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Rob Parsons

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Rob Parsons

@RobParsonsNorth

Executive Editor - Local Democracy Reporting Service for Reach Plc

Leeds

thenorthernagenda.co.uk

Joined November 2010

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Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Sep 5, 2025
I have some job news...
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Dec 1, 2019
Here's a pic courtesy of PA of Jeremy Corbyn eating fish and chips in Whitby. Has anyone else noticed that his blue suit has the words 'for the many not the few' sewn into it in tiny red letters?
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
May 12, 2021
NEW: Kim Leadbeater, sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, bids to become Labour's candidate in Batley & Spen by-election She says: "I would love to represent this extraordinary, vibrant place that I have called home all my life." yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Dec 10, 2018
Yorkshire's Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker is at Downing Street today. She'll sort this out. (Pic by PA)
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Jul 16, 2021
Working from home on your last day isn't ideal so I got my kids to 'bang me out' in classic newspaper tradition. So long @yorkshirepost - it's been an absolute honour
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Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
May 3, 2019
A remarkable attack on MP Yvette Cooper by Wakefield councillor Steve Tulley as he was re-elected. He said Labour losing councillors was "all because of the MP for Pontefract, Normanton and Castleford, who wouldn’t know what democracy was if it scratched her in the eyeballs".
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Jan 19, 2023
Another map to ponder as we digest the Levelling Up Fund allocations Of the 74 successful English bids that can be matched to a particular constituency, 50 are currently held by Conservative MPs and 23 by Labour More in The Northern Agenda newsletter - thenorthernagenda.co.uk
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Oct 4, 2023
And the 40-page report features this nice graphic showing Manchester with no links to anywhere...
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Oct 4, 2023
So apparently Rishi Sunak hadn't made a decision on HS2 yesterday but in the intervening period this 40-page Network North report justifying the move and what the cash will be spent on has been produced...🤨 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/651d6464…
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Dec 20, 2023
Great to see money that was going on HS2 up North now being used to repair potholes in London as part of a scheme called *Network North* 🤪 #levellingup
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Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Mar 8, 2024
🚨NEW: Shock poll suggests Ben Houchen is set to lose Tees Valley mayoral election to Labour's Chris McEwan Local polling by @yasper_agency puts Labour's candidate on 45% and the Conservative on 19% ahead of May's election Full story: gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-…
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Feb 15, 2024
Vice President of @RADA_London: "Manchester's incredible, it feels like London!" "And then I go to Sunderland and I'm like 'where the f**k am I?' Horrendous (and insulting) London-centric thinking... Why does everywhere need to be like the capital? thenorthernagenda.co.uk
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Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Oct 4, 2023
So apparently Rishi Sunak hadn't made a decision on HS2 yesterday but in the intervening period this 40-page Network North report justifying the move and what the cash will be spent on has been produced...🤨 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/651d6464…
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Feb 24, 2021
Asked about funding cuts to Transport for the North at PMQs, Boris Johnson says 'there has been no such cut' Have a look at this recent TFN report and judge for yourself...
Geri Scott
@Geri_E_L_Scott
Feb 24, 2021
Boris Johnson denies there's been a 40% cut to @Transport4North's Budget at #PMQs following a question from @DianaJohnsonMP... that's not quite the impression TfN has had - recent story here from @victoriafinan yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport…
Rob Parsons
@RobParsonsNorth
Sep 23, 2023
Having a weekend away in Manchester today with my lovely wife for our 10th wedding anniversary I wanted a quintessential Northern experience so we're on a short-formed TransPennine Express train so rammed we can't sit down We're currently huddled by the luggage rack