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MENUNorth of England Speakers: George Osborne’s original Northern Powerhouse is a controversial idea that divides opinions. Specialist Speakers lined up both for and against the Chancellor speak on jobs, training, housing, the NHS and the development of transport including Trans-Pennine rail electrification and HS2. Regional devolution is coming – beginning with with ‘Devo-Manc’ in Greater Manchester, soon to be followed by other regions including the North East. Speakers explain how the changes are not only important for The North, explaining and forecasting the implications for the whole of the UK.
Lord Andrew Adonis is a politician and former journalist who held several key roles during the Labour party's time in government.... [more]
Ajaz Ahmed founded of Freeserve, the first UK internet company to be valued at more than a billion.... [more]
Faye Barker - journalist and news presenter who has at times found herself working on Five News, Sky News and ITV News within a single week!... [more]
Phillip Blond leads award-winning think-tank ResPublica. Internationally recognised thinker whose work has enormous policy & practical impact across European politics.... [more]
David Blunkett became one of very few blind MPs to reach the front bench and Cabinet, previously chairing the Labour Party nationally and managing education and employment in Tony Blair's first government. ... [more]
Andy Bounds - correspondent in Brussels covering Brexit, trade, health and European politics for the Financial Times... [more]
Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of The Lost Continent, Mother Tongue, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes From a Big Country, Down Under and, most recently, A Short History of Nearly Everything.... [more]
Brendan Foster is a former Olympic athlete and world record holder. Having successfully crossed the boundary between sport and business, he founded and heads an eminent sports marketing company and is a respected sports commentator and conference speaker.... [more]
Nigel Harris, speaker on all things railway and Managing Editor and Events Director of RAIL magazine... [more]
Wayne Hemingway speaker - founder of the Red or Dead brand - offering audiences insights into entrepreneurship, creativity, common sense - now seeking ways to improve housing and the urban environment.... [more]