The Northern Agenda

A 2022 local elections special | Rachael Maskell on trains in the North | Manchester Tech Festival and the digital divide

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Episode notes

In a special edition of The Northern Agenda podcast we dissect all the results across the North in the 2022 local elections.

Westminster Editor Dan O'Donoghue is joined by Liverpool Echo Political Editor Liam Thorp, Newcastle Journal Editor Graeme Whitfield and Rosie Lockwood to pick over what today's results - from Cumberland to Stockport and Hull - mean for our region.

Elsewhere, Dan speaks to York Central MP Racheal Maskell about the future of the North's railways and why she believes the Government's £96bn Integrated Rail Plan has left people frustrated.

And Northern Agenda Editor Rob Parsons speaks to Naomi Timperley, co-founder of the Manchester Tech Festival, about getting more people into digital jobs and how Northern cities are starting to become tech hotspots.

The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons and Daniel O'Donoghue. This week's episode is produced by Carly Holds.

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