We plan to introduce a period of creative destruction in the public services.

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Comment (first reported by The Guardian) which led to Kruger standing down as the Conservative candidate in Sedgefield (then the constituency of Labour prime minister Tony Blair), as cited in "Tory candidate quits over remark", BBC News (15 March 2005).

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We plan to introduce a period of creative destruction in the public services.

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