Best Danielle Bolton Podcasts (2024)

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The Northern Agenda on the road: Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley 1:10:38

5d ago1:10:38

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We all know there's a big North-South divide when it comes to pay, but which part of the North of England has the highest average wage? Here's a clue, it's not Manchester or Leeds. With an average median annual full-time wage of nearly £42,000, Ribble Valley in Lancashire is the highest-paid local authority area in Northern England. Its residents e…

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York and North Yorkshire mayor David Skaith on his "whirlwind" first 100 days | How visits to Bolton's pubs is shaping research 37:14

8d ago37:14

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Politicians and pubs are a combination as old as the hills, with even the likes of teetotal ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak turning up for photo shoots at local watering holes on the election trail this year. But if our decision-makers stuck about after the cameras disappeared and observed the conversations ordinary pub-goers were having, would th…

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What the future holds for our town halls after a turbulent and challenging last decade 42:05

4d ago42:05

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So if you look at the biggest jobs in local government in the North of England, undoubtedly near the top of the list are the chief executives of the city councils of Manchester and Leeds. They're roles that come with responsibility for vital services in our region's two biggest cities, leading thousands of employees and overseeing annual budgets in…

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#169: The Musician's Journey of a Rockstar | Jed Elliott & Chelsea Szabo 1:09:15

8d ago1:09:15

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The Career Musician featuring co-founders of The Musician's Journey! Get ready for an insightful conversation with special guests Jed Elliott from the rock band The Struts and executive life coach Chelsea Sabo founder of Verbal Courage on Episode 169 of The Career Musician Podcast. Host Nomad leads a discussion on the highs and lows of being a musi…

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Is TransPennine Express on the right track for recovery? 32:47

11d ago32:47

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Just over a year ago, TransPennine Express, which runs intercity services across the North of England, became the latest to come under government control due to its dire performance that had infuriated political leaders and customers. Installed not long after as managing director was Chris Jackson, faced with some formidable hurdles to overcome if …

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Matt Vickers: the last remaining Tory MP in the North East | The fascinating hidden stories of Manchester you won't have learned about at school 48:09

18d ago48:09

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On a brutal General Election night for the Conservatives, there were a few bright spots where their MPs managed to defy the swing to Labour and hang onto their seats. In the North East of England - where Labour otherwise swept the board - just one Conservative MP now remains, Matt Vickers, who won in the new seat of Stockton West despite pre-electi…

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📈 Alarming Vital Signs in the North East 51:43

27d ago51:43

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Doesn't it seem a long time ago that a victorious Boris Johnson took in the applause from Conservatives in Tony Blair's old seat of Sedgefield after winning a host of North East seats in Labour strongholds like Darlington, Redcar and Bishop Auckland in the 2019 General Election? Five years later, the Tories have been all but wiped out in the North …

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From Wearside to Westminster: what's it like to be a new MP? 45:46

1M ago45:46

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This week's there's an induction like no other going on in Westminster's corridors of power, as dozens of newly-elected MPs from across the North are introduced to the bewildering intricacies and traditions of life in the epicentre of British democracy. But what's it been like for someone who a week ago was battling to be elected and now finds them…

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Rishi, Binface and me: election night in North Yorkshire 30:52

2M ago30:52

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It's General Election night and Rob Parsons has got himself a front row seat for one of the highest-profile counts in the North: Rishi Sunak's Richmond and Northallerton constituency in North Yorkshire. With Sunak's Conservatives facing near certain defeat to Labour in the polls, the media is waiting for the Prime Minister to show his face in the e…

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Why voters in the North are so disillusioned by the General Election 26:56

2M ago26:56

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This week voters across the North will be going to the polls for the General Election with all the national polling pointing to a big Labour victory. But Rob Parsons wants to hear what's happening at local level across the North of England and has reassembled a panel of top political journalists, Liam Thorp from the Liverpool Echo, Joseph Timan fro…

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Northern election rivals taken to task 1:08:27

2M ago1:08:27

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In the run-up to the General Election, we've heard so much from the likes of Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, Nigel Farage and Ed Davey - wouldn't it be interesting to put the local candidates bidding for voters in the North in the spotlight for a change? This week on the Northern Agenda podcast, election rivals in the North East are taken to task ove…

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Will Orgreave miners get the truth after 40 years? | A postcard from Southport 41:56

2M ago41:56

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We're 40 years on from the so-called Battle of Orgreave, when thousands of picketing miners were attacked by riot police in South Yorkshire in what has been described as one of the most violent clashes in British industrial history, with police using ‘paramilitary’ tactics. And to mark the occasion a new report, chronicling what campaigners say is …

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The hidden poverty in Rishi Sunak's leafy Yorkshire patch 32:28

3M ago32:28

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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 scrapping with the Lib Dems and Reform UK to be the opposition to the next Labour government. It's been a torrid …

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General Election 2024: A view from the North 32:39

3M ago32:39

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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 Sunak in a rain-drenched Downing Street. Since then it's been a non-stop flurry of campaign stops, photo oppo…

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Levelling Up: How is it going so far? 33:10

3M ago33:10

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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 in former Labour heartlands turned to the Tories in droves. You can find out more by listening to our episod…

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🏙️ 🐝 The city that shaped the modern world 44:43

3M ago44:43

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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 Alastair Campbell were among the speakers at the three-day event at Leeds' Royal Armouries - which saw hect…

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📱Smart phones 'destroying our children' | Where's Newcastle's Saudi jobs boom? 45:02

3M ago45:02

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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 start at secondary school. But there are more and more people who are terrified at what the ubiquity of smar…

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Having a mayor - what now for the North's new political superheroes? 45:38

4M ago45:38

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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 for big regions like the North East, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire - which made most of the headlines…

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Sunak's silver lining: Live from Tees Valley as Tories hammered in local elections 30:13

4M ago30:13

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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 look to be on course to lose 500 local election seats in what could be their worst showing in 40 years. They…

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Local elections 2024: the ones to watch | How can North’s ex-mining towns catch up? 36:34

4M ago36:34

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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 Regeneration Trust setting out how the areas whose miners used to power industrial Britain are still lagging behi…

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Which political story should we be paying more attention to: Angela Rayner or Mark Menzies? 50:58

4M ago50:58

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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 people” who had locked him in a flat and demanded thousands of pounds for his release? This week Rob Parsons…

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Alex Niven on why he believes the North will rise again | How much do we know about Labour's policies for the North? 39:36

5M ago39:36

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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 again? Alex Niven is the man behind the book The North Will Rise Again, which covers the colourful adventure…

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EXCLUSIVE: The Northern Agenda hosts the hustings for the new elected mayor of the North East 1:02:41

5M ago1:02:41

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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 Parsons over the conference room table will be the new elected mayor of the North East. They'll have powers…

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The Northern Agenda's Road to the Election: Blackpool South 53:31

5M ago53:31

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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 where large swathes of our region broke the habit of decades by switching their allegiance from Labour to the T…

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🎓 Why bright Northern students don't apply to Cambridge 24:40

5M ago24:40

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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 heart of our North-South divide and this week on the podcast Rob Parsons tries to answer it with the help of …

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Muslims in the North: how a new museum in Leeds wants to "decolonise civic spaces" 44:09

6M ago44:09

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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 explores the pioneering work of prominent Muslims in fields including commerce, healthcare, law and research. M…

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Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram: their plan to rewire and reimagine our country beyond the Westminster bubble 43:46

6M ago43:46

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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, and Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool City Region, have teamed up to write a new book where they sha…

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Reaction to the Rochdale by-election result | 2080: the year when the life expectancy North-South gap really changes 40:39

6M ago40:39

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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 Michael Gove and Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner will be making their pitch about what their parties can d…

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Reform UK: raging against the machine, or the UK's new third party? 42:01

6M ago42:01

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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 Farage as the Brexit Party back in 2018 and renamed in 2020 to campaign against lockdown measures during the …

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Will George Galloway be Rochdale's next MP? | Dragging North's market towns into 2024 48:28

6M ago48:28

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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 proud tradition and history that stretches back to before the Industrial Revolution? With town centres that…

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How to make politics funny: With Matt Chorley and Graeme Bandeira 41:36

7M ago41:36

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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 dancing down Redcar beach surrounded by dead crabs, Nadine Dorries throwing her toys out of the pram after…

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No corruption but plenty of secrecy: What next for Teesworks? 38:24

7M ago38:24

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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. The headline news - at least if you're a Conservative supporter of the scheme - is that it cleared those …

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Why is there a bias against Northern voices - and can we combat it? 40:02

7M ago40:02

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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 rigour. Jen Bowden, a journalist and writer from a small pit village called Wingate in County Durham, hosts …

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A North East mayor: Why should we care? 52:46

7M ago52:46

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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. On May 2 the North East will go to the polls to choose the region's first ever metro mayor, with a host of …

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Keir Starmer up North | Hear Labour leader as he's quizzed by students on Greater Manchester visit 40:31

8M ago40:31

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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 Sir Keir Starmer was out and about in the North West as he leaves Westminster behind and tries to connect …

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There's more than one big election up North in 2024 48:05

8M ago48:05

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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 impending General Election will surely loom large over political debate in our region. But there are a host of fa…

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#168: Tito Daniel | Get Your Music Heard on Dash Radio! 36:33

8M ago36:33

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Every Tuesday, Nomad feature a new indie artist on "Radio Ready", his new show only on Dash Radio. This episode explains EXACTLY how to submit your music for a chance to be featured on Radio Ready –The Career Musician's new show only on Dash Radio, powered by Smash Haus! Nomad and Tito Daniel explain the process in detail, which btw is very easy...…

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Is Manchester now the London of the North? 51:48

9M ago51:48

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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 just a few hundred metres away from the village is a facility that is already putting the name Daresbury on th…

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This Is The North 2023: 'A Radical North – The People Powered Future Starts Here' 46:18

9M ago46:18

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After taking a closer look at what's going on in Sunderland, this week the Northern Agenda podcast heads 130 miles south west over the Northern Pennines to the Lancashire city of Preston. Rob Parsons reports from the This Is The North Convention 2023, organised by the People's Powerhouse, a movement that aims to bring people of the North together t…

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Wear on the up: The transformation of Sunderland 1:12:13

9M ago1:12:13

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What comes into your head when you think of the North East port city of Sunderland? Is it the football team, battling to get back into the Premier League. Or maybe it's car production, with a huge Nissan base now being used to build electric vehicles? For most people, what won't come to mind is the smartest city in the UK, powered by the fastest 5G…

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Reaction to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement | How will investment zones work in West Yorkshire? 46:46

9M ago46:46

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This week all the attention is on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as he unveiled his Autumn Statement - or at least the bits that hadn't already been briefed out to the media in advance - in an hour-long speech. In the national media all the talk is about tax cuts - how big are they, when do they start, will they be swallowed up by so-called 'fiscal drag' w…

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Dehenna Davison MP on her time as levelling up minister and tougher sentences for people who kill with one punch 58:13

10M ago58:13

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This week on the podcast Rob Parsons speaks to two fascinating but very different guests. Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has packed a huge amount into her short career so far since being elected in Bishop Auckland in County Durham in 2019 while still in her 20s. Until recently a Levelling Up Minister, this summer she stepped back because of her ba…

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The North in Numbers: Dangerous dogs 33:55

10M ago33:55

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The North in Numbers - the podcast that gets the human stories behind the statistics - is back, taking over The Northern Agenda again this week. Annie Gouk, a journalist who writes local news stories based on statistics for regional papers up and down the country, looks at the data on dog attacks, speaking to experts to try and unpick what’s behind…

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✍️ A Writing Chance: how budding writers from underrepresented backgrounds could get their big break 20:58

10M ago20:58

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This podcast loves looking at the positive things going on in our region so in this week's episode Rob Parsons hears about a brilliant project being led in the North of England. Budding writers and journalists from underrepresented backgrounds could be in with a chance of getting their big break as part of a scheme backed by national treasure Micha…

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Tomorrow's MPs: Michael Crick lifts the lid on politics' dirty secrets 46:59

10M ago46:59

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There's an election coming in the next year or so, but how much does the public ever get to hear about how the main parties choose their candidates for political office? That's what Rob Parsons has been talking about this week with the broadcaster Michael Crick, who followers of politics over the last 40 years will know is the esteemed broadcaster …

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📅 Rishi Sunak - One Year In: has the Prime Minister been good for the North? 34:17

10M ago34:17

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He's been Prime Minister for one year but has Prime Minister Rishi Sunak been good for the North? This week on The Northern Agenda podcast Rob Parsons is joined by the Liverpool Echo's Liam Thorp and Manchester Evening News' Joseph Timan to talk about a year of Sunak, Keir Starmer's challenging week dealing with unrest from Labour's Muslim MPs, and…

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🏠 How do we solve the housing crisis and why aren't we building enough homes? 📱Why the working poor are valuable assets to any tech company 53:46

10M ago53:46

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This week Rob Parsons chats to Amy Newton, the founder of the Manchester Tech Festival which brings together leading figures from the North's tech and digital sectors. We all know technology and digital is going to be a bigger and bigger focus for our political leaders in the coming years, but are we doing enough to make sure people from the North'…

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✨ Glitter, smoke and mirrors | A view from Merseyside after Labour conference 53:02

11M ago53:02

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It was a party conference where Keir Starmer came out sparkling after his big speech, but how are things looking for Labour after their annual gathering in Liverpool? Rob Parsons speaks to Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram about what a Labour government could mean for his patch PLUS his plans to take local buses under public control …

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Mancs but no thanks: Conservative Party Conference special 29:54

11M ago29:54

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It's party conference season and the problems are mounting up for Rishi Sunak as the Tories descend on Manchester. Why won't people stop asking him about HS2 coming to Manchester? Why are Conservative members more excited by Liz Truss than by his policies? And how does he persuade the North that he still cares about levelling up? In a special editi…

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🗣️ How new Sheffield council leader Tom Hunt is keeping his Labour colleagues in order and dealing with a massive pay equality claim from the unions 35:27

11M ago35:27

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We're in party conference season which means politicos, pundits, business types and hangers-on will be filling up the hotels of Manchester this week. As Tory party conference gets underway, Rishi Sunak is struggling to fend off questions about whether he's about to axe the HS2 link to the city. On the podcast this week, Rob Parsons asks what is hap…

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