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Sustainable cities; delivering success
The Core Cities Summit, 7th and 8th November 2007, NottinghamToday sees Nottingham host the Core Cities Summit for the first time. The leaders of the country’s eight major cities will meet with Government ministers, leading politicians and key academic and business figures at the Summit over two days on 7th and 8th November.Cllr Jon Collins, Leader of Nottingham City Council says he is proud that the city is staging the prestigious event, heralded as ‘the most significant urban policy conference of the year.’The eight Core Cities – Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield – have been dubbed the powerhouses of the country’s economy by Government. Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, will give her first address to the leaders of the country’s major cities since taking up office under Gordon Brown in June. In her role as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, she’ll set out her vision for cities in light of the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration, published by Government in June.
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