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Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss abandons £8.8 billion policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss has abandoned a flagship policy to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London after furious warnings from senior Conservatives that it would be “levelling down” the nation by leaving nurses, police officers and teachers ...

02 Aug 2022 at 23:42

Gove announces development corporations for Middlesbrough and Hartlepool

Middlesbrough and Hartlepool will be regenerated through two new development corporations, Michael Gove has announced. The Levelling Up Secretary said the mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, will get new powers with the corporations to revamp ...

25 Jan 2023 at 15:21

Tees Valley projects unveiled to boost hydrogen-powered vehicles

Two new transport projects will aim to make it easier to use hydrogen-powered vehicles including supermarket delivery trucks and airport ground support. The Government announced the schemes will receive part of an £8 million funding package ...

02 Aug 2023 at 08:57

Boost for Tories as Ben Houchen re-elected as Tees Valley mayor

Conservative Ben Houchen has been re-elected as mayor of the Tees Valley region, with a much reduced majority over Labour. Lord Houchen secured almost 82,000 votes compared with the 63,000 votes received by Labour’s Chris McEwan, winning a ...

03 May 2024 at 13:15

Sunak acknowledges ‘disappointing’ local election results amid swing to Labour

Rishi Sunak has acknowledged a “disappointing” series of local election results after the Conservatives suffered defeats across the country. But the Prime Minister insisted he was “focused completely on the job at hand” and that Labour ...

03 May 2024 at 15:44

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

Liz Truss’s plan to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London is coming under growing criticism amid warnings it would leave nurses, police officers and teachers poorer. Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, who ...

02 Aug 2022 at 12:46

Houchen could ‘absolutely’ work with Starmer and ‘forgot’ blue Tory rosette

Ben Houchen said he could “absolutely” work with Sir Keir Starmer if the Labour leader becomes prime minister, but denied “trying to pretend” he was not Conservative during his mayoral election campaign. The winning Tory candidate ...

03 May 2024 at 16:09

Labour source concedes Tees Valley mayoral vote to Tory incumbent Ben Houchen

A Labour source has conceded the mayoral vote in Tees Valley to Conservative incumbent Ben Houchen. The source said Lord Houchen had won with a significantly reduced majority compared with 2021, and that he had distanced himself ...

03 May 2024 at 12:16

Labour reveals plans to ‘breathe new life’ into high streets with reformed rates

Labour has pledged to “breathe new life” into high streets as the party unveils a five-point plan including reforming business rates and tougher laws on shoplifting. During a visit to Tees Valley on Wednesday Labour’s deputy ...

09 Apr 2024 at 22:30

Sunak ultimately to blame for Tory ‘chaos’, says Tees Valley mayor Houchen

Rishi Sunak bears ultimate responsibility for a Tory Party mired in chaos, a senior Conservative said as a poll indicated a 30-point lead for Labour. Tees Valley Mayor Lord Ben Houchen said the Conservatives are “fighting ...

09 May 2024 at 10:52

Poll gives Labour commanding lead in Tees Valley mayoral battle

One of the Conservatives’ most high-profile local politicians could be on course to lose his post, as a poll suggests Labour is set to win the Tees Valley mayoralty. Just 19% of people in Tees Valley said they intended ...

08 Mar 2024 at 19:00

Government has ‘failed to close regional divides on high-tech jobs’ – Nandy

Some areas of the UK would take hundreds of years to hit the UK average for high-tech jobs on their current trajectory, Labour analysis suggests. Labour’s shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy said the Government ...

06 Feb 2022 at 23:55

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