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As I said at the beginning, I come at this as a mayor. I ran Bristol from 2016 to 2024. Bristol is one of the UK’s core cities. During that time, I became chair of Core Cities UK. I was also chair of the LGA City Regions Board, representing the urban regions across the UK. We were in regular contact with the leaders of places outside of Westminster who were trying to create the space for their populations to live and live well, and the conditions in the places they ran for them to make the full contribution we will need if this country is to flourish.