To: Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Move Whitehall North

Move Parliament and 'Whitehall'/core civil service at least 100 miles north

Why is this important?

Advantages:
Would reduce...
north/south divide
City influence
SE housing pressure
SE transport congestion & need for new runway
The need for HS2?
Housing benefits/high London rents

and
make parliament physically less distant, more accessible
boost the economy outside London

Drawbacks?
cost (probably neutral)
reduce SE housing price bubbles
upheaval for MP's and civil servants
London no longer the capital (but still tourist attraction)

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