• City Devolution: Unleashing the core cities and rebalancing the UK economy

    Central 4 Manchester City Centre, Manchester

    With key speakers: James Wharton MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse (invited) Sir Richard Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica Andrew Carter, CEO, Centre for Cities Bob Blackman MP, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Kindly supported by:

  • Teaching is a profession not a job

    Central 6 Central 6, Manchester Central, Windmill Street, Manchester

    With key speakers: Nick Gibb MP, Minister for Schools Patrick Roach, Deputy Director General, NASUWT Neil Carmichael MP, Chair, Education Select Committee

  • Make or Break: Why Britain needs a manufacturing resurgence and how we can help it to take place

    Committee Room 2, The House of Lords Bridge Street, London

    Speakers  Caroline Flint MP Anna Turley MP Seema Malhotra MP Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea Chaired by: Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica The recent collapse of the British steel industry has demonstrated the problems of an economy reliant on services and external financing. As UK manufacturing’s competitiveness has declined – partly due to a strengthening pound – regional […]

  • Ticket to Ride: How high speed rail for Liverpool can help realise the Northern Powerhouse

    Committee Room 12, Houses of Parliament Committee Room 12, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

    The Liverpool City Region, with its world-class port and logistics facilities, growing business community, and cultural vibrancy, has the potential to drive economic growth at a local, regional and national level. Yet without proper infrastructure links to the rest of the country, these assets could well be squandered. This panel event, coinciding with ResPublica's latest report launch, […]

  • The NHS and Social Care: Reducing bed-blocking and financial pressures

    Committee Room 19 Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom

    Care Minister Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP joins Barbara Keeley MP, Shadow Minister for Older People, Social Care and Carers, to debate the future of health and social care, touching upon topical issues about funding and bed-blocking.   The NHS, and hospitals in particular, are under increasing strain in terms of both funding and capacity. There […]

  • Skills for Infrastructure: How can future demand be met to fuel prosperity?

    Committe Room 8 Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom

    Skills Minister Nick Boles joined Sir Terry Morgan, Chairman of Crossrail, and Andy Mitchell, Chief Executive of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, to debate how our construction skills needs can be met. The construction industry is one of the UK’s fastest growing and is a key driver of productivity and the country’s economic health – construction […]

  • In or Out? Informing the political debate and popular opinion on UK’s EU membership

    Unnamed Venue Europe House, 32 Smith Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EU

    In association with the James Madison Charitable Trust, the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, including ResPublica trustee Professor Adrian Pabst, is organising a series of three seminars entitled “In or Out? Informing the political debate and popular opinion on UK’s EU membership”. These seminars will take place in the run-up […]

  • Britain’s Future in Europe

    Guildhall Gresham St

    Speakers include: Lord Ashdown, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats Emma Reynolds MP, former Shadow Minister for Europe Daniel Hannan MEP, Member for South East England John Longworth, former Director General, British Chambers of Commerce Mark Hoban, former Treasury Minister Lord Flight, former Minister and entrepreneur Daniel Hodson, Chair, City for Britain Baroness Kramer, Liberal […]