Boris Johnson has promised to "level-up" the UK, rebalancing the economy and regenerating deprived regions.
In a speech in Coventry, in the heart of the country, the Prime Minister committed to investing in transport links in eight cities to make them "as good as London's."
From London, our correspondent Benji Hyer reports.
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