Labour Party Conference 2018
We have now announced a programme of events at the Labour Party Conference. These will take place on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 September.
Monday 24 September
How do you fix health and social care without losing the next election?
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Institute for Government and Royal College of Nursing
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Chair: Nick Davies, Programme Director, Institute for Government
Speakers:
- Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research and Economics, The Health Foundation
- Sandy Martin, MP for Ipswich and former Leader of the Labour Group, Suffolk County Council
- Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing
- Vicky Pryce, Board Member, CEBR, and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service.
How can digital technology transform services in government?
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Institute for Government and Mastercard
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Chair: Gavin Freeguard, Programme Director, Head of Data and Transparency, Institute for Government
Speakers:
- Jennifer Duncan, Director – Government and Public Sector, Mastercard UK and Ireland
- Charlotte Holloway, prospective parliamentary candidate for Plymouth Moor View and former Smart London Board member for the Mayor of London
- Darren Jones, MP for Bristol North West and member of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee
- Lord Knight of Weymouth
- Councillor Peter Mason, Cabinet member for Housing and Planning, London Borough of Ealing.
Tuesday 25 September
Immigration after Brexit
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Institute for Government and PwC
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Chair: Jill Rutter, Programme Director, Institute for Government
Speakers:
- Hilary Benn MP, Chair, Committee on Exiting the European Union
- Stephen Bush, Special Correspondent, New Statesman
- Julia Onslow-Cole, Partner, Legal Markets Leader and Head of Global Immigration, PwC
- Joe Owen, Associate Director, Institute for Government.
Metro mayors: where next for English devolution and regional growth?
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Institute for Government and Barclays
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Chair: Jill Rutter, Programme Director, Institute for Government
Speakers:
- Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council
- Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
- Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, Centre for Cities
- Dan Jarvis, Mayor of Sheffield City Region
- Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region
- Akash Paun, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government.
- Tony Walsh, Head of North for Barclays Corporate Banking.
Listen to the event
Watch interviews with our panellists
What are the biggest public service pressures facing the country right now?
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Institute for Government and CIPFA
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Chair: Jill Rutter, Programme Director, Institute for Government
Speakers:
- Dr Emily Andrews, Associate Director, Institute for Government
- Chris Cook, Policy Editor, BBC Newsnight
- Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
- Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIPFA.
- Keywords
- Party conferences Health Social care Data and digital Technology Immigration Regional economic growth
- Political party
- Labour
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- Metro mayor
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- Institute for Government