Ben Houchen

Police officers at the scene of the fatal crash involving a police car and a Volkswagen Passat on the A66

Tributes paid to two ‘brave’ police officers killed in A66 crash

Andy Street, former mayor of the West Midlands, speaking during the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

‘One or more’ Tory leadership candidates ‘inauthentic’, suggests Andy Street

Tories need recovery in the North after ‘ejection election’, says Gove

Badenoch stresses her belief in maternity pay following backlash

Ben Houchen says Tories have ‘a huge job to do’ on trust

Tugendhat promises return of honest politics as he launches Tory leadership bid

Conduct Tory leadership bid ‘with civility’, Lord Houchen urges Braverman

Tory leadership candidates already working to garner support – Lord Ben Houchen

Mayors hail ‘step change’ after Downing Street meeting with Starmer

'It's a step change' – West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker hails new relationship...

Starmer opens door to metro mayors with promise to push power out of Whitehall

Committee members step down amid row over axing of female football teams

Lionesses lead backlash against club’s decision to axe girls’ and women’s teams

Sunak ultimately to blame for Tory ‘chaos’, says Tees Valley mayor Houchen

Starmer hails ‘phenomenal’ West Midlands result in shock victory over Tories

Labour dominates this year’s mayoral elections

Election results: What are the key trends and statistics?
The outcome in this year’s mayoral and local contests offer clues to what could happen at the general election.
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Starmer confident of London mayoral win as he claims Tories do not deserve power

Rishi Sunak braces for mayoral results as election counts continue

Sunak suffers ballot box drubbing as first day of election results ends

May 2 elections: Key results so far

Tories lose almost half of councillors but Tees Valley result gives PM solace

2024 local elections recap: Tories lose control of Dudley but Labour rout fails ...

West Midlands Mayor election: One side predicts defeat after reports of neck-and...

Houchen could ‘absolutely’ work with Starmer and ‘forgot’ blue Tory rosette

Sunak acknowledges ‘disappointing’ local election results amid swing to Labour

Boost for Tories as Ben Houchen re-elected as Tees Valley mayor

Labour source concedes Tees Valley mayoral vote to Tory incumbent Ben Houchen
The source said Lord Houchen had won with a significantly reduced majority compared with 2021.
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May 2 elections: At-a-glance guide to key results and times

New poll on West Midlands Mayor election says it is too close to call

West Midlands Mayor backs calls for greater control over taxes raised in region

North East England worst affected by Covid-19 last month, official figures show

Unions welcome possible British Steel deal with Chinese firm

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