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With Mayor Dr Nik Johnson

Ep. 17
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My guest for this episode is Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Mayor, Dr Nik Johnson. We discussed:

  • What brought him to Cambridgeshire from Northumberland
  • What made him want to go into politics
  • His apology following the recently released report into his conduct during his first year in office
  • The changes in leadership at Peterborough City Council, and how that has changed the relationship with the Combined Authority
  • Peterborough MP Paul Bristow's tweets about him
  • Whether he wants to see a Low Emissions Zone introduced in Peterborough
  • The introduction and potential tripling of his mayoral precept

Plus much more.


If you have any suggestions for future guests, or have questions you'd like asking, you can email them to politics.peterborough@hotmail.com.


You can also find the podcast on X (formally Twitter) and Facebook @PoliticsPboro

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