How an environmental disaster is turning into a political row over the government's freeports policy.
said the most likely cause of the 2021 die-off was a naturally-occurring algal bloom. Devastating for fishing, but seemingly unpreventable.
If poisons from the Tees were responsible, they can only have been stirred up by what's called maintenance dredging. This is work that has been carried out for decades to keep the river navigable for ships. The dredging began last autumn, with Mr Houchen keen to point out there has been no repeat yet of the 2021 die-off.
It is hardly surprising that politics should play a part. Teesside will be a crucial battleground at the next election. The Conservatives have largely been beating Labour there since 2017, something Sir Keir Starmer needs to reverse.Mr Houchen has said the freeport would add more than £3bn to the economy once fully developed.
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