a yearforan early years support programme. showing off his plans to his leader. well, ben meets the ronseal test, he's someone who, when he says he'll do something, he does it. and people said he couldn't save the airport. he did it. people said that there wouldn't be a freeport and indeed in many cases fought to stop it. he delivered it. people said there's no way steelmaking will come back to teesside. he's made it happen. he embodies that teesside fighting spirit and he has made things happen. this is obviously a really difficult time for the conservative party, but i think ben is perhaps the one person who can rise above that. labour's candidate believes he can tap into the potential of this former industrial behemoth. i was raised here. i've got my mum in redcar, my stepmum in middlesbrough. i brought my three daughters up in darlington. i've worked here for most of my working career in the nhs. what does this place mean to me? it's a place of immense opportunity.