How can the government make progress on levelling up before the next election?
b"This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme.\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\nCllr Ben Bradley MP, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council and Member of Parliament for Mansfield\\nDr Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight - Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities at the West Midlands Combined Authority\\nDr Victoria Hutchinson, Environment Practice Director at AtkinsR\\xe9alis\\nMargot James, Executive Chair of Warwick Manufacturing Group and former Minister for Digital, Telecoms and the Creative Industries\\nThomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government\\n\\nThis event was chaired by Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nThis event was kindly supported by AtkinsR\\xe9alis."