Sentence examples for treasury briefing from inspiring English sources

But the Chancellor did admit to personally authorising a Treasury briefing on tax breaks for oil companies.

I recall Ed Balls, then Brown's senior adviser in the Treasury, briefing journalists at the Labour conference in 2001, his hands shaking as he hinted that they were contemplating a tax rise to meet the gap in funding.

Speaking at a Treasury briefing, Mr. O'Neill said today that he would be "delighted to have demonstrated facts to show that we have been greatly successful" in fighting poverty, but he expressed doubts that he could be easily persuaded.

A Treasury briefing note said the North Sea had paid a total of £330bn in production taxes to date, supported 375,000 jobs and boosted the UK's balance of payments to the tune of £25bn every year.

The prime minister said that while he was prepared to organise the extraordinary Treasury briefing, he was not prepared to release the government's independent advice for the public or parliament to justify the rise.

Careful Treasury briefing to the tabloids has prepared the ground for a shift on the top rate of income tax, which if it happens will be presented as proof that the government is pro-enterprise, bold and willing to take a political hit in the short-term in order to send the message that Britain embraces risk-takers, go-getters and entrepreneurs.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies briefing.

At a Pentagon briefing, Maj.

Cobr stands for Cabinet Office briefing rooms.

He then attended a National Security Council briefing.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal said at a Pentagon briefing.