How can government support innovation and drive levelling up?

Liz Truss has made economic growth a priority. And innovation – new ideas, technologies and processes – is an important driver of growth. But the UK performs much less R&D than many other advanced economies. So how can government policy best support innovation in the private sector and drive levelling up? Speakers: George Freeman MP, former Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Adam Bennett, Client Director for Central Government at Costain Ed Cox, Executive Director for Strategy, Integration and Net Zero at West Midlands Combined Authority Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist and member of the Executive Committee at the Confederation of British Industry This event was chaired by Emma Norris, Director of Research at the Institute for Government. The event took place at the 2022 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.