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Article: Perspective: Rising to the challenge; In an exclusive article for The Birmingham Post, Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about the economic challenges facing the West Midlands.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2001
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Manufacturing industry has played a major role in shaping the West Midlands just as the West Midlands has played a major role in shaping Britain's industrial success.
So it's fitting that I'm coming to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to talk about the economic challenges we face and, above all, about my belief that manufacturing has a strong future in this country.
For despite the devastating news yesterday of the threat to thousands of steel jobs, I don't accept the view that our manufacturing industry is in terminal decline or that our country's ...