6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (574+ words) North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, the region’s local authorities and its medium-sized businesses will all have roles in delivering the government’s economic growth agenda, backed by funds from the British Business Bank and the National Wealth Fund. Chancellor John Healey,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1099+ words) Andy Burnham 1.9.26, Flickr CC 4.0 Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as almost his first act on returning to the House of Commons, paid tribute to the two Cleveland police offers killed in the horrific two-car crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) ID 347913521 © Wirestock | Dreamstime.com Burnham is unlikely to be a great statesman. He will not lead Britain on the world stage the way Starmer did, for all his faults. Poor at home, Starmer was respected abroad: Emmanuel Macron sent him…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (350+ words) Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, and North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, OGL The move has been backed by mayors from different parties and will bring mayors across the country in line with powers the Mayor of London already has. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (327+ words) Whitehall high-flyers are set to be seconded to the North East and other regions to work with mayors on boosting growth and other priorities in what ministers describe as the largest transfer of government capacity to local leaders yet. From…...