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Is Labour prepared to give away power?

The Power Test

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The Importance of Connectivity in Britain

Cities outside of London underperform hugely compared to smaller cities in European countries. Study says if they had same level of economic performance as the smallest sort of second, third, fourth cities in Germany we could be having £50 billion a year more growth. In Germany regions have a lot of independence and a lot of power to make economic decisions. Whereas here all the decisions are made in Westminster.

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