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Tony Blair says he is '100 %' behind Iraq evidence
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 6:36 pm | UK Government
Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he stands '100 per cent' behind the evidence that was presented on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Mr Blair was speaking at the G8 summit in Evian, where leaders are discussing issues including trade, the ... More >>
Baroness Amos Replaces Clare Short At DFID
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 2:34 pm | UK Government
"I am delighted to be joining DFID," said Baroness Amos "DFID has an outstanding reputation around the world for its important and pioneering work in international development." More >>
UK Working Holidaymakers Scheme Announcement
Monday, 14 April 2003, 2:04 pm | UK Government
The British Government has just announced in its 2003 Budget that positive changes to the UK Working Holidaymakers Scheme (WHMS) will be made. More >>
UK PMOs Press Briefing 7th April 2003
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 1:00 pm | UK Government
Asked when the Prime Minister would make a Statement to the House on Iraq, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister had committed himself to making a Statement before the Easter recess and he would do so. When that might ... More >>
Belief in liberation & future prosperity for Iraq
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 11:01 am | UK Government
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has repeated the UK commitment to the liberation and future prosperity of Iraq during a speech to the Newspaper Society Annual Conference. More >>
UK PMOs Briefing 1 April 2003
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 11:00 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) took the opportunity to put the military campaign so far into context. Last week, he said, we had seen the Coalition taking a strategic grip of Iraq in the first days of the war. That strategic grip had involved ... More >>
UK PMOs Briefing 28th March 2003
Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:21 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) took the opportunity to update journalists on the work taking place to deal with the humanitarian situation inside Iraq. As we had been making clear over recent days, the UN's immediate priority was to restart ... More >>
Saddam Hussein's time is running out says Hoon
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:57 am | UK Government
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has said the most important task within the Iraq campaign objectives is to deny Iraq use of its Weapons of Mass Destruction. Coalition efforts have centred on disabling command and control facilities through which the Iraqi ... More >>
UK PMOs Briefing 26th March - Iraq & Middle East
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:27 am | UK Government
Questioned as to whether a UN Resolution on a post-Saddam Government was necessary, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Prime Minister had done an extensive briefing on the plane on his way to Washington and ... More >>
UK Defence Secretary briefs MPs on Iraq latest
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 12:33 am | UK Government
Geoff Hoon has briefed Parliament on the latest military situation in Iraq. Mr Hoon told MPs that after six days of conflict steady progress had been made. More >>
UK PMOs' Briefing On Iraq - 25 March 2003
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 11:40 am | UK Government
Asked if the Prime Minister was certain that a UN Resolution would be secured to provide humanitarian relief to the Iraqi people or whether he had merely been indicating in his press conference earlier today that he would try very hard to achieve it, ... More >>
Further £30 million for Iraq's humanitarian needs
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 11:38 am | UK Government
The government has committed £30 million to support appeals launched by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). More >>
PM: Saddam and his regime will be removed
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 11:37 am | UK Government
At his latest press conference, Prime Minister Tony Blair said: '...in addition to pursuing our military campaign with vigour and determination, we are also determined in the wake of military success to bring humanitarian relief to the people of Iraq. ... More >>
UK PMOS' Afternoon Briefing - 24 March
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:29 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Prime Minister would be holding his monthly press conference tomorrow in Downing Street at midday. More >>
Government press briefing by the Defence Secretary
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:27 am | UK Government
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has said the military campaign in Iraq is proceeding 'according to our strategic planning'. Mr Hoon made the comments in his opening statement at a Government press briefing on operations in the Gulf. More >>
Humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:26 am | UK Government
International Development Secretary Clare Short has said that there is a growing will to reunite the international community behind the humanitarian and reconstruction effort in Iraq. More >>
Blair: A war not of conquest but of liberation
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:25 am | UK Government
Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that the campaign in Iraq will be carried out to minimise the suffering of its people and to safeguard the wealth of the country for their future prosperity. Mr Blair was briefing MPs on the latest European Council ... More >>
Iraq: the Military Campaign Objectives
Friday, 21 March 2003, 10:20 am | UK Government
1. Our policy objectives were set out in Parliament on 7 January 2003. The prime objective remains to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction and their associated programmes and means of delivery, including prohibited ballistic missiles, as set ... More >>
UK Prime Minister's Address to the Nation
Friday, 21 March 2003, 10:14 am | UK Government
Tonight, British servicemen and women are engaged from air, land and sea. Their mission: to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. More >>
UK PMOS Briefing On Iraq
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 12:22 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Prime Minister had had a twenty minute telephone conversation after PMQs today about Iraq. He had also spoken to the Greek Prime Minister in advance of the European Council ... More >>
