We are delighted to welcome Professor Alison Wolf CBE to discuss the issue of gender in British political and economic life.
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Chalk + Talk with Professor Charlie Jeffery
We are delighted to welcome Professor Charlie Jeffery to discuss Scottish independence on Thursday 21 August, 12:30-1:30pm.
Venturing Forth: Increasing High Value Entrepreneurship
Launch of a new SMF report which sets out the links between entrepreneurial activity and growth; and address the barriers holding back those with the most potential.
SMF Summer Reception: What’s next for the radical centre?
The SMF Summer Reception is bringing together the voices of the radical centre (our term, not theirs) for a shared discussion about the big issues lying beneath public service reform.
SMF Keynote: Rt Hon Vince Cable MP
A Keynote Address at the SMF by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the Rt Hon Vince Cable MP
Chalk + Talk with Professor Patrick Dunleavy
Professor Patrick Dunleavy, LSE, will discuss ways of increasing productivity in public services
The Meritocrat’s Manifesto with Dominic Raab MP
Launch of ‘The Meritocrat’s Manifesto’ by Dominic Raab MP. Raab will debate The Guardian’s Aditya Chakrabortty.
Unlocking Development: The role of enterprise
Policy roundtable with CAGE Warwick on the role of enterprise in development.
Chalk + Talk with Professor Stephen Gibbons
This Chalk + Talk summarises recent quantitative research on neighbours, peers and educational achievement
Making progress: boosting the skills and wage prospects of the low paid
Launch of a new SMF report looking at in-work progression.
Riders on the Storm: Britain’s middle income households since 2007
Launch of a new report examining the UK’s middle income households since 2007
Chalk + Talk with Professor Dieter Helm CBE
Professor Dieter Helm will discuss what’s next for UK energy policy.
How can we tackle in-work poverty?
This roundtable will ask if tax, wage subsidies & minimum wages are the right tools to tackle in-work poverty
Branching Out: The evolution of retail banking
Launch of new SMF report on the future of banking
Chalk + Talk with Professor Karen Rowlingson
Professor Karen Rowlingson will discuss the role of wealth in inequality.
Public spending in tough times: Labour’s Zero-Based Review with Chris Leslie MP
Keynote speech from Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie MP
The power of patient data: how information can transform the NHS’s capacity for innovation
George Freeman MP will discuss the revolutionary potential of data in healthcare.
Priced out: tackling the problems of housing and in-work poverty
This roundtable discussion will explore in-work poverty, affordable housing and housing supply.
Schools United: Ending the Divide Between Independent and State
At this events Dr Anthony Seldon will launch his latest SMF pamphlet on the UK’s educational divide
Whole Person Care with Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Health and Social Care policy dinner with Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP. By invitation only.
Child poverty: Does throwing money at the problem work?
As part of JRF’s 2015 anti-poverty strategy, this events will discuss child poverty and social mobility.
Chalk + Talk with Professor John Kay
Leading economist Professor John Kay will discuss the economic challenges facing an independent Scotland.
Chalk + Talk with Professor Sascha Becker
Professor Sascha Becker discusses whether EU Structural Funds have positive growth effects.
The legacy of the Robbins Report and the Future of Higher Education
The launch of a pamphlet by Universities Minister David Willetts MP.
Chalk + Talk with Professor Stephen Roper
Professor Stephen Roper discusses support for a UK mid-market growth as a policy opportunity.
Chalk + Talk with Professor Charles Goodhart CBE
Professor Charles Goodhart CBE, LSE, gives a prognosis for the eurozone and European Banking Union.
The Single Local Growth Fund: A great LEP forward?
The third in a series of three roundtable discussions on the Single Local Growth Fund.
Whole Person Care: In conversation with Andy Burnham MP and Stephen Dorrell MP
Andy Burnham MP and Stephen Dorrell MP debate the case for integrating health and social care.
Policy Dinner: Diversifying UK business ownership structures
This events will discuss whether the UK could benefit from more diversity of business ownership structures.
SMF Chalk + Talk with Nicholas Oulton
Nicholas Oulton, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the LSE, will defend GDP growth as a policy target.
SMF Chalk + Talk with Professor Christopher Pissarides
Nobel Prizewinning economist Professor Christopher Pissarides will talk on the labour market
The Single Local Growth Fund: The winner takes it all?
Second of three eventss on the Single Local Growth Fund.
Kick-starting local economies: Designing the Single Local Growth Fund
First of three eventss on the Single Local Growth Fund.
Helping Whitehall let go: How can Community Budgets gain traction in Whitehall?
Join Oliver Letwin to discuss community budgets
The future of think tank communications
How can think tanks adapt to a changing communications environment?
What makes a good apprenticeship?
This breakfast discussion will focus on what a quality apprenticeship scheme should look like.
The Social Market and its Discontents
Analysing capitalism and public policy: what future for markets in policymaking?
Chalk + Talk: Public sector pay with Professor Carol Propper
Should we want variation in public sector pay?
Ownership Diversity and the Resilient Economy
Join us to discuss the case for diversifying UK corporate ownership structures
Chalk + Talk: Steve Nickell CBE
Steve Nickell CBE joins us for our next Chalk + Talk.