{"id":1237,"date":"2017-09-14T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:02:07","slug":"city-redi-to-host-two-fringe-events-at-the-labour-and-conservative-party-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/city-redi-to-host-two-fringe-events-at-the-labour-and-conservative-party-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"City REDI to host two fringe events at the Labour and Conservative party conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3-1024x325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3-1200x381.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/city-redi3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>City REDI is hosting fringe events at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labour.org.uk\/pages\/annual-conference-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labour<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativepartyconference.com\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservative<\/a> party conferences this autumn, called \u201cDevo Question Time: Connectivity and Growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The events, being organised by <a href=\"http:\/\/devoconnect.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devo Connect<\/a>, focus on transport and connectivity, which have become vital issues where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/election-2017-39817220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metro Mayors<\/a> can have a real impact on the economic growth of their cities. With a panel format, the event asks the question &#8211; Can devolution deliver transport that creates economic growth and connects regions around the UK?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Labour Party Conference fringe event is being held on the 26 September 2017, 18:00 \u2013 19:30 at the Hilton Brighton Metropole and features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region<\/li>\n<li>Jim McMahon MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Devolution<\/li>\n<li>Sir John Peace, Chairman, Midlands Connect<\/li>\n<li>Cllr Judith Blake, Council Leader, Leeds City Council<\/li>\n<li>Dr Adam Marshall (Chair), Director General, British Chambers of Commerce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out more and to book a place, please <a href=\"http:\/\/devoconnect.co.uk\/events\/devo-question-time-connectivity-growth-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Conservative Party Conference fringe event is being held on the 2nd October 2017, Lord Mayor&#8217;s Parlour, Manchester Town Hall and features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley<\/li>\n<li>John Cridland CBE, Chair, Transport for the North<\/li>\n<li>Dr Adam Marshall (Chair), Director General, British Chambers of Commerce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out more and to book a place, please <a href=\"http:\/\/devoconnect.co.uk\/events\/devo-question-time-connectivity-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To sign up to our blog mailing list, please\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cityredi@contacts.bham.ac.uk?Subject=City-REDI%20Blog%20Mailing%20List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City REDI is hosting fringe events at the Labour and Conservative party conferences this autumn, called \u201cDevo Question Time: Connectivity and Growth\u201d. The events, being organised by Devo Connect, focus on transport and connectivity, which have become vital issues where Metro Mayors can have a real impact on the economic growth of their cities. With &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/city-redi-to-host-two-fringe-events-at-the-labour-and-conservative-party-conferences\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City REDI to host two fringe events at the Labour and Conservative party conferences&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,41,785],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-redi","category-events","category-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8588,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/8588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}