British Prime Minster Tony Blair is back at his desk in Downing Street this afternoon, and is fully recovered from yesterday's heart scare, his official spokesman said today.
The Prime Minister is "fit, fine, in good spirits and 100% recovered" and has already held meetings, the spokesman said.
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Foreign Secretary Mr Jack Straw is giving a statement to the House of Commons in place of the Prime Minister later, but Mr Blair is planning to resume his normal schedule from tomorrow.
He will attend his regular audience with the Queen and face questions in the Commons and give a speech on public services on Wednesday.
On Thursday he will hold his monthly press conference after chairing Cabinet before setting off on a regional tour, the spokesman said.
The news will dispel concerns about his ability to attend a meeting with the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, in which the Irish and British governments will respond to the outcome of talks between the Ulster Unionists and Sinn Féin aimed at restoring devolution in the North.
It is expected the meeting will take place on Wednesday provided the two parties agree to a series of commitments tha would lead to the calling of Assembly elections at the end of November.
Mr Blair spent five hours in hospital yesterday receiving treatment after complaining of chest pains while staying at Chequers, his official country home in Buckinghamshire.
Although released and pronounced fit after nearly five hours of treatment at a London hospital, doctors ordered the 50-year-old Blair to rest today.
"There is no reason why this should reoccur," a Downing Street spokesman said. "He will be back full-time at his desk on Tuesday morning."
Mr Blair was at his Chequers country home, where he often spends weekends with his family, when he felt ill. He was later taken to London's Hammersmith hospital, where doctors regulated his heart beat via electric shock.
He then returned "well and in good spirits" to Downing Street, the spokesman said.
Mr Blair has no history of heart problems and is known to be a vitamin-popping fitness enthusiast who plays tennis, works out regularly on a treadmill and even joined US President George W. Bush in a gym for a joint session on a recent trip.
But the British prime minister has looked stressed and drawn through much of 2003, as he sold an unpopular war to a sceptical public and critics rounded on him for his office's role in the outing of the name of scientist Dr David Kelly, who committed suicide.
Mr Blair had been advised by doctors to rest today but resumed at lighter than normal schedule work at around lunchtime.
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