Dehenna Davison MP on her time as levelling up minister and tougher sentences for people who kill with one punch

This week on the podcast Rob Parsons speaks to two fascinating but very different guests. Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has packed a huge amount into her short career so far since being elected in Bishop Auckland in County Durham in 2019 while still in her 20s. Until recently a Levelling Up Minister, this summer she stepped back because of her battle with migraines, but she's got a lot to say about the challenges she faced in government and what levelling up can and can't do for communities like hers. She's also trying to get tougher sentences for people who kill with one punch - something she knows all about as someone who lost her father in just this way when she was a teenager growing up in Sheffield. Rob also quizzes a senior official at the North's biggest bus operator about why West Yorkshire should not go down the route of Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester and take local bus services under public control.  Private bus firms are advocating an alternative approach called the Enhanced Partnership+ which they say will deliver the same benefits as franchising but faster and cheaper. So listen out to hear Kayleigh Ingham, commercial director of First Bus, talk about how it would work. *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices