Ask The Leaders

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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