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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

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🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YUCK Ian, Helen, Andy and Richard Brooks discuss the week’s royal fallout, the forthcoming Budget, and get an update on all the murky business on Teesside. pod.fo/e/34ae5a

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New Title For Prince Andrew The new Private Eye is out now.

Lubov Chernukhin, wife of the Russian president’s one-time finance minister Vladimir, certainly takes an interest in her adoptive British homeland. In a decade up to the last election she gave more than £2m to the Tory party. 🧵1/2

A former Hampshire county council Tory leader who claimed more than £15,000 in allowances over six months – despite failing to attend meetings in that period – has won a ceremonial honour for “dedication and hard work”.

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Following the latest spying scandal, chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledged that the UK’s supply chains need to become “less exposed” to China. Alas, given government priorities that exposure shows no sign of diminishing. 🧵1/3

In trying to save his own reputation, has the lead expert witness in the trial of Lucy Letby sacrificed the reputation of his fellow experts? 🧵1/4

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Another art heist?! Just a week after the Louvre’s art theft, this highly suspicious character has been spotted fleeing the Eye offices with a priceless work of Gnitty! IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.

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🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: LIVE FROM CHELTENHAM The team play a packed-out Cheltenham Literature Festival and answer the big questions: Do we owe Donald Trump an apology? How did things get so bad for Labour so fast? And will the Eye ever increase its font size? pod.fo/e/3408e9

“Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights records in the world,” thundered the Daily Mail in September, slamming comedians like Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall for performing there. 🧵1/4

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“If you think this is overcrowded, wait until you see their trains” From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1504, September 2019.

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Plan to ban catapults for under 18s From the new Private Eye, out now.

STRIPPED TEES: How Britain’s flagship ‘levelling up’ project turned into a scandalous giveaway. Read the eight-page special report in the new Private Eye, out now. 🧵1/4

“Why would children be interested in our ‘Bubble Gum Minty Mint Pops’, ‘Spongebob Squarepants Strawberry Breeze’ or ‘Triple Cola Fuzzy Bears’ flavours, which are all clearly aimed at adults?” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Shocking failure in Haringey’s social work department, where negligent staff left more than 1,100 emails unread - including 500 police welfare reports. 🧵1/3

Lookalike: Claudia Winkleman and a pet from the fictional planet of Ghorman From the new Private Eye, out now.

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen shared his economic wisdom at the Tory conference. The Conservative party, he said, must be the party of “sound money”. 🧵1/3

Number crunching: council tax hikes From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Dr Dewi Evans, chief prosecution expert in the Lucy Letby trial, has publicly reversed his position on how Baby C died, blaming the CPS, prosecution team and others for a crucial error at trial. 🧵1/3

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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen shared his economic wisdom at the Tory conference. The Conservative party, he said, must be the party of “sound money”. 🧵1/3

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