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Duration: 45 minutes

John Hess and Ben Jackson present BBC Radio Leicester's Mayoral Debate - an invited audience quiz the candidates for city mayor. Recorded programme from the Curve studio theatre in Leicester.

Last on

Fri 29 Apr 2011 22:25 BBC Parliament

  • Eleven candidates to contest Leicester's Mayoral election

    Eleven candidates to contest Leicester's Mayoral election

    At Leicester's Walkers Stadium, the former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson certainly knows his football tactics and the mind games involved in selecting his best eleven players for Leicester City.

    But imagine having to chose just ONE out of a team of eleven to put Leicester at the top of a different league table. That's the challenge facing the voters in this city.

    BBC John Hess: Eleven candidates to contest Leicester's Mayoral election

  • Leicester's mayor candidates 'in the hot seat'

    Leicester's mayor candidates 'in the hot seat'

    Ten of the candidates standing for Leicester's first directly elected mayor have revealed where their priorities lie.

    Leicester residents will vote on 5 May to elect a mayor who will lead the city for four years.

    The new mayor will have the power to initiate policies across council services and will select up to nine councillors as a supporting cabinet.

    Regine Anderson, standing for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), declined to be filmed.

    BBC News: Leicester's mayor candidates 'in the hot seat'

  • LEICESTER MAYORAL DEBATE

    LEICESTER MAYORAL DEBATE

Credits

Presenter
Marie Ashby
Presenter
Ben Jackson
Producer
Sally Bowman

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