Head North: Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram
- Date
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Mon 19 May 2025
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
- Venue
- Octagon Centre
Britain is more unequal than ever before. If we're ever going to fix this, we must take the power out of Westminster. For the very first time, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, share their combined experiences on the frontline of modern British politics – and their ambitious vision for the future.
In their new book Head North, they discuss challenges and lessons from throughout their lives, including how the Hillsborough disaster shaped them, their time as MPs in Westminster witnessing its systematic flaws, leaving to become mayors up north, and battling Boris Johnson during the Covid-19 pandemic. Building on this, they also offer a comprehensive ten-point plan to rewire our country beyond the Westminster bubble.
Join Andy and Steve in conversation with Professor Beth Perry, as they outline how we can spread political and economic power throughout the UK and push forward for a fairer future.
EVENT FORMAT & INFORMATION
- The doors will open at 18:30
- From 18:30-19:30 attendees will arrive and find a seat.
- From 19:30 - 20:20 the speakers will talk from the front of the room.
- From 20:20-21:00 there will be a Q+A with the audience where participation is optional.
- During the event attendees will be expected to sit and listen although if they need to get up to use the toilet that is fine. If attendees need to stand or move around while listening there are small areas for standing at the end of some of the rows by the fire escapes.
- The event will finish around 21:00 although attendees can leave at any time.
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility information about the Octagon Centre can be found here. If you have any questions regarding accessibility for this event, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
- Seating: Seating is pre-allocated for this event, if you have specific requirements, please get in touch.
- Masks: FFP2 masks will be available for free.
- Audio: Microphones will be used at this event.
- Quiet space: We do not have any information about whether there is a quiet space available at this event.
Beth Perry is the Director of the Urban Institute and Professor at the University of Sheffield. She is passionate about addressing spatial injustice and has carried out most of her research in the North of England, in collaboration with urban researchers around the world, particularly in Europe and Africa. This has included a programme of action research projects, carried out with citizens, activists, policy-makers and social entrepreneurs, to try and realise more just cities in Greater Manchester and Sheffield. She headed North 30 years ago and has never looked back. Amongst other projects, she is currently co-hosting a podcast called Urban Radar with Tom Goodfellow to connect the expertise of urban researchers at the University of Sheffield to the big issues shaping towns, cities and regions globally.