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Controversy over deputy-prime minister’s involvement in casino licensing
In particular Tories are interested in a night Prescott spent as the guest of US Tycoon Philip Anschutz. Anschutz is the owner of AEG Entertainment, the company which was granted the lease to the Millennium Dome in 2004.
Prescott has been forced to deny there is any conflict of interest with his ministerial role and his personal relationship with Anschutz but as he had responsibility for the regeneration of the dome at the time questions persist about his impartiality.
However Richard Caborn, the culture minister responsible whose brief includes the casino proposals, dismissed the speculation as “a load of rubbish” and said the insinuation was “absolutely disgraceful”.
Prescott has been forced to deny there is any conflict of interest with his ministerial role and his personal relationship with Anschutz but as he had responsibility for the regeneration of the dome at the time questions persist about his impartiality.
However Richard Caborn, the culture minister responsible whose brief includes the casino proposals, dismissed the speculation as “a load of rubbish” and said the insinuation was “absolutely disgraceful”.
Submitted: 2006/07/04 at 12:21:20
