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How can Regional Infrastructure and Investment Rebalance the UK?

This panel will discuss how to tackle geographic disparities and supporting struggling towns and regions to regenerate. It will discuss whether regional investment can address five interlinked challenges: • A lack of local job opportunities beyond low-skilled, low-pay sectors such as retail, local services, agriculture and logistics, resulting in high levels of unemployment, low median wage and job insecurity. • Low-quality and under-resourced public services, and an inability to retain and attract talent, resulting in poor outcomes for residents, including health, schools and community support. • Weak local civic institutions, including at the local government level, in local educational establishments, local businesses and extending to local philanthropic investment. • Low quality infrastructure and limited connectivity in a place and with the region. • An overall sense of decline and loss of pride in place. Speakers will include: • David Goodhart, Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration • Andrew Jones, Cities Programme Leader at AECOM • Jim McMahon MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport • John Mills, founder of JML and The John Mills Institute for Prosperity ----- For a full list of our Events at Labour Party Conference 2021: www.policyexchange.org.uk/LabourConference2021 ----- Policy Exchange is an independent, non-partisan educational charity seeking free market and localist solutions to public policy questions.