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This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Katherine Bennett, Chief Executive Officer at the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Chris Giles, Economics Commentator at the Financial Times Professor Mary Ryan, Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise) at Imperial College London Giles Wilkes...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Paula Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions Simon Christian, Director at Grant Thornton UK LLP Richard Parker, Labour & Co-op Candidate for West Midlands Mayor Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government Jack Shaw, Affiliate Researcher, Bennett Institute for Publ...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Rt Hon Baroness Smith, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Anas Sarwar MSP, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Stephen Bush, Associate Editor at the Financial Times Dave Penman, General Secretary of the FDA Jess Sargeant, Associate Director at the Institute for Government This event was chaired by Dr Hannah...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General of Wales and Minister for the Constitution for the Welsh Government Cllr Julia Buckley, Leader of Shropshire Council and prospective parliamentary candidate for Shrewsbury Darren Hughes, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Ins...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Sarah Jones MP, Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire Anna Turley, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate and former Member of Parliament for Redcar Dr Victoria Hutchinson, Director of Environment Practice at AtkinsRéalis Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Energy Security Keith Anderson, Chief Executive of ScottishPower Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive of Energy UK Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government This event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. This ev...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Charlotte Nichols MP, Member of the Business and Trade Select Committee Dr Tony Ballance, Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer at Cadent Gas Laura Sandys CBE, Non-Executive Director at Energy Systems Catapult Dhara Vyas, Deputy Chief Executive at Energy UK This event was chaired by Olly Bartrum, Senior Econo...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Select Committee Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary at the Trades Union Congress Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government Kate Shoesmith, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation This event was c...

This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Dame Nia Griffith MP, Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) Mike Adamson, Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Professor Clare Bambra, Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University Tom Sasse, Britain Public Policy Editor at The Economist This event was chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Instit...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Rt Hon Jeremy Quin MP, Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office Anita Boateng, former Special Adviser and Partner at Portland Communications Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government Ben Warner, former Chief Adviser on Digital and Data to the Prime Minister This event...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Jack Brereton MP, Member of the Transport Select Committee Cllr Abi Brown, Conservative Councillor for the Meir Park ward and former leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice and Vice Dean of Human...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Cllr Ben Bradley MP, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council and Member of Parliament for Mansfield Dr Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight - Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities at the West Midlands Combined Authority Dr Victoria Hutchinson, Environment Practice Director at AtkinsRéalis Margot James,...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Jo Gideon MP, Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central John Maingay, Director of Policy and Influencing at the British Heart Foundation Sophie Metcalfe, Researcher at the Institute for Government Dr Alison E Tedstone, Independent Adviser and former Chief Nutritionist at Public Health England/UK H...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Dr Tony Ballance, Chief Strategy & Regulation Officer at Cadent Gas Josh Buckland, Partner at Flint Global Colm Murphy, Head of Transformation at National Grid ESO Dhara Vyas, Deputy Chief Executive at Energy UK This event was chaired by Olly Bartrum, Senior Economist at the Institute for Government. Th...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Lord Bethell, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the (Department of Health and Social Care Dr Layla McCay, Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner at Public First This event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: George Freeman MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology James Wild MP, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk Anna Bradley, Chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Phoebe Clay, Co-Director of Unchecked UK Antony Walker, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of te...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham, Member of the House of Lords and former Minister of State for Trade and Investment and Minister for the Cabinet Office Virginia Crosbie MP, Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn Professor Adam Boddison OBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Project Management Alast...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: George Freeman MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Katherine Bennett, Chief Executive Officer at the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Professor Nigel Brandon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Inst...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers: Paul Scully MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Dr Andrew Rogoyski, Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence at the University of Surrey Hetan Shah, Chief Executive of the British Academy Anna Thomas, Co-Founder and Founding Dir...

This event was part of the IfG's Conservative Party Conference 2023 fringe programme. Speakers:  John Penrose MP, former Minister for Constitutional Reform Henry Hill, Deputy Editor of ConservativeHome Amy Leversidge, Assistant General Secretary at the FDA Jess Sargeant, Associate Director at the Institute for Government This event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Gove...

Revelations about the widespread use of – and failure to replace – reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in schools have put government capital spending in the spotlight.  For decades the UK has invested less than other wealthy nations. Government departments receive relatively ungenerous capital budgets, consistently underspend, and in some cases use capital budgets to cover day-to-day sp...

Baroness Hale, former President of the Supreme Court, joins Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government, and Professor Michael Kenny, Director of Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, for an in conversation. This event was part of the IfG and Bennett Institute's joint conference on the Future of the UK Constitution.

There is now an expectation that the public should be consulted on constitutional change. However, traditional routes for gaining public legitimacy – such as referendums and elections – can result in binary choices, or unclear mandates.  So is there a greater role for deliberative democracy? Processes including citizens' assemblies, with informed discussions amongst a representative group of citiz...

The devolution settlement of 1999 marked a major constitutional development for the UK, but over two decades on devolution is anything but settled. The devolved governments and parliaments have become established features of the UK constitution, but the UK’s central institutions have failed to adapt. With further devolution on the agenda, there may be more changes in the near future. So what can t...

Speakers: Dr Catherine Haddon, Programme Director at the Institute for Government Dr Alice Lilly, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government> Jack Newman, Research Associate at the Productivity Institute and the Department of Politics, University of Manchester Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government The event was chaired by Jess Sargeant, Associate Director at the Ins...