This month, I sat down with Conservative councillor and Cabinet Member for Legal, Finance and Corporate Services, Councillor Andy Coles. He gives his response to the accusations made by the 7 councillors that departed the Conservative group after May's local elections; discusses the financial situation of the Council, including how close it came to having to issue a Section 114 notice; as well as many of the issues facing Peterborough currently.If you have any suggestions for future guests, or have any questions that you'd like asking, you can email them to [email protected]. You can also find us on X (formally Twitter) and Facebook @PoliticsPboro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest this month is Peterborough First Councillor John Howard. As well as chatting about how he got into politics, his time as a cabinet member, and some of the issues facing Peterborough today, we took a deep dive into his departure from the Conservative group as he talks about the events for the first time.If you have any suggestions for future guests, or have any questions that you'd like asking, you can email them to [email protected]. You can also find us on X (formally Twitter) and Facebook @PoliticsPboro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, our guest is Peterborough's member of the Youth Parliament, Eva Woods. We discussed what the role entails, what got her interested in politics from a young age, why youth turnout is much lower than other age groups, what Peterborough is like as a city for young people, her interactions with the City's MPs, and much more beside.If you have any suggestions for future guests, or would like put questions to a guest, send them in an email to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this month's episode, we sat down with Labour Councillor Dr Shabina Asad Qayyum. We discussed her journey into politics, her suspension from the party in 2021 and her time as mayoress over the last year.We then dived into the recent local elections, Labour's performance and what lessons have been learned for the next election.We also discussed some of the issues currently facing Peterborough, including the local plan, the social media polling around the Cathedral Square fountains, the state of the NHS is the city, and much more.We also looked at the recent resignations by Conservative councillors, although this was recorded before the 3 further resignations took place on 7th June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, we sat down with local radio luminary Paul Stainton. In Part 2, we got into the state of each party locally; What he thinks are the major problems with the Council and the city currently; What his first 5 priorities would be as leader of the council; Where he would put a new stadium for Peterborough United; And whether Peterborough's MPs are too visible, or not visible enough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.