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UNLOCKING PAN-NORTHERN CONNECTIVITY - September 8th 2025
PAN-NORTHERN PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS | Joint Parliamentary Session
Connectivity and Infrastructure: How to better connect our cities, towns and communities through faster, greener, more affordable and accessible journeys.
LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE - September 2025
TURBOCHARGING SKILLS FOR GROWTH
Can Metro Mayors Break Down Barriers to Opportunities?
DATE AND TIME: Sun 28th Sep 4:15 - 5:30pm
LOCATION: Youth and Skills Zone in the Secure Zone, Labour
This fringe event will ask the BIG questions on the Government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunities. It will focus on future skills and future work asking, “What skills and jobs do we need to turbocharge growth and power up productivity?” It will look at how Metro Mayors in devolved regions are doing things differently; delivering stronger economic growth in their areas by investing in the skills and jobs needed. This will also launch the Northern Powerhouse Education, Employment and Skills (NPEESS26) TURBOCHARGING GROWTH - THE GREAT NORTH’S POWER SUMMIT.
NORTHERN CULTURE ‘NITE’
Celebrating the Very Best of the North. Join the Great North’s Stars!
NEW to Labour Party Conference!
DATE AND TIME: Mon 29th Sep, 7:00 - 10:00pm
LOCATION: Beatles Story Museum (Cavern replica, reception)
The Great North has talent. Come and see the Great North’s talent pipeline in action and help break down barriers to opportunity. If you are from the North this will be the place to be. Come and help us celebrate Northern Culture and the best and brightest of the next generation of musicians and artists.
The Great BIG Northern Breakfast
Boosting the Appetite for ‘Full English’ Devolution:
Do Northern Mayors have too much power on their plates?
DATE AND TIME: Tues 29th Sep, 8:30 - 9:30am
LOCATION: Theatre 2, Youth and Skills Zone on the Deck
Join us for the BIG conversation over breakfast with the Great North’s Mayors, MPs and political and business leaders to talk about how we boost the appetite for ‘Full English’ Devolution and ask, ‘Do Northern Mayors have too much power on their plates?’
NPEESS 2026 - 12th February 2026
THE NORTH’S BIGGEST EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS SUMMIT
POWERING UP THE GREAT NORTH
TURBOCHARGING GROWTH SUMMIT
DATE: 12 February 2026
LOCATION: Bradford Live
With the Devolution Bill recently launched and the prospects of a full devolved North getting closer, NPEESS26 will provide a premier - and high profile - opportunity for the Great North’s political and business leaders to come together and set out plans to turbocharge growth and productivity in all parts of the Northern Powerhouse.
#NPEESS26 provides a unique opportunity for North’s political and business leaders to look to the future, talk about the challenges and opportunities and demonstrate their common endeavour to deliver change; prosperity, social mobility and opportunity for the people and places they serve in every part of the North.