"We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Britain of nations and regions."

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Source: Speech at the University of Manchester Science and Technology Institute, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2001.

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