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Tory mayor joins calls for deal with Reform UK at next general election

Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley mayor says there will ‘have to be a coming together’ of the two rightwing parties

The Guardian - UK

The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils

Tees Valley project is hoping to help 10,000 children whose ability to learn is suffering as a result of bed poverty

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives need to discover the Houchen touch

Victory for the Tees Valley mayor should show the way for the Tories to refind their election mojo

The Guardian - UK

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Ben Houchen victory bucks anti-Tory trend as Labour wins three mayoral contests

Wins in East Midlands, North East, and York and North Yorkshire suggest Labour on course for general election success

The Guardian - UK

Ben Houchen’s Tees Valley mayoralty win offers Rishi Sunak a lifeline

Defeat could have spurred Conservative rebels to move against prime minister

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to get the basics right’: Labour’s Chris McEwan in Tees Valley

Party hopes to take mayoralty from Tories but incumbent Ben Houchen is still popular with voters, defying national mood

The Guardian - UK

Tees Valley projects unveiled to boost hydrogen-powered vehicles

The schemes will aim to help fuel vehicles such as airport support and supermarket delivery trucks with green energy, the DfT said.

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Boris Johnson’s former adviser becomes youngest peer in the House of Lords

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, 30, and Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, 36, took their seats in the Lords on Monday.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's resignation honours list released as Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel given knighthood and damehood

The list also features former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, who have both been given peerages

Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove launches independent investigation into Teesworks freeport

The Communities Secretary confirmed the probe in a letter to the Conservative mayor for the Tees Valley.

The Independent UK

North East companies called on to contribute to skills initiative led by Chamber

Having been selected by Government to lead a Local Skills Improvement Plan for the North of Tyne and Tees Valley, the North East England Chamber of Commerce wants input from employers

Birmingham Post

Prime Minister opens satellite Number 10 office in Darlington

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said the move 'put us on the map'

Birmingham Post

Tees Valley Lithium gets go-ahead for £200m-plus plant at Wilton International

The lithium refinery building has been approved by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Birmingham Post

Newcastle University academic 'saddened at personal attack' by Tees Valley Mayor over crab deaths research

Marine biologist Dr Gary Caldwell believes comments made by Mr Houchen on social media are a "personal attack" launched at him and the science behind his report into the cause of mass crab deaths along the North East coast

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Steel plant is demolished in controlled explosion

A former steelworks has been torn down in what is believed to be one of the biggest explosive demolitions in the UK. Dramatic pictures of the 65-metre-tall (213ft) Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) plant in Redcar being blown up emerged after Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen pressed the button to detonate…

The Guardian - UK

‘We just want the truth’: British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths

Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government

Chronicle Live

Darlington launches shock bid to host Eurovision Song Contest in 2023

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen unveiled the shock bit during discussions at a scrutiny meeting on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

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The Independent UK

Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak boosted by backing from influential Red Wall mayor

Ben Houchen, the influential Tees Valley mayor, had criticised failure of contest to focus on Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledge

Birmingham Post

Partners outline hopes for British Steel's green hydrogen ambition

EDF, University College London and Materials Processing Institute unite with British Steel as Tees Valley Mayor welcomes cutting edge industry activity

Birmingham Post

Tees Valley to host world first Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation

The centre will be coordinated by the International Chamber of Commerce UK and supported by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority

Birmingham Post

Centre for Process Innovation expands with new office in Newcastle

CPI already has centres in Sedgefield and the Tees Valley but is opening a third site in the North East close to two national innovation centres

The Independent UK

Tory mayor calls for regions to have power to cut taxes as part of ‘levelling up’ plan

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said the flagship proposals do ‘not go far enough’

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