The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson MP was in the Downtown Den this week, sharing her thoughts on the economy, the Northern Powerhouse, and Brexit. In conversation with Downtown in Business chief executive Frank McKenna, the MP for Houghton and Sunderland South explains her vision for a post-pandemic future, what lessons Labour needs to learn from its 2019 defeat and what life has been like for a politician in lockdown.
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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.85 | Have British politicians ever been so unpopular?
Have UK politicians ever been as unpopular? The polls do not make for healthy reading.

Homes England boss speaks to DIB audience
Business leaders from across the North West’s property sector gathered to hear Eamonn speak about the future of housing and regeneration across the country.

The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.86 | Is the Two-Party system dead?
Frank, Jim and Jo take a look back at last Thursday’s UK polls, as well as casting their eyes internationally and seeing what’s been happening in Canada, Australia and Romania.

The Sporting Club x Sedulo
Join Sedulo as they host an evening with football legend Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock!