Richard Brooks
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
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@privateeyenews.bsky.social
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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.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Tees cosy… After last Eye’s special report showed fortunes handed to local businessmen by mayor Lord Houchen, enabling son of one to set up plant co and make 8 figure gains at uneconomical rates, who’s invited to his wedding bash…? See latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Tees cosy… After last Eye’s special report showed fortunes handed to local businessmen by mayor Lord Houchen, enabling son of one to set up plant co and make 8 figure gains at uneconomical rates, who’s invited to his wedding bash…? See latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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This jaw-dropping special, rounding up Private Eye’s years of investigation into the Teesside regeneration debacle, is the kind of proper, public interest reporting that should be setting the news agenda. While we’re force-fed relentless scaremongering about refugees, real scandals evade scrutiny.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This jaw-dropping special, rounding up Private Eye’s years of investigation into the Teesside regeneration debacle, is the kind of proper, public interest reporting that should be setting the news agenda. While we’re force-fed relentless scaremongering about refugees, real scandals evade scrutiny.
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New Title For Prince Andrew
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
New Title For Prince Andrew
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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What you won’t read in the Sunday papers. @privateeyenews special report on Teesside, featuring -
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What you won’t read in the Sunday papers. @privateeyenews special report on Teesside, featuring -
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
What you won’t read in the Sunday papers. @privateeyenews special report on Teesside, featuring -
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What you won’t read in the Sunday papers. @privateeyenews special report on Teesside, featuring -
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
- £100m’s to businessmen for no investment
- £10m’s in deals for friends and family
- Security deal for co with serious organised crime connections.
And much more. Still in shops.
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Remarkable, in-depth investigative journalism from Richard Brooks in @privateeyenews.bsky.social exposing, among other things, “Teesside’s top trouserers.” Runs across eight pages in the current issue.
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Remarkable, in-depth investigative journalism from Richard Brooks in @privateeyenews.bsky.social exposing, among other things, “Teesside’s top trouserers.” Runs across eight pages in the current issue.
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Read all about one of our most regular 'characters' in our 8-page Teesside Special only in the current issue of Private Eye... ON SHELVES NOW!
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Read all about one of our most regular 'characters' in our 8-page Teesside Special only in the current issue of Private Eye... ON SHELVES NOW!
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The Teesworks story as told by Private Eye reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama in which public money and public assets have been shockingly exploited and public trust completely eroded.
We need a full, independent investigation. 👇
We need a full, independent investigation. 👇
Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain
Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama
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October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The Teesworks story as told by Private Eye reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama in which public money and public assets have been shockingly exploited and public trust completely eroded.
We need a full, independent investigation. 👇
We need a full, independent investigation. 👇
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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.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
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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”.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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”.
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Go get your @privateeyenews.bsky.social folks and buckle up for another incredible report by @rbrooks45.bsky.social on the Teeside development - a tale of insane #cronyism and #profiteering at taxpayer expense.
@csc-barrington.bsky.social @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social
@csc-barrington.bsky.social @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social
Special report on the great Teesside giveaway in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Go get your @privateeyenews.bsky.social folks and buckle up for another incredible report by @rbrooks45.bsky.social on the Teeside development - a tale of insane #cronyism and #profiteering at taxpayer expense.
@csc-barrington.bsky.social @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social
@csc-barrington.bsky.social @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social
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Trump’s Gaza Triumph
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Trump’s Gaza Triumph
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Special report on the great Teesside giveaway in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Special report on the great Teesside giveaway in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Current @privateeyenews.bsky.social has latest on the financial idiocy on Lord Houchen’s patch - which has proved very useful to a couple of businessmen, less so the people of Teesside.
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Current @privateeyenews.bsky.social has latest on the financial idiocy on Lord Houchen’s patch - which has proved very useful to a couple of businessmen, less so the people of Teesside.
Current @privateeyenews.bsky.social has latest on the financial idiocy on Lord Houchen’s patch - which has proved very useful to a couple of businessmen, less so the people of Teesside.
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Current @privateeyenews.bsky.social has latest on the financial idiocy on Lord Houchen’s patch - which has proved very useful to a couple of businessmen, less so the people of Teesside.
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One of our customers at work owed us money ( over a year) until I mentioned that private eye had showed how much they had made out of the scheme.
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One of our customers at work owed us money ( over a year) until I mentioned that private eye had showed how much they had made out of the scheme.
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Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
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🎥The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money
ITV1 Sunday 21st September @ 10.15pm
www.truevisiontv.com/films/covid-...
ITV1 Sunday 21st September @ 10.15pm
www.truevisiontv.com/films/covid-...
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money — True Vision TV
The untold story of how the government went from having almost no stocks of PPE to having more than could ever possibly be used, and how some companies were given massive contracts and made a kil...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🎥The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money
ITV1 Sunday 21st September @ 10.15pm
www.truevisiontv.com/films/covid-...
ITV1 Sunday 21st September @ 10.15pm
www.truevisiontv.com/films/covid-...
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Catch Eye hack Richard Brooks tonight on ITV1 in The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money.
The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid.
🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX
The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid.
🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX
September 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Catch Eye hack Richard Brooks tonight on ITV1 in The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money.
The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid.
🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX
The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid.
🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX
Bill for lawyers on Post Office scandal hits £350m, more than half to firm that helped fight against Alan Bates then cleaned up on redress scheme. More in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Bill for lawyers on Post Office scandal hits £350m, more than half to firm that helped fight against Alan Bates then cleaned up on redress scheme. More in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Critical infrastructure update: 20 substations on Teesside sold to local businessmen for £10.91, as they’re gifted 45% stake in previously publicly-owned electricity network. Another bonanza on the Tees for the lucky few. Full details in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Critical infrastructure update: 20 substations on Teesside sold to local businessmen for £10.91, as they’re gifted 45% stake in previously publicly-owned electricity network. Another bonanza on the Tees for the lucky few. Full details in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Starmer and Miliband’s £22bn Net Zero carbon capture plan sending lots of zeroes into the bank accounts of UK’s luckiest businessmen, as they buy 12 acre plot that the Teesside part is being built on for £12.43 (plus VAT). Details in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Starmer and Miliband’s £22bn Net Zero carbon capture plan sending lots of zeroes into the bank accounts of UK’s luckiest businessmen, as they buy 12 acre plot that the Teesside part is being built on for £12.43 (plus VAT). Details in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
The grim prioritisation for infected blood scandal compensation, brought about by inordinate delays. From @privateeyenews.bsky.social - chance to read online…
private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
May 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The grim prioritisation for infected blood scandal compensation, brought about by inordinate delays. From @privateeyenews.bsky.social - chance to read online…
private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
Latest mega-deal for businessmen on Teesside - the airport business park that they were said to be investing in but is now funded entirely by taxpayer - while they get 50% ownership. Full story in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Latest mega-deal for businessmen on Teesside - the airport business park that they were said to be investing in but is now funded entirely by taxpayer - while they get 50% ownership. Full story in @privateeyenews.bsky.social