05/10/2026
Birmingham ICC : Hall 8a
Beyond Levelling Up: restitching neighbourhoods and restoring British prosperity
David Simmonds MP (Conservative Party, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Nicholas Boys Smith (Create Streets, Founder and Chairman)
Cllr Charlotte Vernon (Conservative Councillors' Association, Deputy Chairman)
Professor Neil Lee (London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor of Economic Geography)
Chaired by Kitty Thompson (Create Streets Foundation, Head of Policy and Campaigns)
Low growth, stark regional inequality, and frustrated pride in place are perennial problems of our time. Years of top-down regeneration funding have only been fitfully effective. Government vision rarely leaves London. Many towns and cities still struggle. Is there a new model in which local government restitches neighbourhoods, enables growth, and acts as stewards not bureaucrats? Join us to discuss how to plot the path to local prosperity.
06/10/2026
Birmingham ICC : Disraeli Theatre
Local Government Act 2029: the basis of the next Conservative Governments vision for English local government post LGR
David Simmonds MP (Member of Parliament, Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government))
Prof Colin Copus (De Montfort University, Emeritus Professor of Local Politics)
Paul Bristow (Mayor , Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Invited))
Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen (LGA Conservative Group, Deputy Leader of the LGA Conservative Group)
Cllr Elizabeth Campbell (London Councils, Councillor)
Cllr Richard Wright (Local Councils' Network, Chairman of the Local Councils' Network)
Cllr Steven Broadbent (County Councils' Network, Vice Chairman of the County Councils' Network)
Join us for the LGA Conservative Group annual CPC Fringe Debate to discuss the next Conservative Governments vision for English local government post LGR and the basis of a future Local Government Act. All Conservative Councillors and party members are welcome.