George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, is also on holiday, though Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, is back, and toured the devastated main street in Tottenham on Monday.

财政大臣乔治·奥斯本仍在休假，不过副首相尼克·克莱格已经返回，并在星期一巡查了托特纳姆地区遭到毁坏的主要街道。

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David Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and the Business Secretary Vince Cable had a "quad" meeting this week to discuss it.

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'The Quad' who run the coalition - PM David Cameron, his deputy Nick Clegg, Chancellor George Osborne and Danny Alexander, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury - met earlier this week to talk tactics.

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Mr Clegg discussed his tax objectives with Chancellor George Osborne on Wednesday and Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday.

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