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A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools.

Michael Gove

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Michael Gove
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 26
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