This year, several of the keynote speakers gave a microcosm of some of the major issues facing local government – set against a backdrop of chatter around fair funding, political turmoil and local government reorganisation.
Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay told his moving story of living in the care system. Denied the right to go back to his family, robbed of his identity and his name, rejected by his adoptive family – his story is a damning indictment of corporate parenting.
