We started the 2022 Conservative Party Conference with a Welcome to Birmingham reception.
Centre for Cities, in partnership with KPMG, welcomed this year’s Conservative Party Conference to Birmingham.
This event took place in the Round Room, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and featured regional and national politicians on their priorities for Birmingham and the UK’s cities more broadly.
Speakers were:
Paul Scully MP, Conservative MP for Sutton and Cheam and Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Councillor Ian Ward, Leader of Birmingham City Council
Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor, Sunday Times
Andy Bostock, Birmingham Office Senior Partner, KPMG
Chair: Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, Centre for Cities
Sponsor:
Cities and large towns are key the UK's economic growth - what can policymakers at the national, regional and local levels focus on to ensure growth in cities can flourish and help to maximise the UK's economic potential?
Centre for Cities hosted an in conversation session with Ben Houchen, Mayor of the Tees Valley on his priorities for the region.
Hosted in partnership with Policy@Manchester, this event explored what levelling up health inequalities could mean for productivity in the UK's cities.
