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Tuesday 8 January 2008

Prime Minister s Press Conference

8 January 2008

Gordon Brown takes questions during his monthly Downing Street press conference, 4 September 2007; Crown copyright Gordon Brown, accompanied by Chancellor Alistair Darling, answered questions from national and international journalists in Downing Street today.

The press conference session focused on the economy, public sector pay and crime.

The PM’s first press conference of 2008 comes after yesterday’s keynote speech on the National Health Service. Mr Brown outlined a programme of "deeper and wider" reforms of the NHS to help it face new challenges in the 21st Century.

The Prime Minister’s regular press conference session, broadcast live from inside Number 10, usually lasts an hour and Mr Brown has no prior notification of the questions.


Image copyright: Reuters

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