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PM's coastguard closure blunder

The Prime Minister has had to issue a clarification after he appeared to suggest coastguard stations earmarked for closure had been given a temporary reprieve.

David Cameron responded to a letter by a constituent working for Coastguard SOS saying "centres that are planned for closure will remain open until 2015".

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