Ask The Leaders

In this podcast, we ask the leaders of our community your burning questions.

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Episodes

• Dave Parker speaks with City of York Council Leader, Claire Douglas

  Thursday, 16 July 2026

  43 minutes

  It’s been a busy time in politics, with a change of Prime Minister imminent and lots happening locally. YO1’s Dave Parker recently caught up with the Leader of City of York Council, Claire Douglas, to get her take on things and for an update on some of the issues affecting the City. Dave also posed some of YOUR questions.

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• Luke Charters 18 Months in

  Tuesday, 7 October 2025

  29 minutes

  Dave Parker sat down with York Outer MP Luke Charters to see how he is finding his appointment 18 months in. From what he has still to come, to some behind the scenes info on a day in the life, he really has seemingly hit the ground running.

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• The York Civic Party

  Thursday, 28 August 2025

  41 minutes

  Get to know our new Right Honorable Lord Mayor, Councillor Martin Rowley BEM; His civic party, discussing who they are; What they do, as well as a peak behind the curtain of what it means to be a member of the Civic Party.

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• JONATHAN COWAP WITH RACHAEL MASKELL ON LOSING THE LABOUR PARTY WHIP

  Friday, 18 July 2025

  20 minutes

  York Central MP, Rachael Maskell, has been in the news recently having lost the Labour Party whip following her high profile opposition to proposed benefit reforms.

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• WAYNE CHADWICK WITH RACHEL MASKELL AND PUB OWNER PAUL CROSSMAN - March 2025

  Monday, 17 March 2025

  25 minutes

  Over the past few years the pub industry has faced many obvious challenges such as the pandemic and increasing alcohol prices, but how do we solve this?

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• DAVE PARKER CHATS WITH DAVID SKAITH - March 2025

  Wednesday, 12 March 2025

  36 minutes

  David Skaith talks about his initial period as mayor and what he thinks so far. As well as adressing talking points such as his recent £30k+ logo change

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• JONATHAN COWAP ASKS COUNCILLOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS AND COUNCILLOR PETER KILBANE YOUR QUESTIONS - January 2025

  Wednesday, 22 January 2025

  34 minutes

  Jonathan Cowap talks to Leader of the Council Claire Douglas and Deputy Leader of the Council Peter Kilbane about York and asks your important questions.

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• TOURIST LEVY: WAYNE CHADWICK AND COUNCILLOR PETE KILBANE - January 2025

  Thursday, 2 January 2025

  19 minutes

  In this chat, YO1 Radio's Wayne Chadwick asks Councillor Pete Kilbane about the hot topic of the Tourist and Hotel Levy.

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• JONATHAN COWAP WITH YORK OUTER MP, LUKE CHARTERS - August 2024

  Wednesday, 7 August 2024

  25 minutes

  Jonathan Cowap speaks with Luke Charters, the newly elected MP for York Outer about the current issues in the community and how he is adjusting to being an MP.

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• GARDEN WASTE SUBSCRIPTION SCHEME: DAVID DUNNING WITH COUNCILLOR JENNY KENT - July 2024

  Wednesday, 17 July 2024

  11 minutes

  In this interview David Dunning sits down with City of York Councillor, Jenny Kent, to discuss the newly introduced garden waste subscription scheme.

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• JONATHAN COWAP WITH CITY OF YORK COUNCIL LEADER CLAIRE DOUGLAS - February 2024

  Tuesday, 6 February 2024

  22 minutes

  Here's the full interview with Council Leader, Claire Douglas, from Jonathan Cowap's Morning Edition on 6th February 2024

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• YORK COUNCIL LEADER, CLAIRE DOUGLAS, ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM YO1 RADIO LISTENERS - October 2023

  Tuesday, 3 October 2023

  29 minutes

  YO1 Radio’s Jonathan Cowap gets an update on the latest issues affecting York and the Council – and Jonathan asks YOUR questions!

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• JONATHAN COWAP TALKS WITH SELBY MP KEIR MATHER - September 2023

  Tuesday, 12 September 2023

  31 minutes

  Newly elected Selby MP, Keir Mather, joined us at YO1 Radio studios, where Jonathan Cowap asked him how he was settling down as the youngest MP in the House of Commons

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• CLAIRE DOUGLAS, LEADER OF CITY OF YORK COUNCIL, ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS - August 2023

  Thursday, 3 August 2023

  28 minutes

  After three months in charge at City Of York Council, we put some of your questions to the Leader, Claire Douglas.

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• LEADER OF CITY OF YORK COUNCIL TALKS TO YO1 RADIO - June 2023

  Monday, 12 June 2023

  33 minutes

  Claire Douglas talks to Dave Parker and Wayne Chadwick. We're talking Blue Badges, the Labour Party's local election pledges - and finding out a bit more about the new Leader.

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• SIR ED DAVEY TALKS TO YO1 RADIO - March 2023

  Monday, 20 March 2023

  5 minutes

  Dave Parker spoke with Sir Ed Davey, Leader of the Lib-Dems during a visit to the First York bus depot on James Street to look at the new electric buses.

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