Following through with levelling up: what transport and where?
b'Inadequate transport infrastructure has been blamed as a key contributor to poor economic performance outside of London and the South East, and transport policy is a key lever that national and local government can pull to deliver levelling up. \\n\\nWe discussed the role of transport to promote regional growth, whether the government\\u2019s current approach is the right one and how infrastructure spending can best be targeted to generate large returns in the regions.\\n\\nSpeakers:\\nAndrew Jones MP, Chair of the Transport for the North APPG and former Transport Minister\\nAdam Hawksbee, Deputy Director and Head of Levelling Up at Onward\\nWill McWilliams, Partner, Head of Public Services Advisory at Grant Thornton UK LLP\\nLaura Shoaf, Chief Executive Officer at the West Midlands Combined Authority and Chair of the Urban Transport Group\\n\\nThis event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nThis event took place at the 2022 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.'