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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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"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."
"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."
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"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."
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