That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
John Prescott

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.
John Prescott

You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either.
John Prescott

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.
John Prescott

I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.
John Prescott

Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites.
John Prescott

There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.
John Prescott

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.
John Prescott