IfG DevoLab #2 How can mayors and strategic authorities secure investment into regional economies EDIT by Institute for Government

Local government reorganisation and public service delivery by Institute for Government

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Rt Hon Lord Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office and former Minister for Universities and Science

Helen Bower-Easton CBE, Director of Communications at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Professor Nigel Brandon OBE, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy at Imperial College London

Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government

Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government

This event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event was held in partnership with Imperial College London.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Mayor Paul Bristow, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester

Cllr Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Communities, Economic Growth and Prosperity at Essex County Council

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

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Baroness Barran MBE, Shadow Minister for Education

Dr Kieran Mullan MP, Shadow Minister for Justice

Cllr Abi Brown OBE, Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association Conservative Group

This event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Caroline Elsom, Head of Reshaping The State at Onward

Eve Norridge, Head of Research at Onward

Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government

This event will be chaired by Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was held in partnership with Onward.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Richard Fuller MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government

Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair at Bright Blue

Trinh Tu, Managing Director, Public Affairs at Ipsos UK

This event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Conservative Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

David Simmonds MP, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Dr Tom Arnold, Research Associate at the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place

Cllr Abi Brown OBE, Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association Conservative Group

Helen Gbormittah, Regional Director, North West at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

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

This event was held in partnership with the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place at the University of Liverpool.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Labour Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry of Justice

Deputy Mayor Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer and Stronger Communities, Greater Manchester

Clare Moody, Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon & Somerset

Cassia Rowland, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive of JUSTICE

This event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was held in partnership with JUSTICE.

This event is part of the Institute for Government's Labour Party Conference 2025 fringe programme.

Speakers:

Tim Leunig, Chief Econonist at Nesta

Dave Penman, General Secretary at the FDA

Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government

Paul Whiteman, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers

This event was chaired by Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.

This event was held in partnership with the FDA.