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David Cameron to attend Bilderberg group meeting

Downing Street defends visit to secretive group, where prime minister will not be accompanied by civil servants



Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 June 2013 07.38 EDT
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"No 10 said it did not believe that civil servants would accompany the prime minister. Asked whether he would be accompanied by officials, the PM's spokesman said: "I am not aware of any officials going. But I am happy to double check."

Cameron's attendance at the meeting brings to three the number of British ministers who will attend this year's Bilderberg group summit. George Osborne is attending and Kenneth Clarke, the former chancellor, is a member of the group's steering committee.

The Bilderberg group says the costs of the annual meeting are the responsibility of the steering group, whose members include the former Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, the CEO of the defence manufacturer EADS, Thomas Enders, and the Goldman Sachs chairman, Peter Sutherland.

The group says: "There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued."

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