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The Northern Agenda

The Northern Agenda is a weekly podcast covering politics and public affairs from across the North of England.With Covid-19 highlighting the huge regional inequalities in the UK, and Boris Johnson und... Read more

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Anna Turley on the North East becoming the UK's child poverty hotspot | Upgrading the 76-mile Transpennine rail between Manchester and York

Anna Turley on the North East becoming the UK's child poverty hotspot | Upgrading the 76-mile Transpennine rail between Manchester and York

In a week where the North East was revealed as the country's child poverty hotspot, with one in two children growing up ... Read more

14 Jul 2022

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The Northern Agenda: Oliver Coppard on South Yorkshire's buses | Tris Brown on 100 ideas for the North

The Northern Agenda: Oliver Coppard on South Yorkshire's buses | Tris Brown on 100 ideas for the North

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6 Jul 2022

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