The Northern Agenda
By Laudable
The Northern Agenda is a weekly podcast covering politics and public affairs from across the North of England, voiced by journalists who are outside the Westminster bubble, reporting from the other side of the North/South divide.
From Blackpool to Barnsley and Bamburgh and everywhere in between, exploring subjects such as levelling up to buses, elections to the latest council scraps, The Northern Agenda brings you discussion and analysis of the North's big political stories, from people experiencing them on the ground.
Rob Parsons speaks to politicians, activists, campaigners, experts, community figures, journalists, business leaders, pollsters and more about the political stories that really matter to the North - and from the North - that you won't hear about from the national media in London.
The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/
From Blackpool to Barnsley and Bamburgh and everywhere in between, exploring subjects such as levelling up to buses, elections to the latest council scraps, The Northern Agenda brings you discussion and analysis of the North's big political stories, from people experiencing them on the ground.
Rob Parsons speaks to politicians, activists, campaigners, experts, community figures, journalists, business leaders, pollsters and more about the political stories that really matter to the North - and from the North - that you won't hear about from the national media in London.
The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/
Latest episode
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🚕 Why are hard-up councils spending £5m a week sending children to school in taxis? ⬆️ Matt Vickers MP on the unexpected resurgence of the Tories in his borough, record high migration levels, and the big Teesworks row
Northern Agenda Editor Rob Parsons speaks to Contact's Una Summerson, a national charity for families with disabled children, and Tory MP for Stockton South Matt Vickers. -
🧠 The Northern brain drain: Why are so many young people in our region planning to move elsewhere for a better life?
Henri Murison of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership joins Rob Parsons to discuss the Northern brain drain, and the metro mayors hitting the headlines: Ben Houchen and Andy Burnham. -
🌹 Alastair Campbell on the success of levelling up, what Tony Blair did for the North and how the 'red wall' deserted Labour 🥳 The Eurovision party arrives in Liverpool
Northern Agenda editor Rob Parsons chats to Tony Blair's former official spokesman and director of communications Alastair Campbell, as well as the Liverpool Echo's Liam Thorp about the big stories of the week -
🗳️ Who's up and who's down in the local elections? 💰 Hostile takeover drama at dawn of new era in Britain
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🥳 The Northern Agenda turns two! Is the North still a priority for the government? 💉 How Liverpool is playing a part in developing vaccines
Rob Parsons looks back at the past two years in Northern politics, and speaks to vaccine expert Dr Marie O'Brien about the region's major impact on global health -
"It's about bread-and-butter, life and death issues in your community": races to watch in May's local elections
The Local Government Information Unit's Jonathan Carr-West discusses the races to watch in the North. Plus Edna Robinson of the People's Powerhouse talks about the North-South health divide. -
⚡ The man bringing lightning fast broadband to the North 🌊 Carbon capture: Storing CO2 under the sea could bring jobs to our region
Will carbon capture make any difference to levelling up or net zero in places like Teesside, the Humber and the North West? Can fast broadband speeds reach rural or remote towns and villages in the North? -
A Northern Agenda exclusive! The winner of the Levelling Up Fund: consultancy firms 🥇 Plus John Stevenson MP and Keane Duncan
There were lots of winners who got £20m here or £10m there for regeneration schemes but also many more losers who put time and money into their bids and got nowhere. But it turns out there was one big winner from the whole process and that's the cons… -
The North-South divide on asylum: a Northern Agenda special
Rob Parsons reports from a conference in Newcastle where experts from a host of different fields put forward their view on how we can fix the country's broken asylum system. -
💷 Budget 2023: the reaction to Jeremy Hunt's first Budget as Chancellor and what it means for the North
In a special live edition of The Northern Agenda podcast, Rob Parsons is joined by a fantastic panel full of expertise about Northern politics to dissect what it all means for people in our region