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HEAD NORTH - Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram in conversation [1]

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Date: 2024-03 

We're delighted to be hosting a very special evening with Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester) and Steve Rotheram (Mayor of the Liverpool City Region) to launch their grounbreaking new book HEAD NORTH: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain. Chaired by Dr Abi Gilmore.

Doors: 6.30, start: 7.00

This event is being held at The St. Thomas Centre at Ardwick Green.

***Please note new date and venue***

Venue information here: https://stthomascentre.org.uk/find-us/

Tickets are £8.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. HEAD NORTH will also be available to purchase on the night and Andy and Steve will be signing copies for a limited time after the talk.

About the book:

'A path-breaking book by two dynamic leaders... whose ideas on the future deserve all our attention.' - Gordon Brown

Britain is more unequal than ever before. If we're ever going to fix this, we must take the power out of Westminster.

Looking North could change this, and the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are leading this fight. For the first time, they share their experiences of modern British politics, from how the Hillsborough disaster shaped them and their time as MPs in Westminster witnessing its systematic flaws, to leaving to become Mayors up North, battling Boris Johnson during the Covid-19 pandemic, and creating a new vision for what Britain could be.

In Head North, they propose an ambitious ten-point plan to rewire and reimagine our country beyond the Westminster bubble. A timely discussion around Northern voices and culture, devolution and the failed promises of 'levelling up' from successive Tory Prime Ministers, Head North outlines how we can spread political and economic power throughout the UK and push forward for a fairer future.

The North will not sit on the sidelines any longer. It's time for real change - and this is how we can achieve it!

Abi Gilmore is a Senior Lecturer, Arts Management and Cultural Policy at the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester. Her research is on culture policy, participation and place. She is currently undertaking a fellowship with DCMS, aimed at informing policies for culture and heritage capital.

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