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Ben Houchen

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Ben Houchen

@BenHouchen

Mayor of the Tees Valley

North East, England

Joined March 2010

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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Nov 27, 2016
You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies.
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Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
Jun 24
On the spiteful nature of Labour’s education policy, let’s revisit the single decision Bridget Philipson made that has been most revealing, as well as frustrating. Eton and Star Academies wanted to open a great new free school in Middlesbrough to help more talented young people
Middlesbrough's Eton Star Partnership free college scrapped
From bbc.co.uk
Ben Houchen
@BenHouchen
Jun 24
This already exists. @RishiSunak created it in Darlington when Chancellor and expanded it when PM.The Govt are currently in the middle of building a dedicated building for tens of millions of pounds for this purpose and to accommodate the 1000 civil servants already working there
George Parker
@GeorgeWParker
Jun 24
New: Andy Burnham looking to create “Number 10 in the North” as part of big devolution drive, shifting some operations to Manchester as.ft.com/r/c7e17ec5-32b…
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!” 🚌
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
Ben Houchen
@BenHouchen
Jun 3
GIF
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…
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
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/…
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
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 👏
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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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.
Ben Houchen
@BenHouchen
May 22
He spends £250m a year for bus use to be down 12%
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