Listen back to the Institute for Government's fringe events held at this year's Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

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IfG at the Conservative Party Conference 2024

This event was held at the 2024 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

Speakers:

Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Sam Hall, Director of the Conservative Environment Network
Rosa Hodgkin, Researcher at the Institute for Government
Professor Karl Whittle, Professor of Zero Carbon and Nuclear Energy at the University of Liverpool

This event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool.

What next for the Conservative Party's approach to energy and net zero?

This event was held at the Conservative Party Conference 2024 in Birmingham.

Speakers:

Rt Hon John Glen MP, Shadow Paymaster General

The Lord Norton of Louth, Conservative Peer and Professor of Government at the University of Hull

Kartina Tahir Thomson, President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government

This event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Leading from the centre: How can prime ministers better deliver long-term policy objectives?

This event was held at the Conservative Party Conference 2024 in Birmingham.

Speakers:

Rt Hon Damian Green, former First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government
Joe Twyman, Co-Founder and Director of Deltapoll
Henry Newman, former Special Adviser at No10 and the Cabinet Office

This event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government.

How can the Conservative Party learn from its failures to deliver in government?

This event was held at the Conservative Party Conference 2024 in Birmingham.

Speakers:

Baroness Neville-Rolfe, former Cabinet Office and Treasury minister

Dan Butler, Head of Government Affairs at Google Cloud UK

Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government

Professor Mark Thompson, Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter

This event was chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with Google Cloud UK and the University of Exeter.

Improving public service productivity: Can we have better services for less money?

This event was held at the Conservative Party Conference 2024 in Birmingham.

Speakers:

Steve Brine, former Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee

Polly Curtis, Chief Executive of Demos

Stuart Hoddinott, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

Sam Rowlands MS, Welsh Shadow Minister for Health

This event was chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government.

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