Conference Events
Labour Conference
26th – 27th September
A new settlement between government and independent housing associations
Policy Exchange argues that Housing Associations should be given more freedoms to build so that the Government can meet its housing target.
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Too Hot to Handle?
Richard Howard, Head of Environment and Energy, warns that the previous Government’s plan to install electric heat pumps in 4 out of 5 homes is a colossal waste of money, and sets out an alternative strategy to decarbonise heating.
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Commuter Cops: Helping our police to live in the city they serve
Expensive inner-London police stations should be converted into housing to increased the number of officers living in the city, and improve the Met’s contact with the communities it serves.
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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy joins Midlands Engine event
Rt Hon Greg Clark MP joins the panel of Policy Exchange’s event, “A Modern Day Industrial Strategy: What Is The Role Of The Midlands Engine?”
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The Government’s Social Reform Agenda: What will it mean in practice?
Tuesday 4th October
15:30-16:30
Conservative Conference, Policy Exchange Marquee (ENT 1), The ICC, Birmingham
Leave the EU’s customs union and go for a free trade agreement
Dr Geoff Raby, Head of Policy Exchange’s Trade Policy Unit, sets out the strategic benefits of the UK leaveing the customs union.
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Maintaining our traditions as an activist humanitarian nation
Professor John Bew, writing for Save the Children, discusses Britain’s humanitarian traditions and how they can be continued into the 21st century.
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South African Olympic champion Wayde Van Niekerk and Colouredness
On BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent, Lindsay Johns, Policy Exchange’s Head of Arts and Culture, discusses the positive impact of the South African olympic champion.
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What Lessons From History Keep Being Forgotten?
John Bew, Head of Policy Exchange’s Britain in the World project, responds to the World Policy Journal’s question. He explains why ‘a training in history remains the best education for those who aspire to change the world’.
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