Ben Houchen

Cleveland Police Crime Commissioner, Steve Turner.

MP's complaint about PCC dropped due to watchdog's 'limited powers'

James Cleverly is Home Secretary (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Home Secretary apologises for using four-letter word to describe fellow MP

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.

Ben Houchen authority expects Teesworks report to be published 'mid-December'

A mock-up of what the MSG Sphere would have looked like in east London, towering over nearby flats.

Ben Houchen invites rejected London Sphere project to Teesside

New Conservative Chairman, Richard Holden with the party's candidate for Mayor of North Yorkshire, Keane Duncan

Tories need to 'rebuild trust' with voters, new Tory chairman says

Teesworks near Redcar. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Teesworks joint venture company was set up without any written record

Chris McEwan has been a councillor in Darlington for 24 years.

Labour select mayoral candidate to take on Ben Houchen

Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young

Calls for minister to stop Freeport work amid conflict of interest allegations

Video grab of the demolition of The Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) Plant in Redcar on October 1 2022.

Razing of Redcar Steelworks crowned the 'world's best demolition contract'

Tees Valley Combined Authority has continued to deny funding was withheld from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council until it moved a controversial roundabout.

Council leader emailed Ben Houchen about 'withheld' funding

Teesworks covers a 4,500 acre site on the South of the river Tees.

Four companies committed to Teesworks and ten more lined up

It's hoped high voltage energy to tenants at Teesworks will be provided by private wire network, distributed by a new company set up by South Tees Development Corporation and property developers Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney.

Ben Houchen development corporation sets up energy distribution company

Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Credit: Marie Caley

Political leaders confident Doncaster Sheffield Airport will reopen

South Bank Quay at the Teesworks site. South Tees Development Corporation has been paying £4 per tonne of aggregate it takes onto the site to Teesworks Ltd.

Ben Houchen development corporation paying millions in unexplained deal

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.

'Lord Houchen should be embarrassed' - we reveal Freedom of Information stats

Take That have announced a new tour for 2024 including four Yorkshire dates

Take That announce new tour including five Yorkshire dates

The Information Commissioner's Office has instructed Tees Valley Combined Authority to answer questions from The Yorkshire Post for the second time in the space of a week.

Watchdog forces Ben Houchen authority to answer questions for second time

Tees Valley Combined Authority stands to make £650k a year from the SeAH Wind site at Teesworks, while others will make millions.

Full payment of controversial Teesworks plot not due until December 2025

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at the Teesworks site.

Ben Houchen accused of 'wasting public money' on libel legal advice

Ben Houchen "put a hold on funds" that were going to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council according to leaked emails seen by The Yorkshire Post.

Ben Houchen 'put hold on funds' according to leaked emails

The Information Commissioner's Office has forced Tees Valley Combined Authority, led by mayor Lord Houchen, to answer a question originally asked by The Yorkshire Post in February 2023.

Watchdog forces TVCA to answer Yorkshire Post question after seven-month battle
The combined authority led by Ben Houchen has been forced to answer a Freedom of Information request following a seven-month battle with The Yorkshire Post.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.

Teaser: Everything you need to know about the STDC and PD Ports court case

Sir Keir Starmer’s party picked up its second seat of the eight constituencies in the county last month after winning the Selby by-election, but pollsters and Tory sources last night warned that a stagnant Tory voter base could see further gains.

North Yorkshire mayoral race set to be referendum on Tories' future in region

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen meets mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, in June 2022.

TVCA makes U-turn on declaration of interests for Ben Houchen Albania trip

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at the Teesworks site.

Ben Houchen's response to parking funds request branded 'rude' and 'childish'

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at the Teesworks site.

Houchen-led development corporation could pay £4.9m in legal fees

An artist's impression of what the town centre could look like under the new plans
Credit: MDC/Arup

Masterplan to build 1,500 homes and leisure centre could create 4,000 jobs

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.

Ben Houchen chastised after claiming councillors were playing 'silly buggers'

Andy McDonald has received an "unreserved and unequivocal" apology from a senior commercial lawyer who had called for him to be "dragged through the streets of Teesside and lynched".

Lawyer apologises after calling for MP to be "lynched"

The Teesworks site near Redcar is in the middle of a legal battle between the Ben Houchen-led South Tees Development Corporation and neighbouring port operator PD Ports.

Ben Houchen development corporation agrees to pay £19k for opponent's legal fees

Lord Scriven has made a formal complaint to Tees Valley Combined Authority about its mayor, Ben Houchen.

Peer makes official complaint about Ben Houchen

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at Tirana International Airport during a trade visit in June 2022.

Albanian airport denies paying for controversial Ben Houchen business trip
The airport Ben Houchen claims paid for a business trip he took to Albania last year has told The Yorkshire Post they had no role in organising or funding the trip.

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen meets mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, in June 2022.

Ben Houchen refuses to declare Albania trip on register of interests

Council leader Anne Handley

Tory council leader praises Ben Houchen for 'doing an outstanding job'

Arriva bus

Daughter says bus cuts will be 'devastating' for her 81-year-old mother

PD Ports' CEO Frans Calje says that Ben Houchen is pursuing "unnecessary and costly" legal action against his company.

Port CEO asks Ben Houchen to work with him as Mayor's legal case heads to court

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen officially opens Orangebox Training Soutions with CEO Simon Corbett.

“No link” between Ben Houchen’s TVCA and Hartlepool Development Corporation

Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen.

Ben Houchen authority sold land to private investors below market value

Tees Valley Combined Authority stands to make £650k a year from the SeAH Wind site at Teesworks, while others will make millions.

The complex chain of ownership behind Teesworks' controversial £100 land sale

Former prime minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson resignation honours: Ben Houchen and Priti Patel receive gongs

The government has announced the panel for its independent review of finance and governance at Teesworks.

Government reveals panel to investigate Teesworks financial arrangements

The iconic green fishermen's huts on South Gare with the Redcar blast furnace before its recent demolition.

High Court judge doubles expected length of Tees freeport legal hearing

Questions remain around the private funding deal that's seen the operator of the Teesside freeport, Teesworks Ltd, taken out of public ownership.

Questions remain over private funding deal for Teesworks freeport site

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Cost of possible takeover ‘not yet known’

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen caused confusion yesterday when he claimed that Teesworks Ltd had "never" been owned by the public, despite a public body that he chaired owning a 50% stake between July 2020 and December 2021.

Ben Houchen claims publicly owned company was 'never owned by the public'

The Headland in Hartlepool.

List of council assets negotiated in secret for transfer revealed

An aerial view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and HMS Trincomalee on January 30, 2023 in Hartlepool.

Hartlepool: Ben Houchen's battleground for Teesside's assets

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said a panel of scientists has already investigated the mass die off and done a “thorough job"

Therese Coffey says Teesside probe will not look into ‘conspiracy theories’

TEESSIDE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: A general view along the River Tees as the official announcement was made today that Teesside will become a Freeport on October 28, 2021 in Teesside, England.

Investigation into Teesworks project launched by Government

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen photographed at the official launche of the Teesside Freeport on October 28, 2021. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Tees authority confusion over freeport tenants

River Tees

Tees Freeport: Government 'has not given permission' for investigation

A general view along the River Tees

Does National Audit Office have powers to investigate Teesside freeport?

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Ministers launch defence of Teesworks as Government urged to intervene

Thousands of people have come to Leeds for UKREiiF 2023.

UKREiiF in Leeds: Three-day event to be worth millions to city's economy

Rishi Sunak and Ben Houchen at the Teesworks site in Redcar, in July 2022

Teesside Freeport: Calls for investigation into major redevelopment

Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has urged the National Audit Office (NAO) to investigate the Teesside Freeport zone. PIC: PA

NAO must take a thorough look at Teesside Freeport zone - The YP says

Leigh Jones: Our new reporter on why the Yorkshire Post is investigating on Teesside

Leigh Jones: Why getting to the truth on Teesside means so much to me

Rishi Sunak speaks with Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, during a visit to Teesside Freeport in Redcar in July 2022

Mayor denies claims that Teesside Freeport project is ‘shrouded in secrecy’

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen

Teesside Freeport plans 'would not have happened' without property developers

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen claims the redevelopment will create thousands of jobs and generate billions for the local economy. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Teesside Freeport: Was valuable land sold to developers for just £1 per acre?