David Renard

Stretching from Swindon to Cambridgeshire and from Northamptonshire to Hertfordshire, England’s Economic Heartland brings political and business leaders together in a strategic collaborative partnership with a shared commitment to realise the economic potential of the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor and surrounding areas. We provide the region’s voice on strategic infrastructure and services. Our leadership is focused on addressing barriers to realising our potential.

CALM (Childrens Cancer and Leukaemia Movement) is a parent run charity helping families that have had a child diagnosed with a form of Cancer or Leukaemia.

Stretching from Swindon to Cambridgeshire and from Northamptonshire to Hertfordshire, England’s Economic Heartland brings political and business leaders together in a strategic collaborative partnership with a shared commitment to realise the economic potential of the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor and surrounding areas. We provide the region’s voice on strategic infrastructure and services. Our leadership is focused on addressing barriers to realising our potential.

Localis is an independent think-tank focused on issues related to devolution, local economic growth and public service reform.Since our formation we have produced influential research on a variety of issues including housing, local government finance and health and social care. Our work has directly influenced government policy and the wider policy debate.

The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national voice of local government. We work with councils to support, promote and improve local government. We are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems. We are a membership organisation. Our core membership comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and includes district, county, metropolitan and unitary authorities along with London boroughs and the City of London Corporation. The 22 Welsh unitary councils are in membership via the Welsh Local Government Association. We also operate an Associate scheme for organisations whose purpose and objectives are aligned with our own. Our Associates include fire and rescue authorities, police, fire and crime commissioners/police and crime commissioners, national park authorities and town and parish councils via the National Association of Local Councils (NALC)’s corporate associate membership.