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  • Eradicating Fuel Poverty

    with Angus MacNeil MP, Chair, Energy Select Committee This event is by invitation only. Please contact vanessa.schneider@respublica.org.uk for more information  

  • Backing Beauty Roundtable

    ResPublica

    Held on 20th July 2016 as part of the work of ResPublica's Backing Beauty Commission, this roundtable focused on how to encourage local authority investment in the public realm at a time of fiscal restraint, and how to make the most of the considerable resources and enthusiasm of ordinary citizens in shaping their locality. The […]

  • Lessons from America: Time for a British Small Business Administration?

    Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament

    with Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration Bill Esterson MP, Shadow Small Business Minister Margot James MP, Small Business Minister (invited) Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica ResPublica is delighted to be joined by Administrator Contreras-Sweet, appointed by President Obama to his cabinet to head the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2014, as she […]

  • Building Prosperity: A Reception for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

    House of Commons House of Commons, Westminster, London

    Refreshments provided With Neil Carmichael MP, Chair, Education Committee Chris White MP, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Professor Tony Travers, Director of LSE London, London School of Economics Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills (invited) In 2015, the engineering sector contributed an estimated 27% of the UK’s total GDP. Within a […]

  • Going to Scale: Building the homes we need

    Committee Room 5, Houses of Parliament

    Clive Betts MP, CLG Select Committee Chair, joins Stephen Hammond MP, Treasury Select Committee member, to discuss our new approach to scale up and accelerate housing delivery. A new approach to housing can meet need around the country and close the intergenerational divide in asset ownership. Despite a concerted drive, housing starts last year remained over 50,000 short […]

  • Defending Religious Liberty: Placing society at the heart of the new British Bill of Rights

    Committee Room 5, Houses of Parliament

    Fiona Bruce MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, is joined by academics and other experts, in a discussion of the value of defending religious liberty. Recent controversial court cases have made religious liberty extremely relevant to policy makers and the general public. This report will explore what more Government can do to understand the religious implications of […]

  • Tackling Air Pollution – A national and local approach, with Neil Parish MP

    A select committee report earlier this year confirmed that we are facing a ‘public health emergency’ because of poor air quality. Air pollution is contributing to around 40-50,000 early deaths a year in the UK, and the growth in respiratory problems is placing significant pressures on the NHS. Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) – an air pollutant […]

  • Britain’s Diplomatic Strength: Harnessing soft power in a post-Brexit world, with Crispin Blunt MP

    Institutions are uniquely effective at stabilising nations. When properly configured and supported, British institutions – such as the BBC, British Council, universities and museums – can provide mediation in some of the most socially, culturally and economically fragmented parts of the world. But this current and potential impact is not fully recognised by the UK. […]

  • Regional manufacturing and the Industrial Strategy, with Iain Wright MP

    As the place dimension of industrial strategy comes into clearer view, we aim to develop a picture of the different models of growth that will suit different parts of the country, backed up by predictable and strong national regulation. Our focus is particularly relevant for industries with multiple sites across the UK, many in non-urban […]

  • Boardrooms, bonuses and the bottom line: New models of corporate governance to secure stronger economic performance

    Westminster

    with Chuka Umunna MP, former Shadow Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable, former Business Secretary Richard Fuller MP, member of BEIS Select Committee Robert Hodgkinson, Executive Director, ICAEW Aimee Donnellan, Banking Correspondent, Sunday Times Jake Sumner, Senior Associate - Industrial Strategy, ResPublica (Chair) The UK is recognised as having a world-leading corporate governance framework, but domestic scandals […]