Party conferences 2020 – Partner with us
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British Future will be at both Party Conferences this year, Conservative Party in Manchester and the Labour Party Conference, in Liverpool.
Sponsorship & Partnerships
If your organisation or company are interested in partnering with us on your conference programme, do get in touch. We are happy to discuss options to host fringe panel events, private roundtables, or receptions at either Conservative or Labour conference.
Likely themes for British Future’s programme include features of a new points-based immigration system, citizenship, reconnection and uniting communities together post-Brexit. If would like to discuss supportting British Future’s events or hosting for you please contact, Events and Engagement Manager, Lucy Buckerfield, on lucy@britishfuture.org.
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Party Conference Fringe Events in 2019
Last year we hosted successful events at both the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester and Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
At Conservative Party Conference we hosted a joint event with Conservative Home discussing ‘When is Immigration Good for Britain?‘. We heard from Alberto Costa MP, now former MEP Dan Hannan, former Home Office Special Advisor, Salma Shah and British Future’s Director Sunder Katwala, whilst Conservative Home’s Mark Wallace chaired the event. You can read more about this event here.
Our event at Labour Party Conference saw our panel discuss ‘How Can Labour Find its Voice on Immigration?’. A packed room heard from Labour MPs, Paul Blomfield and Lisa Nandy as well from Stephen Hale of Refugee Action, Wilf Sullivan from the TUC and Alexandra Bulat from the 3Million. You can read more about our event here.
British Future’s latest activity on Twitter
Tough politics for Sunak ahead of the next election.
@sundersays analyses the Immigration Attitudes Tracker and considers what this data suggests for the next election.
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Diana Johnson: Have you now got an airline to send people to Rwanda or are you going to use the RAF?
Rishi Sunak: You wouldn't expect me to get into the detail
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‘Starmer leads Sunak on immigration, but the real challenge comes in power’ – @sundersays for @LabourList on what the new Immigration Attitudes Tracker findings mean for the Opposition party.
https://labourlist.org/2024/03/keir-starmer-labour-general-election-immigration-rishi-sunak/
Keep an eye out for @BBCRosAtkins/@BBCPanorama on @BBCOne at 8pm tonight for an immigration special.
Featuring data from the @IpsosUK/@britishfuture Immigration Attitudes tracker as discussed this week with @keiranpedley & @sundersays on our exclusive Politics Talk podcast👇
The @Telegraph reports on new @britishfuture research.
People are unhappy for different reasons: for Conservatives it's small boats & high numbers. For Labour supporters, ‘Creating a negative or fearful environment for migrants’ (42%) is as important as channel crossings (41%)
The paradox of immigration preferences in a nutshell -Majority of Conservative voters support large cuts to immigration, but most also oppose cutting the specific migrant groups who drive current inflows - in fact they want *more* migration from these groups
Does the UK public *really* want to cut immigration of people coming here to work?
@britishfuture immigration attitudes tracker suggests not...
Our @sundersays is talking to @BBCWales at 8.30 and @BBCNews at 10.30 about the new @britishfuture @IpsosUK Immigration Attitudes Tracker research published today https://www.britishfuture.org/new-attitudes-tracker-2024/
None of the political parties are well trusted on immigration: Labour comes out top across GB (trusted by 33%) & the SNP in Scotland. The Conservative Party is trusted by 22% of the public on immigration.
Reform UK is trusted by 26% on immigration, 3 points above the Lib Dems.
People don't know what migration they would cut. Nearly half of 2023 work visas were for health & care work, yet people want more of that migration not less.
Only around a quarter of the public would reduce migration for agriculture, construction, lorry drivers and hospitality