Mr Gove added: “One of the things I think everyone – certainly everyone from the Conservative Party, but I think actually, most people in politics – would agree is if we can have every part of the United Kingdom operating as effectively economically as London and the south east currently do, that provides not just opportunity for more individuals, it also provides more for the Exchequer as well.”
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