Sunday saw the conference properly launched with a huge amount of activity.  Last time I was in Manchester for conference, the secure area was huge and very intense, however I’m quite pleased that this year...

The official launch of the conference was really interesting.  With a mix of fringe events and main conference speeches, it was a good kick off.   Some of the training I attended was around Campaigning...

Slightly later start today and this time I went straight into the main conference hall to hear the speech by Andy Burnham.  This speech was NHS based and he also took some very good swipes...