This year’s Future Forum North includes a host of exceptional speakers, including chief executive of the NHS Confed Matthew Taylor, second permanent secretary at the Department of health Tom Riordan, Calderdale Council chief executive and Solace president Robin Tuddenham, Lord Liam Booth-Smith, former chief of staff to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and a former head of local government think tank Localis and Kath O'Dwyer, Chair at Solace.
The key topics we will cover are:
- The future of public services: Harnessing technology and creating joined up services fit for the future
- Health: Moving to a preventative health agenda with the National Health Service
- Finances: Will funding reform and the Autumn Budget create financial stability in local government and the wider public sector?
- Economic growth: Can councils create their own local economy and fix the housing crisis?
- Devolution: Where next for Northern Devolution?
