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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A message from The Northern Agenda editor Rob Parsons
The Northern Agenda podcast is changing - and our editor Rob Parsons shares the details! -
Reaction to the Labour party conference in Liverpool
Rob is joined by Jo Timan and Ethan Davies, chatting about the rain-soaked conference vibes, Keir Starmer's personal speech, money worries for the Manchester to Liverpool train line and Lisa Nandy's love of Britney Spears. -
Will Labour really deliver for the North? | Learning the lessons from HS2 fiasco
New Labour MP Josh Sumons delivers his thoughts on replacing the levelling up agenda and the cutting of the winter fuel allowance for many pensioners -
Nasty individuals, racists and useful idiots | How riots unfolded in Rotherham and Middlesbrough
Northern Agenda interviews with political leaders in Rotherham and Cleveland about the summer riots -
👶 Women failed from the day they're born | Joe Morris: the Labour MP in a seat that voted Tory for a century
A new very hard-hitting report finds that women in the North of England live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be an unpaid carer, and more likely to live in poverty -
Thinking outside of the box: how embracing neurodiversity can harness creativity in the North
Corporate psychologist Tina Catling tells the podcast about her innovating work and how she sees Yorkshire as "a little sanctuary" -
The Northern Agenda on the road: Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley
Rob Parsons heads to Clitheroe to chat to locals about why the area's doing so well, the one thing that's worrying locals and intriguingly, why, if everything's so great, the area has just booted out its two Conservative MPs in favour of Labour polit… -
York and North Yorkshire mayor David Skaith on his "whirlwind" first 100 days | How visits to Bolton's pubs is shaping research
Rob Parsons is joined by the first elected mayor of York and North Yorkshire, and two researchers who spent five days in pubs in Bolton to hear what kind of things punters talk about. -
What the future holds for our town halls after a turbulent and challenging last decade
Find out why we're expecting this year to be the toughest yet for setting town hall budgets, how our national housing crisis could be solved if the rest of the country was like Leeds and Manchester, and how the North keeps the lights on in London. -
Is TransPennine Express on the right track for recovery?
On the Northern Agenda this week, Chris Jackson tells Rob Parsons how work is going on giving the North's rail passengers the service they need and deserve, plus exciting news on the UK’s first intercity battery train.
