British Future at party conferences 2017
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Location: Brighton and Manchester
British Future will be speaking at events at the 2017 Conservative and Labour party conferences.
Do come and join us.
We’ll also be tweeting during conferences from @BritishFuture.
Labour Party conference, Brighton, 24-27 September 2017
http://www.labour.org.uk/pages/annual-conference-2017
Monday 25th September, 4pm-5.30pm, Jury’s Inn Waterside: “Immigration: culture war or common ground? Lessons from the National Conversation on Immigration”
With Yvette Cooper and Hope not Hate.
Tuesday 26th September, 8.15am – 9.45am breakfast roundtable: Immigration after Brexit – How can a new system meet the needs of the economy and regain public confidence?
With Stephen Kinnock MP; Andrea Als, PWC; Sunder Katwala, British Future; Jill Rutter, British Future.
Please note that this is an invitation-only event with limited availability – please contact us if you would like to attend.
Conservative Party conference, Manchester, 1-4 October:
https://conservativepartyconference.com/index
Sunday 1 October, 2.30pm, Conservative Home Marquee – “After free movement: how should immigration work post-Brexit?”
James Cleverly MP (Invited); Nusrat Ghani MP; Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future; Paul Goodman, Editor, ConservativeHome (Chair)
Tuesday 3 October, 10am, Conservative Home Marquee – “Why the lack of minority appeal cost May her majority”
Sam Gyimah MP, Minster for Prisons and Probation; Paul Goodman, Executive Editor of ConservativeHome; Binita Mehta-Parmar, Director of Modern Britain; Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future (Chair)
British Future’s latest activity on Twitter
'It's a posh word for racist, basically.'
With ethnonationalism on the rise in British politics, @Sundersays gives @IainDale an unfiltered explanation on what it means.
WE'RE RECRUITING: Senior Researcher on race equity Salary £42k, London.
Applications close Mon 2 November.
More details: https://www.britishfuture.org/jobs/senior-researcher-on-race-equity/
TODAY 10am at Labour Party Conference:
'Can Labour get immigration right?' (10am, ACC Arena) with @oliviabaileymp; @EmilyAGraham2; @sundersays @Holly_JoyB
'A Decade After the Brexit Vote: How Close Should the UK Get to Europe Now?' Today 1pm at Labour Conference with @AnnelieseDodds @RSylvester1 @sundersays and Andrew Lewin MP
https://www.britishfuture.org/event/british-future-at-party-conferences-2026/
Today 11.30am at Labour Conference 'What Do Ethnic Minorities Want from Labour on Race?' with
@AJogee @rokhsanafiaz @JOwusuNepaul @sundersays
and Kudsia Batool, TUC Director of Equalities.
(FGF pod, Arena Room, ACC downstairs)
This morning 9.30 at Labour Conference:
'Bridging Divides: Why Generations Matter' With @pauldaviesmp.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social
Olivia Field, @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social
Emily Abbott, Intergenerational England
Shelley Hathaway-Batt, Clarion Futures
'Can Labour get immigration right?' Join us at Labour Party Conference to discuss on Tues 29th (10am, ACC) with @oliviabaileymp; @EmilyAGraham2; @sundersays @_katedevlin + others TBC.
https://www.britishfuture.org/event/british-future-at-party-conferences-2026/
'A Decade After the Brexit Vote: How Close Should the UK Get to Europe Now?' Join us for this Labour Conference fringe panel Mon 28th 1pm with @AnnelieseDodds; @RSylvester1; Andrew Lewin MP; and our @sundersays
Join us Mon 28th 11.30am at Labour Conference for 'What Do Ethnic Minorities Want from Labour on Race?' with @AJogee; @rokhsanafiaz; @JOwusuNepaul; @sundersays and Kudsia Batool, TUC Director of Equalities.
(FGF pod, Arena Room, ACC downstairs)
It finds that people of all backgrounds agree progress has stalled on racial equality and may even be going backwards. Nearly half of white respondents (48%) and ethnic minority respondents (44%) feel racial equality is getting worse rather than better.
