🗳️ Who's up and who's down in the local elections? 💰 Hostile takeover drama at dawn of new era in Britain

It's local elections day which means plenty of town hall drama to digest - including a new mayor in Middlesbrough and closely-fought contests across the North. But what does it all mean for the balance of power in our region - and were people even able to vote at all due to the new ID rules brought in by the Government. Northern Agenda Editor Rob Parsons digests what we know so far with Zoe Billingham, director of the IPPR North think-tank. *** And Rob interviews journalist and author Bernard Ginns about his new book detailing one of the most vicious corporate battles in recent years involving a maverick Northern industrialist, Andrew Cook, as he tried to find off the powerful financial institutions that wanted to take over his company. *** 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices