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HARDtalk: Michael Heseltine - Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97

08/11/2010

Michael Heseltine - Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97

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David Cameron wants Michael Heseltine to help bring growth to the UK's poorest places.

David Cameron wants Michael Heseltine to help bring growth to the UK's poorest places. But how, in this age of austerity? With Stephen Sackur.

The coalition government believes it can deliver both sustained economic growth and the deepest cuts in spending since World War II by unleashing the potential of the private sector. Michael Heseltine is the minister who, under the Thatcher governments, led the urban regeneration efforts in the 1980s. Now David Cameron wants him to help bring growth to the UK's poorest places. But how, in this age of austerity?

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