67: Pod's Own Country: Ex-Leeds council leader Judith Blake on her new life in the House of Lords
Yorkshire Post
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  • 3 years ago
In this week's episode Rob Parsons speaks to former Leeds city council leader Judith Blake, now known as Baroness Blake of Leeds after being elevated to the Lords this year. How's she been finding life in her new surroundings?

And Westminster Correspondent Caitlin Doherty has been talking to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss about the UK-Australia trade deal and what it might mean for Yorkshire farmers.
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