Tag: David Cameron

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  Scotland to hold an independence referendum before the end of 2014

  

  A referendum on Scottish independence will take place before the end of 2014 following an agreement signed on Monday by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish leader Alex Salmond.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:49 UTC

  ‘Hour of reckoning’ speech for Cameron’s future at Tory conference

  

  Britain must cut its budget deficit and fix its economy or face long-term decline, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Wednesday, seeking to convince voters that his austerity plan is the only way forward.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 06:18 UTC

  PM Cameron anticipates further cuts in public spending to reduce the deficit

  

  Britain will have to keep cutting public spending to reduce the budget deficit, Prime Minister David Cameron said, underlining the government's tough task of trying to shunt the economy out of recession and winning back waning public support.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 08:38 UTC

  PM Cameron admits disagreements with Brazil on some foreign policy issues

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted that UK and Brazil did not agree in all foreign policy issues, but welcomed the existence of an open debate between the two countries. PM Cameron ended on Friday a two-day visit to Latinamerica’s largest economy to promote trade and investment.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 01:06 UTC

  Rousseff tells Cameron British interest in Brazil has come at the right time

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said British interest in Brazil had come at the right time after her government announced last month a 66 billion dollars investment in road and railway building as part of a massive plan to upgrade her country's dilapidated infrastructure, which includes modernizing ports and airports.

• Thursday, September 27th 2012 - 16:02 UTC

  PM Cameron in Brazil on a two-day visit to boost trade and political links

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Brazil on Thursday to promote UK business and capitalise on the success of the summer Olympic games. Cameron first stop was Sao Paulo where he arrived with a 58-strong business delegation and opened a new £60m JCB factory.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 16:24 UTC

  Rousseff to meet Obama in New York and receive PM Cameron in Brasilia

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to meet with her US peer Barack Obama next week in the framework of the annual opening of the UN General Assembly and at the end of the month will be hosting British PM David Cameron in Brasilia, according to Sao Paulo media reports.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2012 - 23:55 UTC

  PM Cameron reshuffles cabinet but keeps unpopular Osborne as Chancellor

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron reshuffled his ailing coalition government on Tuesday, but kept unpopular finance minister George Osborne and foreign minister William Hague in their jobs.

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 02:32 UTC

  US candidate Romney apologized to PM Cameron for London Games comments

  

  US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's high-profile overseas trip got off to a rocky start on Thursday when he was forced to clarify a comment seen as criticizing London's handling of the Summer Olympics that he came to celebrate.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  PM Cameron receives Dilma to talk about Olympics, trade and global economy

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday to pick up some tips on staging the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.