Breakout: Ensuring success whilst Surviving LGR: Lived Experiences of Delivering Major Transformation

Main Stage

Paul Robinson, Strategic Director for LGR, Nottinghamshire County Council

Dr David Parr OBE, Former Chief Executive, Halton Borough Council

Jessica Mullinger, Executive Director of Sector Support, Solace in Business

Simon Allsop, Delivery Director, CIPFA

LGR offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape local government, transform services, and create new ways of working. It also brings significant challenges for those leading and delivering change.

Drawing on the lived experiences of leaders who have been through Local Government Reorganisation, this session provides an honest insight into the realities of a major change programme that leads to transformation. Speakers will share what worked well, what they would do differently, the challenges they expected, and those they did not.

Whether creating a new authority or ensuring an existing one ends well, attendees will gain practical lessons, candid reflections, and valuable advice for the journey ahead. This will be an interactive session, with plenty of time for questions and reflections.

Download the breakout slides here