Minister Jim McMahon will join a stellar line-up of speakers at the Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum (LATIF) and Finance Directors’ (FDs’) Summit 2024, which takes place in London on 19 September.
McMahon was appointed as minister of state at the renamed Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on 6 July. He has since been instructed to help chancellor Rachel Reeves review how to “unlock” UK growth through Local Government Pension Scheme investment.
McMahon has served as the MP for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royston since 2015. He was also a councillor from 2003 to 2017, serving as leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council from 2011 to 2016.
At the LATIF/FDs’ Summit – Room151’s flagship event – McMahon will join a high-level speaker line-up discussing key topics in local government finance. To register to attend, please click here.
Among the speakers this year will be Tony Travers, director at the London School of Economics, and a wealth of local authority directors and chief officers. These will include: Liverpool’s Ian Williams; Redbridge’s Maria Christofi; Oxfordshire’s Lorna Baxter; Southwark’s Clive Palfreyman; Cornwall’s Tracie Langley; Westminster’s Rikin Tailor; St Albans’ Suzanne Jones; Sevenoaks’ Adrian Rowbotham; and West Berkshire’s Joseph Holmes.
LATIF and FDs’ Summit falls at a particularly interesting time, with the post-election landscape likely to be high on the agenda. Will the next government help with the current crisis in council finances and funding? Will it help fix the audit backlog? And what impact will the macro-economic environment have, with interest rates finally looking set to come down? The full agenda for the event can be viewed here.
The event will return to last year’s venue, 155 Bishopsgate, located in the City of London and close to Liverpool Street.
Local government finance officers can attend for free, and details on how to register can be found here.
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