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We're three weeks into the General Election campaign and Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives are staring down the barrel of an historic defeat that will see them reduced to just a handful of seats in the North of England and potentially scrappi
For the next few weeks there's really only one story in town politics-wise and that's the 2024 General Election - the one that seems to have been on the horizon for months but in the end came quite unexpectedly with an announcement by Rishi Sun
Ahead of the General Election on July 4th, we’re taking a look at one of the key policies from the 2019 Conservative manifesto. Levelling up promised to boost Britain’s “left behind” areas, and helped Boris Johnson storm to victory as voters
This week Rob Parsons joins 13,000 (mostly blue suit-wearing) delegates from the business and political worlds at a major property conference in Leeds - the UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum.The likes of Angela Rayner and A
Most of us spend our days with a mobile phone practically glued to our hand - in fact you may well be listening to this podcast on it right now. And it's becoming more and more common for children to have a smart phone, some even before they st
We're a week on from the local and mayoral elections and the dust is still settling on a set of results which dealt another major blow to Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives.And it was the election of metro mayors - the political figureheads fo
Rob Parsons reports from a sports hall in the town of Thornaby-on-Tees - where he's witnessed perhaps the only bright spot for Rishi Sunak in what was a miserable local and mayoral election night for his Conservative Party.The Tories lo
This week Rob Parsons focuses on the parts of the country where millions of us live - the so-called coalfield or ex-mining communities - and find out what the future holds for them.There's a new report out this week from the Coalfields Regene
Which political story should we be paying more attention to: the saga of Angela Rayner's council house in Stockport or that of Lancashire MP Mark Menzies, who is accused of using political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off “bad pe
This week, Rob Parsons speaks to an author who's asked the question: How did the North become a place of lost potential and broken dreams? And what can be done to make it one of the most dynamic and forward-looking places in the world once ag
This week the Northern Agenda podcast comes from the headquarters of the North East's Chronicle and Journal newspapers in the centre of Newcastle for a special mayoral hustings edition.In a month's time one of the five people speaking to Rob
In the next few months as the impending General Election dominates our politics, The Northern Agenda podcast is going on the road.Across the North of England voters will be going to the polls five years on from the dramatic 2019 election wher
Why is it that bright young people from the North are so much less likely to apply for our two most prestigious universities, Cambridge and Oxford, than their counterparts in the South East and London?It's a question that gets right to the hea
This week Rob Parsons finds out about a new museum display celebrating the trailblazing contributions of Muslims living and working in the North of England.Leeds City Museum’s Voices of Asia Gallery is hosting Muslims in the North, which expl
This week Rob Parsons speaks to two political best mates who were born just a few miles away from each other in Liverpool and have gone on to be two of the best-known elected figures in our region.Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester,
This week the focus of Northern politicians is on Leeds, where the Convention of the North will see hundreds of the region's political and business leaders try and work out how to make our region a powerhouse again.Levelling Up Secretary Mich
This week the Northern Agenda switches focus away from the two main political parties to one that seems to be gathering momentum and hopes to do some real damage to the Conservatives at the next General Election.Reform UK, founded by Nigel Fa
In big cities like Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Leeds the last few years have seen huge amounts of regeneration, transforming them beyond recognition. But what about our region's larger satellite towns and smaller cities, many with a
Have you ever wondered how award-winning cartoonist Graeme Bandeira comes up with his ideas for this weekly dose of satire in the Northern Agenda newsletter?There have been some crackers in the last year - Environment Secretary Therese Coffey
For anyone interested in the politics of our region there's really only one story in town this week, that's the long-awaited - and long-delayed - report into the murky goings-on at Teesworks, the flagship regeneration project in the North East.
Is it harder for Northerners to have their voices heard in literature and comedy because of age-old regional biases? That's the question on The Northern Agenda podcast this week with two guests who've explored that thorny topic with academic ri
This week Rob Parsons gets listeners up to speed on what could be the most consequential and interesting election in the first half of this year - unless of course Rishi Sunak is forced to call an early General Election in the next few weeks.O
This week Northern Agenda Editor Rob Parsons crosses over the Pennines to witness a big day for the Manchester Evening News - a visit from the man who in the next few months is likely to become this country's next Prime Minister.Labour leader
The Northern Agenda podcast is back after a Christmas break for 2024 - and it seems only right to kick off the year with a look ahead to some of the stories we're going to be talking about in Northern politics in the next 12 months.The impendi
Listeners may not have heard of the village of Daresbury, near Warrington in Cheshire, which has a population of just a few hundred people, though it does have a major claim to fame though as the birthplace of the author Lewis Carroll.But jus
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