The Northern Powerhouse: Boosting Economic Growth
Online Event 6 October 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Dr Olivier Sykes, Senior Lecturer in European Spatial Planning, University of Liverpool
9:40am
Keynote Address: Setting Out A Plan To Transform The UK By Spreading Opportunity And Prosperity
- Boosting pay, employment and productivity in every area of the UK and increasing public investment in Research and Development outside the Greater South East
- Guaranteeing that the Northern Powerhouse is recognised worldwide as an excellent opportunity for trade and investment
- Improving local public transport connectivity across the country to be significantly closer to the standards of London
- Narrowing the gap in Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) between local areas and improving wellbeing in every area of the UK
- Giving every part of England that wants one a devolution deal with powers at or approaching the highest level of devolution and a simplified, long-term funding settlement
Lord O'Neill of Gatley, House of Lords, Vice Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership
10:00am
Keynote Address: Tackling Widening Inequalities For Children In The North Of England
- Looking at a wide range of factors including child poverty and children in care to build up a picture of the Child of the North
- Tackling the negative impacts of the pandemic in the North through rapid, focused investment in early years services
- Prioritising support to deprived localities by increasing the spending available to schools serving the most disadvantaged pupils in England
- Recognising the importance of early detection of mental ill health and prompt access to professional treatment
Professor David Taylor-Robinson, Professor of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool
10:20am
Case Study: Using Funding From The Government’s Levelling Up Fund To Regenerate Town Centres
- Putting sustainability at the core and enabling projects to progress at pace
- Redevelopment of Castlegate Quarter, reusing historic sites in innovative ways
- Creating a synergy amongst emerging schemes within the town centre, providing benefits for the local community both in the short and long term
- .Providing leisure, library, learning facilities, council and NHS services to support skills development as well as food, retail and beverage outlets
Councillor Mazher Iqbal, Sheffield City Councillor for Darnall Ward, Co-Chair for Transport, Regeneration & Climate Policy Committee
10:40am
Question And Answer Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Keynote Address: Examining What The North Needs To Recover From The Current Crisis And To Build Back Support For And Investment In The Cultural Sector
- Working with Government to make the case for culture in the North and progress recommendations
- Investing in next generation creatives and transforming technology to unlock growth
- Providing greater and more equal access to cultural opportunities in the North by putting inclusion and diversity foremost in the recovery from the pandemic
- Generating prosperity partnerships, securing flagship funding and defining the cultural ‘value’ of the North
James Daly MP, Member Of Parliament For Bury North
11:50am
Case Study: Supporting The Transformation Of The North’s Economy By Providing Effective And Efficient Rail Connectivity
- Investing in new and significantly upgraded railway lines to improve journey times and boost the number of trains per hour
- Transforming rail services and making it easier to move between the region’s towns and cities
- Improving transport connections for the North to make the North more competitive and cohesive
- Delivering benefits to the economy, quality of life, education and the environment
Tim Foster, Interim Strategy and Programme Director, Transport for the North
12:10pm
Question And Answer Session
12:30pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
UK2070 Commission: Addressing Regional Inequalities and What it Means for the Northern Powerhouse – a North West Perspective
Emma Degg, Chief Executive, North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT)
2:00pm
Keynote Address: Working In Partnership To Deliver The Next Steps For The Northern Powerhouse
- Addressing the disadvantage gap in education achievement levels of children from poorer backgrounds compared to their peers
- Building effective transport within and between economic areas to create a virtual city
- Securing devolution deals with universal coverage of remaining areas by combined authorities
- Improving digital infrastructure by delivering fibre to the premises to every business and home in the top thirty northern towns and cities by 2025
Councillor Carl Les, Council Leader, North Yorkshire County Council
2:10pm
Keynote Address: Exploring how the Northern Powerhouse has Impacted the North East and Overcoming Disparities between the North and the South
Professor John Shutt, Northumbria University and Professor Joyce Liddle, Northumbria University
2:40pm
Question And Answer Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
*programme subject to change without notice