Andy Burnham is the first Prime Minister from the North of England since Huddersfield’s Harold Wilson.
The Government has been urged to investigate Lord Ben Houchen’s mayoral authority again, after its own auditors found “material misstatements” and "inconsistencies” in its financial accounts.
Sir Keir Starmer has given his full backing to Teesside becoming the UK’s “premier AI growth zone”, Mayor Ben Houchen has said.
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