This week Northern Agenda Editor Rob Parsons crosses over the Pennines to witness a big day for the Manchester Evening News - a visit from the man who in the next few months is likely to become this country's next Prime Minister. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was out and about in the North West as he leaves Westminster behind and tries to connect with the voters he hopes will hand him the keys to 10 Downing Street. After visiting Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool he popped into the M.E.N. office a few miles from the city centre and sat down for a one-to-one interview with the paper's political writer Joseph Timan about HS2, his relationship with Andy Burnham and how Labour can win back the 'red wall'. But before that he had a very different challenge, a question and answer session with voters of the future, a selection of students from Greater Manchester colleges who wanted to know about issues like knife crime, school funding and work-life balance. Have a listen to the highlights of both on this week's episode of The Northern Agenda podcast. *** Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. This week's episode is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Celeste Adams. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices