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Asked to give a sense of how much input the Prime Minister had on this Budget, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that obviously the Prime Minister had been consulted, as you would expect, but no more or no less than any other Government announcement of this significance.
Asked if it was a new tradition that the Prime Minister spoke to the Chancellor about the Budget, the PMS replied that he had no idea what the questioner was getting at. The Prime Minister, when he was Chancellor, obviously used to consult with his predecessor as well.
Put that according to Derek Scott the then Prime Minister used to say "give us a clue Gordon", the PMS replied that he would not necessarily say that that was the most definitive or authoritative account of the relationship between the previous Chancellor and the previous Prime Minister.
Asked if there was any book he could steer them towards, the PMS replied he was sure there would be plenty of books published that future historians would be able to pore over.
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