Ben Houchen

Ben Houchen

Ben Houchen is the Conservative Mayor of the Tees Valley.

Articles

Burnham's devolution plan isn't enough
Taxation

Burnham promised power – he’s sending pocket money

Let me give Andy Burnham his due. For the best part of a decade he was the most persuasive voice in the country for letting go – for the plain truth that a decision taken in Whitehall about a town no official has ever visited tends to be worse than the one the people who […]

Politics

Greater devolution is welcome, but there’s further to go

I was pleased to see the Government recommitting to devolution in England and proposing more powers, funding and autonomy for Mayors. My party’s government took the bull by the horns when it came to devolution, creating mayors and handing over more power locally.  But I’m clear that if we’re to change how we run our […]

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