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01/10/2025

Andy Burnham's been the talk of Labour conference due to his high-profile criticism of the Labour government.

But his antics may now have soured relations between Greater Manchester and Number 10. Will the region now be left out in the cold by Keir Starmer's top team?

On the Northern Agenda podcast this week recorded at the home of the Liverpool Echo, Rob Parsons and Liam Thorp discuss the fall-out from Labour conference with Joseph Timan of the Manchester Evening News.

You can watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZfIjt8KRI&t=7s

or listen audio-only here: https://podfollow.com/the-northern-agenda/episode/c18ad7c92effde54fbc83d28d9d1988702f6238c/view

The start of a new school term is always stressful. But for many parents in North Yorkshire, controversial new rules com...
01/09/2025

The start of a new school term is always stressful. But for many parents in North Yorkshire, controversial new rules coming in this month are making the process more costly and uncertain.

North Yorkshire Council says that from this term it will only provide free transport to a child’s nearest school only rather than their catchment school, meaning hundreds of families face having to organise their own transport or pay more than £800 for a bus pass.

And writing in the Northern Agenda newsletter last month, Oli Rahman, one of the parents campaigning against the change, says the change will have consequences for local families and the environment.

Read his full op-ed at the link in the comments below...

05/07/2025

Our Steering Group member William Clouston was one of the people commenting to Northern Agenda on the first anniversary of Keir Starmer's government and what it means for the North.

"William Clouston, the leader of the SDP party and steering group member of the True North think-tank, who lives in Northumberland, was most scathing of all, saying: "Labour has made the worst start of any government in living memory - and it’s costing our region dearly.

"A new administration always has the opportunity to instil confidence and look forward with plans of investment and innovation. Alas, Labour did the exact opposite."

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