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  • How can payday lending help borrowers climb the credit ladder?

    Barra Suite, Crowne Plaza Barra Suite, Crowne Plaza, Congress Rd, Glasgow

    Speakers: John Thurso MP, Member, Treasury Committee Russell Hamblin-Boone, Chief Executive of the Consumer Finance Association Joanna Elson, Chief Executive, Money Advice Trust @JoannaElson Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica @Phillip_Blond ResPublica's full Liberal Democrats Party Conference programme is available here. Co-hosted with Consumer Finance Association.

  • Facilitating Competition and New Entrants into the UK’s Energy Markets

    Carron 2, Glasgow SECC Carron 2, Glasgow SECC, Secure Zone, Exhibition Way, Glasgow

    Speakers: The Rt Hon Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change @EdwardDaveyMP Sir Robert Smith MP @RobertHSmithMP Michelle Hubert, Head of Energy and Climate Change, Confederation of British Industry Tor Inge Akselsen, Senior Vice President, Statnett @TorIngeAkselsen ResPublica's full Liberal Democrats Party Conference programme is available here. Co-hosted with Statnett.

  • From HS2 to HS3: A high speed route to re-balance Britain?

    Dochart 2, Glasgow SECC Dochart 2, Glasgow SECC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow

    Speakers: Baroness Kramer @SusanKramer Joe Anderson, Mayor, Liverpool City Council @joeforliverpool Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica @Phillip_Blond ResPublica's full Liberal Democrats Party Conference programme is available here. Co-hosted with 20 Miles More, Mayor of Liverpool, High Speed Rail for Liverpool.

  • Climbing the Credit Ladder: Short-term loans as a path to long-term credit

    Committee Room 2, House of Lords Committee Room 8, Houses of Parliament, Bridge Street, London

    In light of the recent regulation and reform from the Financial Conduct Authority on short-term credit supply, ResPublica is launching its latest report: Climbing the Credit Ladder: Short-term loans as a path to long-term credit. The report will explore the current state of a market that has undergone dramatic change within the last year, and […]

  • 4000%: Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest?

    4000% Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest? #PaydayLoansFringe. On the back of a recent Office for Fair Trading report on payday loans; the short-term lending sector has come under increased criticism and scrutiny. With some payday lenders exhibiting unethical and unscrupulous behaviour, it is unclear whether payday lending functions as a crucial form […]

  • Conference on Post-liberal Politics – Concepts and Ideas

    University of Kent

    The focus will be on critique of economic and social liberalism and on alternatives that are fundamentally different from the anti-liberal ideas of populists on the extreme right such as UKIP or the Front National. David Lammy MP will be the keynote speaker on Monday 23rd June 2014 at 10.30am, followed by a panel discussion. […]

  • Markets, Monopolies, and Freedom

    Globe at hay Globe at hay, Newport Street, Hay on Wye, Hereford

    Phillip Blond, Aditya Chakrabortty, Adam Cohen. Isabel Hilton hosts. The internet has democratised knowledge and transformed our lives. But from Microsoft to Apple, its monopolies are rampant. Should we break up the corporations and, like China, build firewalls to keep them out? Would this nurture local economies or threaten the prosperity of the West? Guardian […]