Ben Houchen
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Mayor of the Tees Valley. Promoted by Neville Lishman on behalf of Ben Houchen, both of Tees Valley Conservatives 30b Larchfield St, Darlington. DL3 7TE
North East, England
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@TeesworksUK
Independent Review published
👉 In black and white, “no evidence to support allegations of corruption or illegality”.
Confirms land was not sold for £100, but instead a wider deal was done worth £39m.
❌
@AndyMcdonaldMP
LIED and cost Teesside investment & jobs.
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Actually speechless.
There is simply no way you can do this without a massive pay cut for 5.5m people including nurses, police officers and our armed forces outside London.
So much that we’ve worked for in places like Teesside, would be undone
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He may be our future king, but he is also a son. An incredibly dignified and powerful statement.
A statement on today’s report of The Dyson Investigation
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🚨 DEAL DONE FOR A £200m INVESTMENT AT OUR AIRPORT 🚨
Today I've agreed a deal to build a major logistics and manufacturing park at Teesside International Airport. A £200m investment over the next 10 years, this will create 4,400 good quality, well-paid jobs for local people.
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We were delighted to welcome The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Teesside Airport this morning👑
William and Kate flew into Teesside to attend their first official in-person engagement away from London this year
We’re so proud to support the Royal Family at Teesside Airport 🇬🇧
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I think this is officially classed as an unprovoked attack on Britain as a sovereign nation ☕️ 🇬🇧
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Talking Freeports, Treasury North, babies being born in Hartlepool again, and even more jobs with
@BorisJohnson
! Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool are BACK on the map.
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Delighted to welcome
@BorisJohnson
to
#Teesside
yesterday. One of only a few politicians than can draw a huge crowd like this. Biggest Tory event in NE for decades and a strong vision for the North.
#impressive
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The nonsense that has gripped some in the Conservative Parliamentary Party is infuriating. To remove
@BorisJohnson
would be to call off the need to rebalance the economy,level up our country & deliver for those who voted Conservative for the first time.
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Fantastic to see the Prime Minister in his new Darlington office this morning. 🤝
Last summer
@RishiSunak
promised to bring a new No 10 base to Darlington.
Delighted to see him deliver on this and I’m looking forward to seeing him in Darlington even more often. 💪
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They said I wouldn’t buy the airport - we proved them wrong.
They said we wouldn’t get any new flights - we proved them wrong.
They said we’d never get a HEATHROW flight - we proved them wrong!
The naysayers keep talking us down... well let’s keep proving them wrong 💪
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To all the rubbish being spouted on twitter at the moment, Ukraine's fight against Russia is absolutely more important than the PM attending a conference of Red Wall Tory politicians.
Putin's great hope is that the West will lose interest in Ukraine. Boris Johnson's visit to Kyiv today gave out a strong message that we will not. A powerful signal of solidarity which is a critical international priority. All those who believe in freedom should welcome it.
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Listening to the Labour Party on
#BBCPoliticsNorth
complaining about:
🚢 The Teesside Freeport
🏦 Treasury North in Darlington
💰 £22m for Middlesbrough
💵 £24m for Thornaby
All they want to do is talk down Teesside. Disappointing when it was such a great week for our area
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I’m proud of Steve Gibson and
@Boro
for refusing to join the European Super League. Well done guys 👏
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The Labour leader was in the area recently talking down Teesside...no surprise there!
He thinks bringing Treasury jobs to Darlington is ‘giving up’. You really couldn’t make this stuff up🤦🏻♂️
So I thought I’d set the record straight
#VoteBen
for more investment and more jobs💪
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Teesside has had difficult times and is now starting to level up because of Boris. We know that for us, like Boris, the comeback will be greater than the setback
EXCLUSIVE
Top Truss ally becomes second Cabinet minister to back Boris Johnson
Simon Clarke, the Levelling Up secretary, urged MPs to back Mr Johnson in a joint statement with Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to The
@Telegraph
.
Full story:
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It is clear to me that the Home Secretary, James Cleverley, should apologise for dragging Stockton’s name through the mud.
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🚨 NEW FLIGHTS FROM TEESSIDE AIRPORT 🚨
Today we’ve announced a whole host of new flights from our amazing airport.
Destinations:
London City Airport ✅
Dublin ✅
Belfast ✅
Southampton ✅
Cardiff ✅
Isle of Man ✅
An improved service to Aberdeen ✅
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Former Labour Hartlepool MP and EU gravy train rider, who did nothing for the area when he was an MP and cabinet minister, complains about the UKs biggest Freeport bringing jobs and investment to Teesside. Labour never change 🤦🏻♂️
Peter Mandelson says Freeport might not be right for Teesside
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🇺🇸 AIRPORT NEWS! 🇺🇸
Today I am proud to announce that huge American aviation firm, Willis Asset Management, have chosen TEESSIDE INTERNATIONAL over a number of global competitors to become home to their major European base.
We continue to move forward, creating more
#LocalJobs
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Leaving the European Union provides the UK with a once in a lifetime opportunity to forge our own trading policy as Global Britain. A Free Port in the Tees Valley will allow us to attract more global investment and the jobs that will come with it.
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Work for Tesla’s plant in Germany has already been halted TWICE
in Teesside, we have hundreds of acres of land & construction could start in February 2021.
So what do you say
@ElonMusk
? Why not bring your Tesla Gigafactory to Teesside after all? 🚗 🙏🏻
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Standard reminder to the media... it’s spelt “Teesside” 🤦🏻♂️
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HS2 is a white elephant. Not only does it completely ignore the North East, the cost is so ridiculous that if we reallocated the money we could deliver NPR, in full, & give every northern leader enough to transform local transport in their areas and still save the taxpayer £80bn
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‼️BREAKING NEWS: STEELMAKING IS COMING BACK TO TEESSIDE💪
In 2020 I made a promise. I promised to bring steelmaking back to Teesside.
🇬🇧Today British Steel have announced it will build a new electric arc furnace at Teesworks.
Promise DELIVERED🙏
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In other news, Govt confirm full allocation of Shared Prosperity Funding for the Tees Valley. EU funding replaced in full, in real terms, up to 2028. Great result and a huge win for Teesside so we can continue our progress at pace. Well done
@michaelgove
and his team. 👏
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We do not stop! We keep going, we keep moving forward and we keep making progress
I’m not resting on my laurels and I promise you we will deliver.This morning I was on the Teesworks site accelerating the work we’ve started💪
More progress means more jobs for local people
#UTB
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It has been fixed… 🤔
How many Tories does it take to fix a pothole?
This whopper still hasn't been fixed a fortnight after it was pointed out by the PM!
Then/Now
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New entrance to the UK’s largest Freeport on Teesside 😎
I’ll never get tired of saying that 🙂
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There’s a pattern here...
✈️ Labour tried to stop us saving the Airport.
🚢 Labour tried to stop us setting up the Freeport.
🇬🇧 Labour tried to stop us delivering Brexit.
🏠 Now they are trying to stop us regenerating Middlesbrough town centre with £18m investment
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Remember when Labour said that now Jeremy Corbyn was no longer their leader they were no longer antisemitic and didn’t have a Jewish problem anymore and that they’d changed… turns out they haven’t changed at all 🤷🏻♂️
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This morning, just three months since we secured the former SSI steelworks, I can announce the largest development to date on the site
👨🏭 9,000 permanent jobs
👷 1,000 construction jobs
🛠️ A 4.5million sq ft world-class manufacturing zone with its first tenants in 2022
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🤩2,250 JOBS COMING TO TEESWORKS🤩
The first example of OUR FREEPORT delivering for local people!
👷♂ 👷♀ 2,250 local jobs
🏭 A multi-million pound factory to open in 2023
💷 £20million government investment in a new offshore wind port
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Sadiq says No. I say YES.
I'd love to see the Sphere and a bit of Vegas on Teesside 😍
@SphereVegas
what do you reckon?
Anything is possible. Viva Las Teesside.
😊😄😉
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Made in Teesside. I like the sound of that
This successful
@novavax
trial is ANOTHER great UK vaccine success story. Global scientific collaboration. UK govt support. Made in Teesside. Thank you to everyone working on it.
Our vaccine strategy is working.
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IT’S OFFICIAL: Teesside Airport will now return to public ownership. Promise delivered.
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🗳Tomorrow is Election Day🗳
It’s going to be a very close election and every vote is vital - so make sure you vote for me!!
Remember, you don’t need your polling card to vote. Just go to your polling station as normal and vote to continue the progress we’re making🙂
#VoteBen
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Darlington Station £80m ✅
Net Zero Teesside to get share of £800m ✅
Tees Valley get share of £4.2bn ✅
Teesside possible location for Treasury North and 750 jobs ✅
£22m for Redcar Steel centre ✅
Total Government money since becoming Mayor = £500m+ 💰 💰 💰
#levelup
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The polls have now closed! 😮
Whatever happens tomorrow, I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you. It’s been an incredible four years and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to represent my local area.
We live in a fantastic region. Be proud
#UTB
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Teesside is at the forefront of fighting Covid as the Novavax Vaccine passes all required clinical trials.
It will now go to the independent regulator, the MHRA, for approval.
Fujifilm will produce all 60m doses of the vaccine with almost all being produced in Teesside 😎
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First stop Hartlepool!
The sun is shining, it’s a lovely day - so take 5 minutes to go and vote for me (and
@Jill4Hartlepool
if you live in Hartlepool 🙂).
Next stop, Redcar 💪
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Here’s a positive Teesside fact to start 2020 with: in 2009 there were 21,400 people unemployed in Teesside. Today the number of people out of work is down to 13,800.
75% of all jobs created are full time and less than 2% zero hours. I think in 2020 we can do even better! 💪
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Hartlepool celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style 😎 Well done
@srmooreuk
and Hartlepool Council. Doing us proud 👏
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Our northern towns do not have a voice when all we do is listen to Manchester or, to a lesser extent, Leeds. We’re so much more than that. The North is a great and diverse place, which is at risk of losing out because of city focused dogma. We can do better!
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First it was the Treasury💷✅
@RishiSunak
Then it was the Department for International Trade🌍✅
@trussliz
Now the Department for Business are moving to Darlington!👨💼✅
@KwasiKwarteng
The Government Campus in Darlington is getting bigger and bigger💪
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I present to you the UK’s largest Freeport 😎
👷♀️18,000 skilled good-quality local jobs
📈Boost our economy by £3.4bn
🏗Attract international investors putting us back on the map for jobs
The choice come May’s election is clear - my plan for jobs or going back to square one!
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Didums! Labour politicians in Newcastle complain that Teesside is putting itself on the map. Im not going to apologise for fighting for the people of Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool.
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What? You can now fly from Teesside Airport to Alicante with flights starting on the 17th of July? 🇪🇸
UNBELIEVABLE, JEFF!
#TeessideTakingOff
✈
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I’m delighted that tonight I was reselected to stand at the next Mayoral Election in May 2024.
Since the day I was elected in 2017, I have worked night and day to get things done and make things happen.
I have a record of delivery and I promise to do much, much more.
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🗳Mrs H & I have voted, have you? 🗳
Every vote is essential in this election so, please, before you get settled in the for night - go and vote for me so we can continue to build on what we’ve started over the last 4 years 🙏
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This morning the deal I’ve done to secure a £200m investment at
@TeesAirport
formally got the go ahead. This will:
🔩Deliver a logistics and manufacturing park
👷Create 4,400 jobs
✈️ Provide £3m a year to reinvest into our airport
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I’m a huge fan of
@afneil
and his political interviews. There’s nobody better, but I’ve also never seen someone deal with it better than
@RishiSunak
tonight. Across the detail, commanding and clear on what he stands for. Well done, Rishi. 👏
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🙌Teesside Freeport🙌
We’ve submitted our bid to Government for a Freeport. It will cover:
🛠Teesworks
🧪Wilton International
⛴The Port of Hartlepool
✈️Teesside Airport
🚢The Port of Middlesbrough
⚙️Liberty Steel in Hartlepool
And more!
It’ll create 18,000 jobs over 5 years
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✈️ BORIS ARRIVES AT TEESSIDE AIRPORT ✈️
Boris arrives at Teesside Airport this morning to see the UK’s largest Freeport on the River Tees and to discuss plans to move the Treasury to Darlington.
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After a 19 month campaign, I’m delighted to welcome Trade Secretary
@TrussLiz
to
#Teesside
this morning where she’s just announced 10 new Free Ports! We’re at the front of the queue to implement this mega pro-jobs, pro-growth, post-Brexit trade policy 💪🏻🇬🇧
#LizInHiViz
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Let’s be clear: you can’t have Freeports in their truest sense inside the EU. What I’ve been advocating is something that can only be achieved outside of the SM and CU. EU ‘Freeports’ are Freeports in name only - glorified bonded warehouses. Read more 👉
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🤩 ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT MOVES TO DARLINGTON 🤩
Having the Department of International Investment based in our area, along with the UK’s largest Freeport, will help us create more local jobs in Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington. 😎
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I’ve spoken to Rishi about his excellent idea of moving party of Treasury to the North.
But it must not go to Manchester or Leeds.
"If this is to work it must be located outside of our major cities, so that it truly represents the North. The Tees Valley seems an obvious place!
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Made in Teesside, bottled in Durham 😎
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Well done to Paul Salvin - new Tory Councillor for Normanby. Big gain from Labour for Redcar Conservatives with huge credit to
@JacobYoungMP
It goes to show what can be achieved with a vision, hard work and delivery. Our plan for Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool is working💪
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They said it couldn’t be done. Well they were wrong!Teesside Airport is back, bigger brighter and better than ever before!
Our airport now includes:
🍺 Two new bars
🍴 New Landside Cafe
🍹 Two new lounges
🛍 New shops supporting local retail businesses
👮Upgraded security
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So about this Freeport, Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
... with 5 new Tory MPs in Teesside and the first ever Tory MP in Redcar
@JacobYoungMP
- we need you to deliver on this oven ready policy we developed. Gas Mark 6 should do it 😎
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Kier Starmer’s speech should give hope to No10. No clarity and dodging every direct question from journalists. It’s clear to me if Labour win the next election it’ll be because the Conservative Party lose it rather than Labour winning it. The great British public deserve better
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FLYBE UPDATE: We’ve managed to agree with
@EasternAirways
that all tickets booked from Teesside Airport will be honoured by Eastern. No refunds, no rebooking and no changes required. Just turn up as usual. Thank you so much, Eastern! An amazing gesture 👏
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Ryanair flying to Majorca From Teesside Airport ✈️
It’s great to see Ryanair back at our amazing airport after more than 10 years away, but now we go again. We need more flights, more destinations and more airlines using our airport😎
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Jobs, jobs and more jobs! 💪 Today
@trussliz
is in Teesside announcing the Government’s post-brexit Freeport policy. A policy that will help to create 32,000 jobs and add billions in GVA in Teesside. Huge thanks to Rishi Sunak and
@SimonClarkeMP
for all their work
#freeports
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Incredible news that the first privately funded SMRs will be built here in Teesside 💪
4️⃣ reactors will produce 1.5gw of power - enough to power 2 million homes.
Teesside is the UK centre for green industry and jobs, and it’s great to welcome another investment 🤝
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Today the Government are committing to Northern Powerhouse Rail. A £39bn project that will benefit everyone including people in the North East of England and the Tees Valley... I’d also just like to remind the national media that the North isn’t just Manchester!
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Today is Local Election Day in Hartlepool. We've made huge progress over the last few years, but there's so much more to do, so let's not let Labour undo what we've achieved.
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🇬🇧 Inaugural flight from Teesside to London! 🇬🇧
First time in more than 10 years, which means more investment and more local jobs for our area. Just goes to show that even during these difficult times, our airport is going strong 💪
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Signed, sealed, delivered - it's ours! 1,420 acres of land on the former Redcar steelworks site has now been acquired - that's about the size of Gibraltar!
Let's get those investors on!
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BORO TRAINS DIRECT TO LONDON - DELIVERED! 🚂
Today, after more than 30 years, it’s excellent to finally have a direct rail link between Middlesbrough and London again
A big thank you to
@LNER
,
@networkrail
and
@MbroCouncil
who have worked closely with me to make it a reality 👏
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Found it 👌
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Andy McDonald MP lied & abused Parliamentary Privilege
He made allegations to the IPCC about the Cleveland PCC that were thrown out
Got suspended as a Labour MP for grotesque comments about Israel
No apology and no consequences for a dangerous individual masquerading as an MP
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💷 £50MILLION SECURED FOR HARTLEPOOL AND REDCAR 💷
After months of hard work Hartlepool and Redcar have secured the maximum £25million each from the government's Towns Fund.
This means their ambitious plans to boost their town centres and support local jobs can move forward.
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Budget confirms the Teesside Freeport will not only be the largest in the UK, but it’ll be the first operational Freeport from the 1st of November. Thousands of green, well paid manufacturing jobs in our heartlands 👏 OFFICIAL LAUNCH TOMORROW 😎
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My thoughts and prayers are with
@BorisJohnson
and his family tonight and I wish him a speedy recovery.
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Amazing to see and hear so many people out on my street showing support for all of the amazing people who put themselves on the frontline to protect us all. Feeling thankful and proud tonight. We’ll overcome this and we’ll be stronger than ever 👏
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Big news today - our local airport has returned to public ownership. Better still,
@StobartGroup
are stepping in to implement our 10 Year Rescue Plan. Let’s do this...
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TEESSIDE TO MAJORCA - SUMMER 2020! 🇪🇸
Four months ago, I brought our airport back into public ownership to save it from closure. Today, I'm delighted to announce new flights to Majorca!
Flights have gone on sale today via or by calling 0800 368 9078.
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A disgusting lie and a smear in the
@DailyMirror
. There was no event and the photo used was taken years ago. Sadly, I’m not surprised as to how low people will go. My thoughts and prayers are with Sarah’s family. They deserve better than this.
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TRIGGER WARNING - For those easily offended by good news and progress across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool ✈️
#TeessidetoTurkey
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The Labour Party are angry that
@michaelgove
stepped in and stopped the Labour group on Middlesbrough Council from blocking £18m investment in the town… and they’re angry I’m celebrating securing £18m for the town… Yes, you read that right. 🤦🏻♂️
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Tees Works? It’s called Teesworks - the site you’ve never bothered visiting. SeAH Wind started constructing a £400million factory creating 750 highly skilled jobs this week but of course you’ve not mentioned that because it’s good news. What a 🤡 talking Teesside down. Again 🥱
Devastating news that GE have pulled out of their plans for the Tees Works site.We were promised 750 highly skilled jobs by
@BenHouchen
but are let down again. Tories failed us on steel, failed to rescue Cleveland Bridge & abandoned the Sirius mine investors. Now this. What next?
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£1BN INVESTMENT SECURED 🤝
FANTASTIC news that we’ve secured another HUGE investment, this time from Alfanar to develop sustainable aviation fuel. ✈️
💷 £1 billion investment
👷♀️700 construction jobs
🧑🔬 240 full time jobs
🏗 Work starts next year
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A long day ahead!
For anybody wondering, the result of the Mayoral election will be at approx. 5pm.
But first, we’ve got the Cleveland Police & Crime Commissioner count.
It’s going to be a long day...
👀
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The jobs need to move to Teesside exactly because of this horrible and outdated view many senior civil servants have of the country outside our major cities. This has driven horrible policy and decision making for years. Swapping one city for another does nothing to change that
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