Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, are among the headline speakers confirmed so far for the LGA’s annual conference in Bournemouth in July.
Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey MP and Cllr Georgia Gould, Leader of Camden Council, will also be speaking at the event, which attracts more than 1,000 delegates and speakers from local government and beyond.
Other speakers include Chris Boardman MBE, National Active Travel Commissioner, from Active Travel England; Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority; Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children; Beverley Tarka, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services; Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation; Kwajo Tweneboa, housing campaigner; Alice Tai MBE, paralympic swimmer; and Richard Blakeway, Housing Ombudsman.
Conference plenaries and workshops cover the full range of local government responsibilities, from housing, economic growth, adult social care and children’s services to asylum and resettlement, waste, active travel and net zero, building safety, employment and skills, culture, mental health, sector-led improvement, and special educational needs and disabilities.
Annual conference takes place from 4-6 July. To find out more and book your place, please visit www.local.gov.uk/conference