This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Cllr Ben Bradley MP, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council and Member of Parliament for Mansfield

Dr Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight - Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities at the West Midlands Combined Authority

Dr Victoria Hutchinson, Environment Practice Director at AtkinsRéalis

Margot James, Executive Chair of Warwick Manufacturing Group and former Minister for Digital, Telecoms and the Creative Industries

Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government

This event was chaired by Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was kindly supported by AtkinsRéalis.