Lord Heseltine on decentralisation and dynamism at the Northern Summit 2016

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Lord Heseltine makes an impassioned case for devolution as a means of reigniting an economic dynamism not seen in Britain since the Industrial Revolution, and discusses his battles against centralisation throughout his career.

Lord Heseltine on decentralisation and dynamism

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