18 mins or so into this Tees Valley hustings, a section on Teesworks.

Ben Houchen claims:

- that the independent review called the project “the most incredible thing”. It didn’t

- that it said Teesworks was value for money. It didn’t

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The Deputy Prime Minister appears to have forgotten who crashed the economy in 2022, and who’s been in charge for the last 14 years.

My question at PMQs today:

Tomorrow I will set out The Labour Party's plan for the biggest reform of our railways in a generation.

It’s time to get Britain moving.

Delighted to welcome Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, to Chartered Accountants' Hall this evening as part of a Labour Business event. A fantastic opportunity to discuss ICAEW's manifesto recommendations for whomever forms the next government.

Judge ministers by what they do, not what they say.

The Tories have:
❌ Never matched Labour defence spending levels
❌ Cut the Army to the smallest size since Napoleon
❌ Missed their own recruitment targets every year
❌ Wasted over £15bn in bad procurement

Oliver Dowden: 'We all know the one reform that Angela Rayner won't abolish- the right to buy.'

Angela Rayner: 'I was expecting a little bit better from him today. He seems a bit exhausted. Maybe it's the 3am calls from 'the bad men''.

Brilliant #pmqs from Angela Rayner 🌹 holding Govt to account for its failure to deliver new homes, abolish leasehold and end no-fault evictions

Communities like Cawood in Yorkshire are being blighted by rural theft and antisocial behaviour.

My mission-driven government will stamp out crime and disorder in Britain’s countryside.

During the Parliament debate on hospice funding, Andrew Gwynne MP paid tribute to the work of Willow Wood.

We are grateful for the support of our local MPs, like Andrew, for backing the need for a sustainable funding model for all hospices so we can continue to provide vital services.

Businesses wanting to adapt to the opportunities of the future will be better off with Labour.

In aldershot and Farnborough I saw transport innovation in action at Alexander Dennis with great The Labour Party candidate Alex Baker

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The death of Lord Frank Field is a profound loss to politics and to our nation.

‘God had come down to earth and was everywhere or nowhere. If God was everywhere, politics was a crucial activity in our response to this wonderful fact.’ - Frank Field.
An absolute titan of the Christian left and the fight to end child poverty. Rest in peace & rise in glory.

Very sad news. The kind of person you’re grateful you knew - clever, compassionate, principled, and often fun and mischievous. Thoughts and prayers with Frank’s family

It's now over five years since the Tories promised to scrap Section 21 no-fault evictions.

Private tenants will wait for years more if the government waters down its Renters Reform Bill today.

Labour will end Section 21 evictions immediately - no ifs, no buts.

Our communities can only thrive when people feel safe.

That’s why Labour has a plan to bring back neighbourhood policing, with 13,000 more neighbourhood police and PCSOs back on the beat.

Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayoral election race tonight

Boro chairman Steve Gibson has come out and endorsed Labour's Chris McEwan and launched a scathing attack on Ben Houchen and Teesworks

✍️ Exclusive Chris Lloyd

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Labour will conduct a strategic defence and security review in the first year in government to get to grips with the threats we face, the state of our Armed Forces, and the resources required. (4/4)

Since 2010, the Conservatives have wasted more than £15 billion mismanaging defence procurement, shrunk the Army to its smallest size since Napoleon, missed their recruitment targets every year, and allowed morale to fall to record lows. (3/4)

The British public will judge ministers by what they do not what they say. (2/4)

As Keir Starmer recently set out, Labour wants to see a fully funded plan to reach 2.5 per cent, but the Tories have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted on defence and we will examine the detail of their announcement closely. (1/4)