Full steam abandonship! New Private Eye Magazine out now!

Knighthood, following £5.6m party donations, for “political service” - of which there doesn’t seem to be any.
Private Eye | Man in the Eye: A knight's tale private-eye.co.uk/hp-sauce via @privateeyenews

This is actually a property owned by the family of one of the businessmen making fortunes from the Teesside regeneration site, who for some reason seems keen for Lord Houchen to remain Mayor.

Up on Teesside, wondering if I chose the right Airbnb.

As Post Office Inquiry reveals Angela van den Bogerd picked up a bonus even after a judge had condemned her dishonesty, latest ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ sets out the huge financial incentives for bosses to ignore and cover-up the scandal -

More Tees, anyone?
New Private Eye Magazine reveals how the loudly-tumpeted plan to bring steelmaking back to Teesside has been captured by the same private interests that are cashing in on Teesworks. Online version here; full story in the mag.
private-eye.co.uk/news

Number crunching: Water restoration fund vs water company dividends, from the new Private Eye, out now.

Some bad news, Liz…

New Private Eye out now!

According to local legend & Boro Chairman, Steve Gibson, the Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen has “gifted” some £500 MILLION in future value to 2 of his mates.

Teesside Taxpayers have been sold down the river🧵

Blatant porky pie from Ben Houchen in debate this morning. Claimed that Teesworks panel report 'says it was value for money'. Nowhere does it say this; it gives plenty of reasons to doubt it and concludes insufficient transparency and oversight 'to evidence value for money'.

It's not everyday that the Prime Minister of Barbados makes a personal response to one's story. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

New Scandal Shocks Nobody! The new Private Eye is out now.

'The political philosophy of Shaggy: it wasn't me', or, for Helen Lewis , 'the Tinkerbell theory of politics: if people just believed hard enough in what I'm doing it would be fine' - hear our take on Liz Truss's book in the Private Eye Magazine podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/6PQude…

I see The Economist has lifted some Private Eye Magazine reporting on Teesside without credit...

#CIJSummer Keynotes Breaking Horizon: The Post Office Scandal

With Rebecca Thomson, Tom Witherow, richard brooks. Chaired by Rosamund Urwin

As part of #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2024.

🔴3-4 July 2024 Goldsmiths, University of London

Book now and save 10% with the early…

Ian Hislop, 'ITV had a tape of people saying they told Paula Vennells that Horizon could fiddle their accounts' #HIGNFY

Paul Merton, 'I was pleased the BBC gave Private Eye Magazine a mention because Private Eye did play a large part in writing about this story for 20 odd years..…

Not actually “exclusive”, because it is all lifted from ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ # #rottenboroughs . But there you go. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Editors from the Mail, Guardian, Times and Telegraph united in an attempt to bolster an anti-SLAPP bill going through Parliament - also backed by George Greenwood Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack Bill Browder richard brooks and others - many with direct experience of SLAPPs pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

“So, Rishi, we borrowed £113m to build this quay, then sold it to those businessmen for £13.56. And if they ever make enough profit running it, they pay us money to repay the loan. Bet your hedge funds never did a deal that good”.

Full low-down on the attempted shake-down of local port company by Houchen’s development corporation and business partners in current Private Eye Magazine