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Plans to crack down on persistent rogue traders and to ban unsolicited credit card cheques were announced today as the Government published its Consumer White Paper.

The Prime Minister has pledged support for the “culture of ideas and innovation” in the UK, during a reception for entrepreneurs.

The Government has today created a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whose key role will be to build Britain’s capabilities to compete in the global economy. The Department will be created by merging BERR and DIUS.

Sir Alan Sugar has been appointed as the Government’s Enterprise Champion.

An unprecedented level of cooperation between nations will be needed to recover from the economic downturn, Gordon Brown has said.

A major construction project to build a high-speed railway line through London is a signal of “faith in the future” of the UK’s economy, the Prime Minister has said.

Transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister at a reception at Downing Street as part of the Invest Iraq conference on 30 April 2009.

Businesses are being encouraged to use a one-stop-shop to access Government help during the economic downturn.