EVENT: Levelling up: in conversation with Conservative Red Wall MPs

03/25/21 • 79 min

The Inclusive Growth Podcast - hosted by the Centre for Progressive Policy

Join us for a conversation with some of the leading lights of the recent Conservative intake representing previously safe 'red wall' Labour seats to discuss their visions and plans for levelling up in their constituencies.

In advance of the spending review, we will ask what and where government should invest in now to help left behind communities and drive productivity and shared prosperity across the UK; and what should be the role of local government and of business. We will also discuss the political arithmetic in these former Labour strongholds: what do the Conservatives need to do to keep the red wall blue?

Panellists

Jo Gideon MP, Stoke-on-Trent Central
Nicola Richards MP, West Bromwich East
Kelly Beaver, MD, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute
Charlotte Alldritt, Director, Centre for Progressive Policy

Chair

David Collins, Northern Correspondent, The Sunday Times

The debate includes contributions from Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, Caroline Slocock of Civil Exchange and Tony Smith of the West Midlands Combined Authority.

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Panellists

Jo Gideon MP, Stoke-on-Trent Central
Nicola Richards MP, West Bromwich East
Kelly Beaver, MD, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute
Charlotte Alldritt, Director, Centre for Progressive Policy

Chair

David Collins, Northern Correspondent, The Sunday Times

The debate includes contributions from Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, Caroline Slocock of Civil Exchange and Tony Smith of the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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EVENT: In lieu of a Spending Review? Levelling up in the long run

With confirmation that the forthcoming spending review will cover just a single year, CPP will be asking questions about longer-term investment to level up. A sound foundation of social infrastructure will be crucial to creating a fairer society where everyone can contribute to and benefit from economic growth, but how do we get there? We will be asking what the priorities should be, and how to reboot the spending review away from a top-down technocratic exercise into an opportunity to frame a shared vision for building back better.

Panellists

Charlotte Alldritt, Director, Centre for Progressive Policy
Dominic Campbell, CEO of Futuregov
Professor Francesca Gains, Co-Director of Policy@Manchester, University of Manchester
Mark Gregory, incoming director of the Centre for Towns

Chair

Heather Jameson, Editor of The MJ

The debate includes contributions from Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, Caroline Slocock of Civil Exchange and Tony Smith of the West Midlands Combined Authority.

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EVENT: In conversation with Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Chancellor

The UK faces its worst recession in 300 years, with the threat that longstanding social and economic inequalities deepen further. Levelling up policies need to be built into our post-Covid economy, but how?

Join us for this wide-ranging discussion with the Shadow Chancellor on how to build productivity and shared prosperity across the UK, and the road to inclusive growth.

The event was chaired by Stephanie Flanders, Head of Bloomberg Economics & former chair of the Inclusive Growth Commission.

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