He said he wanted to see more investment in the regions and manufacturing industry to build a more "balanced" economy.

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Peter Davies, who has served as English Democrat mayor of Doncaster since 2009, recently left the party, saying it was "odd, to say the least, and, to me personally, unacceptable" that former BNP members were being "hoovered up".