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Afternoon press briefing from 14 November 2011

Monday 14 November 2011 Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s spokesperson on: Lord Mayor’s banquet speech, eurozone, fuel prices and Sure Start centres original source.

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Lord Mayor’s banquet speech

Asked if the Prime Minister would address comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the need for unity in the Eurozone in his speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet that night, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the speech would cover a wide range of foreign policy issues. Asked if the Archbishop of Canterbury was […]

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Eurozone

Asked if the Prime Minister would be seeing Chancellor Merkel later that week, the PMS said no meetings had been confirmed. He added the Prime Minister would take the opportunity over the coming weeks to speak to and possibly see some of his opposite numbers in other European countries ahead of the European Council in […]

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Fuel prices

Asked if the vote of fuel pricing would be whipped, the PMS said he was unaware of whipping arrangements. Asked if the Government was in favour of the motion, the PMS said the Government made our position clear in the Budget when we decided to cut fuel duty, but future decisions were a matter for […]

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Sure Start Centres

Asked why the Department for Education has confirmed Sure Start closures when the Prime Minister had pledged to protect Sure Start centres before the election, the PMS said that of the figure of 124 fewer Sure Start centres quoted was misleading. Only six centres had closed. The remainder were due to reorganisation and mergers of […]

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