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PM/Chancellor

Asked to comment on claims made by Clare Short in her diaries that the Prime Minister had offered a deal to the Chancellor whereby he would stand down as Prime Minister if the Chancellor would state that the five economic tests had been met, the PMS said that as her colleague had told journalists yesterday, we were not going to comment on Ms Short’s book or get involved in any publicity drive on her behalf. Her publishers were perfectly able to do that for her. That said, we did not know where this morning’s story had come from. Asked if she was implying that the claim was untrue, the PMS repeated that she had no intention of commenting on such stories.

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