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"Shared values" the key to a modern Union
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The shared values of the Union of the United Kingdom have created "bonds of belonging that make us all feel part of a wider Britain," the Prime Minister said this morning.
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"We will only meet the new challenges of security, of economic change, of communities under pressure - and forge a stronger shared national purpose - by building a new relationship between citizens and government that ensures that Government is a better servant of the people."
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