Watch all the plenary sessions from CCN Conference 2024

The County Councils Network’s 2024 Annual Conference took place this week in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, as we welcomed hundreds of delegates, speakers, and partners to this year’s event.

Below, you can watch each of the sessions at this year’s conference. In the comments section in each video, you can select the starting points for each plenary.

Day One Plenaries 

CCN Chairman’s Opening Address

• Cllr Tim Oliver OBE, Chairman of the County Councils Network

Driving Local Growth

• Theo Bertram, Director of the Social Market Foundation
• Ian O’Donnell MBE, Policy Committee Deputy Chair at the Federation of Small Businesses

A Locally-Led Planning System or Planning By Appeal

• Steve Quartermain CBE, former Chief Planner for the UK Government
• Dr Victoria Hills, Chief of Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Report Launch: Working Age Adults – The Forgotten Story of Social Care

• Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister for Care at the Department for Health and Social Care
• Daniel Sperrin, Partner at Newton
• Cllr Martin Tett, Adult Social Care Spokesperson at the County Councils Network

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Climate Change and Net Zero: The Rural Dimension

• Victoria Vyvyan, President of the Country Land and Business Association

Devolution: Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union
• Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands Combined Authority
• Will Garton, Director General for Devolution, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Conservative View

• Kevin Hollinrake MP, Shadow Housing Secretary

The Liberal Democrat View

• Gideon Amos OBE, Housing and Planning Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats

The Local Government Association View

• Cllr Louise Gittins, Chair of the Local Government Association

Day Two Plenaries

The View from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

Report Launch: Reforming Children’s Care Placements Commissioning

• Brenda Farrell, Head of Fostering and Adoption at Barnados
• Nick Barnett, Managing Director of the Caldecott Foundation
• Dominic Luscombe, Children’s Social Care Lead at IMPOWER
• Cllr Roger Gough, Children’s Services Spokesperson at the County Councils Network

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Keynote Address: Andrew Haldane

• Andrew Haldane, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England

How To Reform Local Government Finance

• Owen Mapley, Chief Executive of CIPFA
• Stuart Hoggan, former Deputy Director, Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Achieving a Consensus on SEND Reform

• Ben Bryant, Director, ISOS Partnership
• Dame Christine Lenehan, Strategic SEND Advisor, Department for Education
• James Bowen, Assistant General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers
• Cllr Kate Foale, SEND Spokesperson for the County Councils Network