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Brown takes Cabinet to Birmingham

Gordon Brown to rally Cabinet in Birmingham

Gordon Brown and senior ministers are today in the Midlands for the first of the prime minister's morale-boosting regional Cabinet meetings.

The prime minister will meet with the Cabinet at 13:30 BST at the Birmingham ICC, before which ministers will make several visits to schools, hospitals and colleges.

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