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Ben Houchen
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Ben Houchen
@BenHouchen
Mayor of the Tees Valley
North East, England
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    Jun 11
    “I know I promised you billions in compensation without thinking about it, but I can’t do that now - so here’s a bus pass a couple of years earlier than you would otherwise get it!” 🚌
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    Lucy Fisher
    @LOS_Fisher
    Jun 11
    NEW: Burnham *rules out* awarding financial compensation to Waspi women demanding billions of pounds, following an angry backlash within Labour Greater Manchester mayor has instead floated the idea of offering early access to cheaper travel schemes as recompense
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    Jun 3
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    GB News
    @GBNEWS
    Jun 3
    Rachel Reeves under pressure as UK borrowing £60BILLION higher than first thought after OBR blunder gbnews.com/money/rachel-r…
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 27
    I’ve always said being mayor of Manchester or London is a straight forward job. Brands, investors and people across the world are drawn to major UK cities (as long as you don’t do CAZs or rent controls etc). It’s a much harder job being the mayor of towns like Wigan, Bolton, Bury
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    Alex Wickham
    @alexwickham
    May 27
    This is a brilliant piece of work by @tomelleryrees Data shows Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ boom has been largely confined to wealthy areas like the city centre Towns on the outskirts like Wigan have seen GDP growth per head below the national average bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 23
    And not only is Andy Burnham spending £250m a year (as a net cost to the taxpayer) for buses and usage is down 12%, but now the taxpayer takes 100% of the cost and risk and private companies get paid fortunes to run his ‘nationalised’ bus service which is worst performing in NW
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    Oliver Gill
    @ojngill
    May 23
    Replying to @JimfromOldham
    Is it criticism? Or, as @mragilligan points out in his article, simply highlighting that franchising is no panacea? Worth saying that the five-year stat is a bit meaningless as we are all travelling more on public transport since the pandemic. A far better stat is comparing
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    Middlesbrough FC
    @Boro
    May 22
    𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧 🚨 48-hour ticket turnaround? No problem for our fans. Thanks for your amazing support, we'll see you there 👏
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 22
    Leaked footage shows ATC paying close attention to the flight carrying the Boro team to Wembley👀✈️ Don’t worry they weren’t after the seating formation, they were just keeping a close eye on the bushes! 🌳 Can’t be too careful these days! Come on the Boro! We Shall Be 🔴⚪️
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 22
    Thank you for confirming that bus usage is down 12% under Andy Burnham (despite spending £250m a year) and is the worst performing in the whole of the North West. Comparing other areas just demonstrates that other Labour Mayors are also doing a bad job on bus franchising
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    JP Spencer
    @JP_Spencer_
    May 22
    Bus usage is clearly up since the Bee Network was introduced by @AndyBurnhamGM - and has recovered better than many other places that are yet to introduce it. Here is a chart I created last year showing comparable areas of North.
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 22
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    @justcalledtosay
    May 22
    Never been a big one for crowing about attendances but @Boro appear to have sold out their play off final allocation and an extra 1,800 tickets (37.5k ish) in 2.5 days. That is some going given the notice we’ve had. Hull still have a few thousand to shift.
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 22
    He spends £250m a year for bus use to be down 12%
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    Harry Phibbs
    @harryph
    May 22
    Bus use in Greater Manchester is DOWN by 12 per cent since Andy Burnham became Mayor. (Via @spectator.) He’s not for us. He’s for they/them.
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    Sunday Sport
    @thesundaysport
    May 21
    'If I cut tax on visting Alton Towers, more people will go. If I increase the tax on employing people...no, hold on...'
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    EFL Communications
    @EFL_Comms
    May 20
    A League Arbitration Panel has today dismissed Southampton Football Club’s appeal against the Independent Disciplinary Commission’s decision in respect of breaches of EFL Regulations. As a result, the original sanction remains in force. Southampton’s expulsion from the Sky Bet
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 20
    💪 UTB
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    David Ornstein
    @David_Ornstein
    May 20
    🚨 BREAKING: Southampton lose appeal in attempt to overturn expulsion from Championship play-off final for spying on opponents. #SaintsFC spot goes to Middlesbrough; #MFC to face Hull City at Wembley on Saturday. By @Dan_Sheldon_ @mjshrimper @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/72938…
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    Ben Houchen
    @BenHouchen
    May 7
    I know a Southampton fan who has a bit more time on his hands these days... 🤔 Where were you today @RishiSunak? But in all seriousness this is bang out of order and I’m glad the @EFL are looking into this. #WeShallBe
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    Dominic Shaw
    @DomShawEcho
    May 7
    🔎 As reported by @CraigHope_DM, #Boro caught what is believed to be Southampton staff member allegedly spying on training at Rockliffe today EFL aware. Rule was introduced banning clubs from watching opponents train after #LUFC 'spygate' Full story 👇 thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/26088026…
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