscal mandate, the PMS said there was a rolling 5-year mandate for the deficit and an […]
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Benefits
Asked if the Prime Minister had made a decision on the uprating of benefits, the PMS said there was a process in which a benefits uprating order was published, usually in early December, and suggested journalists wait for that. original source.
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» Monday, November 14, 2011
Afternoon press briefing from 14 November 2011
Monday 14 November 2011 Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s spokesperson on: Lord Mayor’s banquet speech, eurozone, fuel prices and Sure Start centres original source.
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Lord Mayor’s banquet speech
Asked if the Prime Minister would address comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the need for unity in the Eurozone in his speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet that night, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the speech would cover a wide range of foreign policy issues. Asked if the Archbishop of Canterbury was […]
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Eurozone
Asked if the Prime Minister would be seeing Chancellor Merkel later that week, the PMS said no meetings had been confirmed. He added the Prime Minister would take the opportunity over the coming weeks to speak to and possibly see some of his opposite numbers in other European countries ahead of the European Council in […]
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Fuel prices
Asked if the vote of fuel pricing would be whipped, the PMS said he was unaware of whipping arrangements. Asked if the Government was in favour of the motion, the PMS said the Government made our position clear in the Budget when we decided to cut fuel duty, but future decisions were a matter for […]
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Sure Start Centres
Asked why the Department for Education has confirmed Sure Start closures when the Prime Minister had pledged to protect Sure Start centres before the election, the PMS said that of the figure of 124 fewer Sure Start centres quoted was misleading. Only six centres had closed. The remainder were due to reorganisation and mergers of […]
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» Friday, November 11, 2011
Morning press briefing for 11 November 2011
Friday 11 November 2011 Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s spokesperson on: Eurozone, 50p tax rate, fuel prices, UKBA and Scottish referendum original source.
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Eurozone
Asked if the Prime Minister had had any conversations with President Obama, Chancellor Merkel or President Sarkozy in the last 72 hours and if not what was he doing to address the crisis, the PMS said there had been lots of conversations with these leaders in recent weeks. He said the Prime Minister was focussed […]
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