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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 30 April 2008.

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Photo of Gordon Brown Gordon Brown The Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party 11:30, 30 April 2008

First, we should be proud that the Olympics are coming to London. This gives me the chance to congratulate the Mayor of London on having made sure that the Olympics will come to London. The hon. Gentleman will know that a national contribution to the Olympics is also being made by the Exchequer. I believe that holding the Olympics in London will be a great boost, not just to London but to the whole of the British economy.

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David Clark
Posted on 1 May 2008 11:54 am (Report this annotation)

But he does answer the question about the increasing cost of the Olympics. He also fails to mention that on BBC's Question Time Ken Livingstone admitted teh Olympics were supported by him as a "con" to get more development money out of the Government. Many people actively involved with the Arts and Sport have seen grants slashed to allow the Olympics to be run.