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

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.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust

I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February.

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.