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London Olympics

Asked by the Daily Telegraph if the Prime Minister was still confident that the preparations for the London Olympics were going well, and was there any comment about the costs involved, as outlined by their story in today’s paper, the PMOS replied that with regards to the costs, we knew that there was a review going on, as was right and proper. As Tessa Jowell said at Cabinet last week, we still firmly believed that this was being handled in such a way that it was the view of the Olympics Committee that we were well ahead of any comparable city at this stage in terms of preparation for the Olympics. Tessa Jowell had said that the IOC’s view was that we were two years ahead of Sydney. With regards to Mr. Lemley, he had set out the reasons for his resignation when he left the ODA, and the PMOS directed people to those comments.

Asked again about costs, the PMOS said that there was a cost review ongoing, not least in terms of scoping the regeneration project, which was very much part of the legacy that would be left behind after the Olympics.

Put that Mr. Lemley had said that political interference was causing problems in terms of costs and getting things done, the PMOS replied that it was a matter for Mr. Lemley to explain any disparity between his comments when he resigned and what he had said to his local paper. One of the things that had distinguished the way in which the Olympics had been handled had been the political co-operation on all sides in London, and that co-operation would continue.

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