£1 an acre? There have to be criminal charges launched

Levelling up is and always has been a joke

Credit to Private Eye and Richard Brooks for running this story for years!

I mean theres undoubted criminality in that land sale and lease back. Someone HAS to be held accountable

Tories have ruined Teeside since Thatcher

Redcar in the 80s had a 20% UNEMPLOYMENT and probably has not improved .Thatcher has a lot to answer for . Hell must be well pleased with her.

Private Eye have been reporting on this for YEARS

Good on you Joe for this kind of journalism!

They wanted you annoyed and voting for brexshit.

Gove's really got to stop getting carpet burns on his forehead.

Top man Bri, every word true my mate! You did your very best and can hold your head high! If the people in government had half the honesty integrity and honour that you have the country would be a far better place! Keep the faith✊ Taff

And they voted Ben Houchen back in?!

Another investigation for Labour when they're in power.

£1 an Acre...? If you get arrested for buying stolen goods and they ask the question "Did you think it was worth more than you paid for it..?" If the answer is yes and in this case what else could it be...? Then you are charged with buying stolen goods and it seems to me that whoever purchased that land at that price was buying stolen goods or in this case LAND....! Take it back they stole the F-----g land they never purchased It £1 is just something they can say they put in the contract, like when you see LTD companies with 1 share for £1 etc. Or if you do pay £1 for something then you are committing to taking on all the debt from whatever you are buying for that sum of money.. Shocking business whoever was involved should be arrested and investigated, will never happen but they should be..!

God I really hope the polling is right. I hate the tories and everything they stand for. Hopefully this is the end.

David Cameron didnt help because he wanted the Chinese to build nuclear power plants. The trade for this was flooding the EU with cheap steel. I was on my brother in law's stag and his best mate said this is why he (and many people like him in construction) was voting for Brexit.

Welcome to Lanarkshire my friend. We got shafted 40 years ago, but no one gave a fuck.

Keir, please outlaw these deals and prosecute anybody who took part on signing them. This is simply stealing from taxpayers.

I'm surprised there's not more calls for even further devolution in northern England. Westminster have actively harmed and have gone against the interest of the north. Parties like say the yorkshire party who advocate for a regional parliament have little support. It's so distinctly different from the south of England, especially London and severely different interests and goals. The north of England is so underdeveloped and uninvested. That's not to say there are the same types of areas in the south of England. But they do need to wake up. Not really smart of the red wall voters to have voted Brexit though.

My grandad worked there (Dorman & Long, as was, then British Steel) from the 1920s to the 1970s. He poured the steel that made the Sydney Harbour Bridge, & 000s of miles of railway line, and acres of plating for ships and tanks in WW2. He encouraged my dad to emigrate to Australia in the 70s, as he could see the direction the works, and then Middlesborough, would take. I am sad to see all his work turn, literally, to rust, and be supplanted by greed and stupidity (Free Ports are an oligarchic scam, hatched by Rish!'s disaster capitalist mates).

Levelling up, just a rehash of the promised Northern Powerhouse. None of us up here really expected anything to actually happen.

Wow we have lost such skilled people in this country. leveling up where has that happened? utter rubbish no investment in people and industry. my heart goes out to you and i hope you get back on your feet.

Andy McDonald - haven't seen him before, but seems knowledgeable, and with his heart in the right place.

Look at the Scottish steel industry.....gone...you don't count...my sympathy and thoughts are with you bud. Motherwell been there still suffering. Good luck

6:17 "I can't answer that question" - the barefaced cheek of this sock puppet is hard to stomach

Lots of projects in and around Teesside but all are being rushed through with concerns they don't have enough funding, which is kinda funny when you think about how MPs and the mayor have screwed the taxpayer. One thing is for sure if you're landlord then it's the right time to start buying up all the cheap Darlington housing.

Labour need to go after all of these bent MPs

Yes. It's just a way to funnel more money in to the pockets of their mates. Around here they shut all the perfectly fine leisure centres and then spent the levelling up money on building new leisure centres, the shed, and on football facilities they gave to Mr Eisner. Nothing on what we really needed or would benefit us like adult social care programs, cycling infrastructure, or social housing

What a stupid question!! Of course it is!!!! It's the same shit as Keith Joseph's levelling down shit!! It a total con that the Tories come up with periodically!!!

And they voted their tory mayor back in........sooooooooooo. lol

What I'd like to know is can some of these dodgy deals closed by "Hands-in-the-till" Houchen and corrupt Clarke be torn up and the project come under public sector ownership? Surely, a good lawyer could find a clause or two that means the deals were null and void or at least illegal.

Rule number 1 never trust a tory. Rule 2 never trust a tory

I remember the steel works, and the ICI chemical plant, on Teesside. All gone. Thank you Andy McDonald: a very good man fighting for his people.

Really good questioning but Groves is clearly Teflon.

Its not just Teeside they failed to help, there's the whole Midlands area as well. And to make matters worse they've relocated many military bases and other government bodies from those areas to the south of England.

Bribes with extra steps

They all hide behind enquiries, like the PO, which is so lucrative for the players that they never end ...

Interestingly, in the 2019 election, Redcar returned a Conservative MP with a 3,500 majority - a tory uplift of 13%.

Any incoming government needs a special unit to identify declining industries and match up NEW employment opportunities to the workforce that are thrown aside like 'Factors of Production' Fodder for the employers that will shift their capital with a push of the button..

NEVER TRUST A TORY

When Government decisions STOP PROTECTING THE PUBLIC, they are no longer suitable to be in government. The Public don't want to hear EXCUSES they want action that makes their lives better. If your MP doesn't fight for your local interests SACK them at the next election. An MP without an INCOME soon clears their hearing and focuses on saving their Job by saving YOURS.

Scandals surrounding Gove? Colour me surprised. The cola fan should be banged up what he's done as Education Secretary, let alone his role as Levelling Up (whatever the fuck that meant)

The problem is people think the government is supposed to keep jobs and industries flourishing in the country. The people who worked in the steel industry are hardworking people but the majority don't vote Tory, so throwing them on the scrapheap is of no consequence to the Tories and they no doubt will benefit financially from the people who bought the land.

The Tories have done that to so many over the years

I love that Joe used their own video for the quote from Gove and ended up with their logos overlapping, like they're making a point about other people using stolen videos

what gove must'nt do is answer questions aparently

If you live in Teesside I would highly recommend you report this and send this video to the police. It shouldn't take many of you to initiate an investigation.

93m wtf..

Who would've guessed.

Someone leveled up mightily and thats enough for the Tories.

I have worked with people who worked with a steel mill in Wales and moved to work in Ireland in the semiconductor industry as technicians in the processing lines. They had electrical and chemical instrumentation qualifications readily transferable to more modern industries. Some people can make the transition but other cannot. Over 50's would have a bigger problem as would those with big families and spouses settled in their original community. This is a common problem with what are called traditional smoke-stack industries but I would imagine that a NATO power cutting native steel supply below a certain minima would be unwise. Tanks ships and guns need steel.

While heartbreaking, how this community has been treated, thank you for making this film & series of interviews. Certainly left me drained & not sure what to say, do or how to go forward. With all familiar/ expected democratic, political & sense check frameworks being hijacked & bypassed - a situation masterminded by opportunistic developers/ inside dealers. They appear to be a small group of unscrupulous insulated & positioned elite that are facilitated to determine what happens in our country. Its history repeated with the sale of British Leyland in the late 70's early 80's & I suppose Royal Ordnance for a similar trivial sums. If any of the mis-treated local community read this - well done for telling the story & trying to correct/ oppose this sickening behavior.

song?

These people are the last generation of jobs for life, and now seem to expect compensation or something.

Must be bad if he's having to wear Fila

The music is making me think of the ‘gay steel workers’ scene in the Simpsons. [on a serious note; steel has now gone the same way as coal]

Playing hokey cokey with the monies!

Corrupt to the core

I sin them! Thank god those industries will never be replaced.

Honestly. Joe is cooking with the election content this cycle

Think you need abit more balance on this 1 and Simon is east clevelands mp .It's Jacob who is our local MP and ill say this at 22 I have seen the effects of teesworks for good just because there isn't many jobs on site yet but it is all under construction but has provided alot interms or supply chain jobs.Leveling up is a joke is arebrand of giving money back but we have benefited from new train stations with redcars now going into swing.Yeh the deal is very 1 sided but it still has alot of potential for good and to give us a new industry

If they carry on the green agenda,steel production in this country will close down. It will cost too much to produce steel under those conditions. The Indian owners will cut and run.

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Steel has taken away their minds. Ug!

Uk is not umited anymore

If you want to go historical, ICI was a major employer. Also a major distributor of chemical ash over the area when a batch went wrong. It amuses me that this guy is complaining that Europe protects their own businesses after the UK left Europe. I would be interested to know if this guy voted for Brexit. If we were still in the EU, it might have been possible to do something.

Not a Tory fan either but , Labour were in charge is this area for ages and did nothing . Teesside , Cleveland , tees valley even (North Yorkshire which ever one comes up when you put the postcode in (if your local you’ll understand) is the forgotten part of the north east , so good it’s named as 4 different areas I’m surprised you even found it

BP green?...

Brexit benefit

His Majesty's Government threw your life and many other lives on the scrapheap, not the Tories!!!

Brexit mess

But they'll still vote for Tory. 😂 🤷‍♂️

Welcome to the brexit.

Redcar voted for Brexit and ignored the warnings unfortunately.

Local in first.

BIG CHUNGUS.

Go to China to look for work, plenty steel works there

Labour will sort it out when they get into power, after all, they are the party of the working class....... Vote Reform👍

Don’t mention there’s now more jobs on the site than there was before.

Levelling up my arse levelling down more like

I'm constantly amazed by the generosity of spirit and willingness to help others in this community. It's heartening.✨

I'm grateful for the opportunity to engage in such meaningful discourse. It's a privilege not to be taken lightly.😻

I'm continually inspired by the courage of those who share their thoughts and ideas here. It's empowering.👅