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The Prime Minister emerged from talks in Paris last night confident that fellow EU leaders will ensure the banking system through medium term loans and the recapitalisation of banks.

Gordon Brown opened the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival earlier today as a surprise guest.

Gordon Brown spent an hour taking questions from business leaders in Birmingham last night on the current banking crisis and its effects on the economy.

Gordon Brown has welcomed Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen to 10 Downing Street for bilateral talks.

The Prime Minister has expressed his anger at bankers and financiers who take irresponsible risks and jeopardise the economy.

The British and global financial situation were on the agenda at today’s PMQs.

The Prime Minister has outlined a series of measures to be taken by the Government in order to rejuvenate the ailing financial and banking system and ease the anxieties of families and businesses.

The leaders of the European Union have issued a joint statement reasserting their determination to work together to tackle the global financial crisis and its effects.