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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Pa Political Staff

Tory MPs defeat bid to release Government correspondence on Teesworks inquiry

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Conservative MPs faced claims of a “cover up” after they blocked the release of documents showing the Government’s decision-making over an inquiry into the UK’s largest freeport.

Labour questioned why the National Audit Office (NAO) was not tasked with leading the probe into allegations of wrongdoing linked to Teesworks in the north east of England, as the region’s Conservative mayor Ben Houchen originally requested.

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