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Press Briefing Morning 16 May 2012

Wednesday 16 May 2012 The Eurozone, welfare spending and civil service reform were among topics discussed at this press briefing

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

Press Briefing Morning 16 May 2012

Wednesday 16 May 2012 The Eurozone, welfare spending and civil service reform were among topics discussed at this press briefing

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

Eurozone

Asked what the PM’s approach is on the issues facing Greece and the Eurozone, the PMS said that the PM would deliver a speech touching on these things the next day. The UK had been consistent on what was required: the Eurozone countries needed to address the problems with Greece, strengthen their banks and ensure […]

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

Eurozone

Asked what the PM’s approach is on the issues facing Greece and the Eurozone, the PMS said that the PM would deliver a speech touching on these things the next day. The UK had been consistent on what was required: the Eurozone countries needed to address the problems with Greece, strengthen their banks and ensure […]

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

Unemployment

Asked whether the unemployment figures were signs of green shoots, the PMS said that the country was still facing challenging economic times. We welcomed the latest figures and the drop in unemployment. The Government was doing everything it could to ensure unemployment continued to fall. Asked if there was a fundamental shift in employment, from […]

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Unemployment

Asked whether the unemployment figures were signs of green shoots, the PMS said that the country was still facing challenging economic times. We welcomed the latest figures and the drop in unemployment. The Government was doing everything it could to ensure unemployment continued to fall. Asked if there was a fundamental shift in employment, from […]

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

Welfare spending

Asked if the PM was planning a further 25bn cut in welfare spending, the PMS said that the Government has set out its welfare spending plans in the spending review. There have been no decisions taken for years beyond the spending review.

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Welfare spending

Asked if the PM was planning a further 25bn cut in welfare spending, the PMS said that the Government has set out its welfare spending plans in the spending review. There have been no decisions taken for years beyond the spending review.

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Civil service reform

Asked whether there were plans to cut the civil service by 90%, the PMS said that the Government was not planning cuts on that scale. We were cutting spending which meant that the number of jobs in the public sector would fall over the spending review period. Asked whether the cabinet were planning to outsource […]

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Civil service reform

Asked whether there were plans to cut the civil service by 90%, the PMS said that the Government was not planning cuts on that scale. We were cutting spending which meant that the number of jobs in the public sector would fall over the spending review period. Asked whether the cabinet were planning to outsource […]

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

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