Kim McGuinness

And we're currently delivering the regional childcare strategy for the North East MSA, where obviously in the North East, there is a high number of children living in poverty there.

And there's fantastic work being done to address that by Kim McGuinness.

I think there's a few things.

I think more generally, obviously, devolution is an opportunity as well.

And I think where that role really could come in really and in a really valuable way um firstly around the workforce um because they have existing powers already around adult education skills and we know a lot of mayors are already using those powers to try to build the early education workforce um and i think they could go further in the convening role that they play to share best practice um across their regions and bring people together but i think also the market shaping piece um we know that the best start in life strategy did name a role for mayoral authorities around market shaping.

I think there is an appetite there.

And I think it's really, you know, Kim McGuinness said this earlier on in another event, and I know it gets said a lot, but, you know, what works in London isn't going to work in South Shields, you know, and what works in Middleton doesn't necessarily work in Rochdale, Paul.

That's very

So without further ado, I will introduce the panel and bring in our first speaker.

So first to speak is going to be Kim McGuinness, who is the North East Mayor, the first person to hold that post.

since it was created, former police and crime commissioner in Northumbria.

Kim, you're unfortunately so in demand that you're being summoned away at half past, so we will definitely go to you first.

And we're currently delivering the regional childcare strategy for the North East MSA, where obviously in the North East, there is a high number of children living in poverty there.

And there's fantastic work being done to address that by Kim McGuinness.

I think there's a few things.

I think more generally, obviously devolution is an opportunity as well, but I think we have covered this probably in quite a lot of conversations in the last, I was going to say 24 hours, but it feels like a month already.

But I think also the market shaping piece, we know that the best start in life strategy is, did name a role for mayoral authorities around market shaping.

I think there is an appetite there.

And I think it's really, you know, Kim McGuinness said this earlier on in another event, and I know it gets said a lot, but, you know, what works in London isn't going to work in South Shields, you know, and what works in Middleton doesn't necessarily work in Rochdale, Paul.

That's very

So without further ado, I will introduce the panel and bring in our first speaker.

So first to speak is going to be Kim McGuinness, who is the North East Mayor, the first person to hold that post since it was created, former Police and Crime Commissioner in Northumbria.

Kim, you're unfortunately so in demand that you're being summoned away at half past.

So we will definitely go to you first.

that, so devolution, sorry to interrupt, but so this is essentially the devolution of education.

So local regional mayors, so our, you know, in my neck of the woods, it's Kim McGuinness.

Obviously you've got like Tracy Brayman in West Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire area.

Will we see, is it going to be their team basically deciding then what?