Institute for Government

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Heather Blundell, CEO of Grayling

Rt Hon Baroness Thérèse Coffey, former Deputy Prime Minister

Rt Hon Lord Michael Gove, Editor of The Spectator

This event was chaired by Vicky Elliott, Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with The Spectator.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Helen Whately MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Helen Barnard, Director of Policy and Research at Trussell

Fraser Nelson, Columnist at The Times

Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

This event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with Trussell.

This event took place at the Green Party Conference.

Dr Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government was joined by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, former Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (2012–16).

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference.

Speakers:

Mallory Durran, Chief Technology Officer at Nesta

Cllr Liam Robinson, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Cabinet Member for Innovation at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Cassia Rowland, Associate Director at the Institute for Government

Rachel Taylor, UK Government & Health Industries Leader and Global Government & Public Sector Leader at PwC

This event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with PwC.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference.

Speakers:

Alex Burghart MP, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party

This event was chaired by Alex Thomas, Executive Director at the Institute for Government.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference.

Speakers:

Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Shadow Minister (Treasury)

Henry Hill, Editor of The Critic

Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham, Founder and Chairman of Francis Maude Associates

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund

This event was chaired by Dr Matthew Gill, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference.

Speakers:

Baroness Finn of Swansea, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office

Dr Patrick English, Head of Elections and Political and Social Data at YouGov

Lucy Harris, former MEP and Conservative Special Adviser

Salma Shah, IfG Senior fellow and former Conservative Special Adviser

Tom Skinner, former Conservative Special Adviser

This event was chaired by Alex Thomas, Executive Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with YouGov.

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Paul Waugh MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education)

Lynn Perry MBE, Chief Executive Officer at Barnardo's

Sarah Ronan, Executive Director at the Early Education and Childcare Coalition

Matt Towner, Director of Programmes at Impact on Urban Health

Alistair Strathern MP, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labour Group for Men and Boys

This event was chaired by Nehal Davison, former Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with Barnardo’s and Impact on Urban Health.

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Mayor Kim McGuinness, Mayor of North East England

Cllr Fran Belbin, Leader of Sheffield City Council

Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor at The University of Manchester

Mark Rogers, Interim Chief Executive, Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority

This event was chaired by Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with The University of Manchester.

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee

Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Chair of the Young People and Work Review

Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

Dr Kate Summers, British Academy Post Doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science

This event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Science.