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
Recording here of today's British Future's webinar 'Net migration is coming down - what happens next?' for those who missed it [1/2]
Our webinar 'Net migration is coming down – what happens next?' has started, examining today's new ONS figures and what they mean for future immigration policy.
A recording will be available afterwards on the British Future youtube channel.
'Surprise' halving of net migration gives Starmer an opportunity to take a more pragmatic approach – @britishfuture response to new @ONS stats today. [1/2]
Long-term net migration is down by almost 50%.
The number of people immigrating long-term minus the number of people emigrating long-term is provisionally estimated to be 431,000 in year ending December 2024 compared with 860,000 a year earlier.
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingdecember2024
Net migration is expected to fall by over 250,000 when new figures are published by the ONS at 9.30 this morning.
That will come as a surprise to 90% of the public, our research finds – and presents the PM with an opportunity to shift the debate.

New net migration figures, published by @ONS tomorrow at 9.30am, are certain to show a big fall in numbers, probably by over 250k. But new polling by
@focaldataHQ for @britishfuture finds this will surprise 90% of the public, most of whom are expecting numbers to go up. [1/6]
“The scale of public misperception of the trends should be a constructive challenge to both politicians and to broadcasters too”, writes @sundersays of @britishfuture
🗣️ How does politics respond to the UK’s best-kept secret — falling immigration?
Net migration predicted to fall by up to 250,000 in major boost for Starmer
Net migration predicted to fall by up to 250,000 in major boost for Starmer
The estimated number of people being added to the UK’s population each year expected to fall following tougher visa restrictions
www.independent.co.uk
New net migration figures, published by @ONS tomorrow at 9.30am, are certain to show a big fall in numbers, probably by over 250k. But new polling by
@focaldataHQ for @britishfuture finds this will surprise 90% of the public, most of whom are expecting numbers to go up. [1/6]
🔥Has Labour got its strategy on Reform UK wrong?
A deep dive raising big questions
Research for British Future suggests there is broad, cross-party permission for strengthening the UK-EU relationship within areas of mutual self-interest. Our Senior Researcher @jake_puddle looks at the public attitudes data.
https://www.britishfuture.org/public-support-a-pragmatic-warming-of-uk-eu-ties/