David Cameron and Prince William have both contacted New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key to offer support.

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Baroness Neville-Jones, Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague met the bosses of some of Britain's biggest businesses, including Barclays, HSBC, Tesco and BA, on Monday to urge them to take the problem more seriously.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron said he spoke to Prince William after the news was announced and passed on his congratulations.

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William Hague once warned David Cameron that Europe was "a ticking bomb" which could blow up the Conservative party.

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The sequel, also written (with William Wisher) and directed by Cameron, is far less satisfying.

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Meanwhile, the debate itself been switched to next Monday - to enable William Hague to lead for the government and David Cameron to attend, Downing Street says.

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Last month Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted "get this sorted out" before Prince William and Kate Middleton marry at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011.

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Mr Kampfner got straight into the dilemma facing policy makers, describing how David Cameron had been keen to shut down Blackberry during the summer riots until William Hague had pointed out just how that would play after Britain's support for the Arab Spring activist.

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But the foreign secretary William Hague -who was in Brussels during the negotiations, though not in the room with David Cameron - saw the British demands as the 'minimum' the UK would settle for.

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