CCN Conference 2017 Review
CCN would like to thank all delegates, speakers, and sponsors who made this year’s CCN Conference such a success.
This year’s theme was a ‘new deal’ for counties and around 200 delegates attended the event in Marlow Buckinghamshire, which featured speeches the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, prominent MPs, think tanks, and key local government figures, debating the big issues and opportunites facing counties.
Read CCN’s headline conference story here and CCN’s response to the Secretary of States’ speech here.
Below, you can view each session’s slides and footage from each one.
Monday, November 2017
CCN Chairman Paul Carter’s Opening Speech
Devo 2.0: The Case for Counties
Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica
Cllr Martin Tett, Leader of Buckinghamshire County Council
Cllr Martin Hill, CCN Devolution Spokesman
Baroness Scott, CCN Spokeswoman for Governance & Reform
Philip Blond
Practical Actions to Reduce DToC
Matt Baker, Newton Europe
Rosie Seymour, Deputy Programme Director, Better Care Support
Cllr Ian Stewart, CCN Communities & Wellbeing Spokesman
Children’s Social Care: Pressure and Practice in Counties
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Children’s Social Worker
Lisa Pascoe, Deputy Chief Inspector, Ofsted
Emily Frith, Children’s Commissioner
Cllr Ian Hudspeth, CCN Spokesman for Education & Children’s Services
Fair and Future Funding for Counties
Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIPFA
Duncan Whitfield, President, Association of Local Authority Treasurer Services
Cllr Nick Rushton, CCN Spokesman for Local Government Finance
Cllr Byron Rhodes, Deputy Leader of Leicestershire County Council
Lord Porter of Spalding – LGA Chairman
Lord Maude of Horsham – Working with the Civil Service
Andrew Gwynne MP – Shadow Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
Sajid Javid – Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Tuesday, November 21
Elections and Reputation
Ben Page, Ipsos MORI
Housing and Infrastructure – The Emerging Role of Counties
A Sustainable Solution to Social Care: CCN’s Approach to the Social Care Green Paper
Michael Macdonnell, National Director of Health System Transformation, NHS England
Richard Humphries, Senior Fellow, The Kings Fund
Cllr Colin Noble, CCN Health & Social Care Spokesman