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"In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy."
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"There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there."
"I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are."
"I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly."
"What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation."
"You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either."
"Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done."
"If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself."
"The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe."
"That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer."
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