What's next for levelling up?

Schedule

Thu Jun 30 2022 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

Location

Alliance Manchester Business School | Manchester, EN

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What's next for levelling up? We take a look at the latest public opinion polling, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
About this Event

The commitment to level up the UK was one of the flagship promises made in the 2019 Conservative manifesto. This pledge tapped into a longstanding sore in British society – the stubborn gap in economic performance and many other measures of prosperity between, and within, different parts of the UK.

While the problems may be obvious, the solutions have been more elusive. Successive governments over the past few decades have tried and failed to address the root causes of regional inequalities.

The Levelling Up White Paper, and the upcoming Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill are starting to give us a picture of what this Government wants to achieve and what else needs to be included to ensure the policy challenge of levelling up isn’t, once again, passed on to future administration?

This event will look at the latest public opinion polling, including polling what you, the audience, think about the levelling up agenda. The panel discussion will also include an audience Q&A.


Speakers:

(Chair) Jen Williams, Northern England Correspondent, Financial Times

Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner, Public First

Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice, The University of Manchester

John Wrathmell, Head of Strategy and Policy Development, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

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Where is it happening?

Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, United Kingdom

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University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Host or Publisher University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

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