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 is not ‘censorship’ to insist every website operating in our country does so within the law.” Our @sundersays argues in @easterneye that UK govt should reject Elon Musk’s ‘pick and mix” approach to the law and Make Social Media Lawful Again [1/2]
Spain has reduced small boat crossings by 46% by combining diplomatic deals with source countries, expanded legal routes and enforcement. Could the UK learn from them? @theipaper reports:
This European country cut illegal boat crossings by half - what the UK could learn
Spain's approach to reducing illegal maritime crossings has had impressive results, with numbers down dramatically last year
inews.co.uk
Our @sundersays on the UK government's dilemma: "how to defend a rule-based world order once the most powerful states barely pay lip service to international law." @EasternEye [1/2]
"The only safe prediction may be to expect another volatile year in domestic and global politics," writes our @sundersays for @EasternEye on what 2026 has in store. [1/2]
"We can take some solace in the fact that this offer to import the Trump and Vance doctrine into our own politics is something we will get to decide for ourselves at the ballot box." Our @sundersays letter to @thetimes on Trump's fears for Europe's 'civilisational erasure' [1/2]
With the men's football World Cup draw today, @sundersays @EasternEye column reports from the women's game at Wembley: "It would be hard to find a more inclusive pride and patriotism than the way in which the Wembley crowd were cheering on the Lionesses"
What the Lionesses’ success reveals about unity and diversity in England
Expert says sport serves as a bridge between communities.
www.easterneye.biz
We’re delighted that our @jake_puddle &
@Heather_Rolfe, together with @jillyrutter of @BelongNetwork, won the MRS Presidents Medal last night at the Market Research Society & Research Live Awards 2025, for the ‘The State of Us’ report. [1/3]
Good to see @JohnRentoul citing British Future's new research and analysis in this explainer of the new net migration figures for @Independent [1/3]
If you missed our webinar today 'New net migration figures: What next for politics and policy?' you can watch a recording here:
THURSDAY WEBINAR: 'New Net Migration Figures - What Next for Policy and Politics?'
Our expert panel discusses the new ONS net migration figures (published 9.30am Thurs 27th) and findings from the British Future/Ipsos Immigration Attitudes Tracker (also published 27 Nov) [1/2]
'Labour risks leaving its voters behind over settlement proposals' – New blog from our @Heather_Rolfe for @UKandEU drawing on research for the Immigration Attitudes Tracker [1/2]
