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In Brussels, Mr. Gates told NATO defense ministers that progress had been made in driving insurgents from havens in south and southwestern Afghanistan, and that the Kabul government's own security forces were improving.
Whether Blair or Brown or Cameron, successive prime ministers and their chancellors pretend that progress is largely a matter of trims and tweaks – of capping business rates and funding the A14 to Felixstowe.
That progress continued last year".
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Eliseu Padilha, the transport minister, admits that progress since privatisation has been slower than expected, but claims it is gathering steam and that a 30% market share by 2005 is in sight.
The Prime Minister indicated that progress has also been made on the impasse over British demands for a four-year ban on in-work benefits for migrants and highlighted the summit communiqué which instructed the European Council to work towards "mutually satisfactory conclusions" in all areas of British demands.
The prime minister believes that significant progress will be made at the G20 summit, which he will chair, because world leaders have recognised that the downturn provides a strong opportunity to crack down on tax havens.
