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Lord Prescott stormed out of an event in Hull launching a new 30-year plan for transport investment across the north.



The former Hull East MP and Deputy Prime Minister shouted: "It's a bloody fraud" before storming out of the room.



The outspoken peer said: "Is this meant to be consultation? We should be having a debate. It's a bloody fraud."



He then stood up and walked out of the specially-invited audience of business leaders and council officials.

Speaking to the BBC after storming out, Lord Prescott said: "It says nothing about how you'll get a real northern body.



"We have already been told it was promised to have statutory powers and let the north decide its powers.



"Now we know, and it's been confirmed in the government, it will have no powers.





"It can talk to the treasury along with the strategic bodies but it can't make a decision. It doesn't get any money. It's a bloody fraud."

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The event was one of six being held in different cities to mark the launch of Transport for the North's new strategic transport plan.



The ambitious 30-year transport vision for the north is being trumpeted as a way to revolutionise links to Hull and other northern cities.



Lord Prescott was given responsibly for transport when he became Deputy Prime Minister in 1997.

There will be a public consultation on the plan running until April with events planned in Hull and Goole.



The 30-year plan aims to drive economic growth between Hull and Liverpool and up to the Scottish border.



The plan says a sustained investment programme in transport between 2020 and 2050 could deliver a £100bn boost to the north's economy and 850,000 new jobs.