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Credit Card Meeting

Asked for more details about the credit card companies meeting and what the Prime Minister would like to see emerge from it, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that this would be a meeting that the Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and the Consumer Affairs Minister Gareth Thomas would be having with […]

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EU Finanical Package

Asked for more details on the package, the PMS said that this had not yet been formally announced. It was his understanding that the announcement would be made shortly. Clearly, we welcomed the fact that there was a growing consensus, not just in Europe but internationally, on the need for tax and spending policy to […]

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Economy

Asked to respond to the Times story on legally forcing the banks to lend, the PMS replied that we had always made clear that we had to look at a range of options in order to do what was in the best interests of British businesses and British families. Nothing was ruled out as we […]

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Car Companies

Put that Chancellor Merkel had outlined some help fro Opel and would there be any help from the British Government for Vauxhall, the PMS advised people to check with BERR but from memory, his recollection was that there would be a meeting that Lord Mandelson would be having on Thursday with the car industry. We […]

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Misc

Asked if people could expect the Prime Minister to make an announcement about the G20 Summit today, the PMS said that you could expect an announcement at some point today. original source.

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