» Wednesday, May 16, 2012Welfare spendingAsked 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) Welfare spendingAsked 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 reformAsked 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 | Comment (1) Civil service reformAsked 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) Police reformAsked whether the PM still backed the police reforms despite pressure from the Police Federation, the PMS said that the Government was having to find savings in the police force. A significant portion of any public service was staffing costs which was why we had introduced pay freezes and pension reforms across the public sector. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Police reformAsked whether the PM still backed the police reforms despite pressure from the Police Federation, the PMS said that the Government was having to find savings in the police force. A significant portion of any public service was staffing costs which was why we had introduced pay freezes and pension reforms across the public sector. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked why the PM was not fussed about the date of the Scottish referendum, the PMS said that the Government has consistently said that it wanted a referendum sooner rather than later. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked why the PM was not fussed about the date of the Scottish referendum, the PMS said that the Government has consistently said that it wanted a referendum sooner rather than later. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Monday, May 14, 2012Press Briefing Morning 14 May 2012Monday 14 May 2012 Business leaders, NHS reforms and Mitt Romney were among the topics discussed at this press briefing. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Press Briefing Morning 14 May 2012Monday 14 May 2012 Business leaders, NHS reforms and Mitt Romney were among the topics discussed at this press briefing. 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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