SMF at 2022 Party Conferences
The Social Market Foundation hosted a diverse programme of fringe events at the 2022 Conservative and Labour Party Conferences.
Our public fringe events are now available to watch on the SMF YouTube channel.
Labour Party Conference
Affordable Energy Bills: What do voters want and how can Labour deliver this?
Speakers:
Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Energy Minister
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy, Citizens Advice
Olivia Bailey, Director of Social Policy, Public First
Sonia Sodha, Chief Leader Writer, The Observer
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Kings Room, Pullman Hotel (inside secure zone)
Watch the event here.
In partnership with Citizens Advice
Private roundtable - Paying more for being poor: tackling the poverty premium in the insurance market
Contributors:
Tulip Siddiq MP, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, Chair, Work and Pensions Select Committee
Emma Hardy MP, Treasury Committee
Siobhain McDonagh MP, Treasury Committee
Martin Coppack, Director, Fair By Design
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Kindly supported by Fair By Design
This roundtable discussion has limited space. To request a seat please email SMF events team on events@smf.co.uk before 23.09.2022
Covid's Children: how the pandemic affected educational inequality, mental health and wellbeing for young people
Speakers:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Shadow Minister for Mental Health
Dr Ola Demkowicz, Lecturer in Psychology of Education, University of Manchester
Debbie Moss, Director of Strategy & External Affairs, Barnardo’s
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Meeting Room 6, Jury’s Inn (outside of the secure zone)
Kindly supported by Policy@Manchester
A Community-Led Net Zero: How can we help vulnerable families participate in a successful transition?
Speakers:
Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change
Mayor Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne
Leonie Cooper, London Assembly Member, Merton & Wandsworth
Helen Goulden, Chief Executive, The Young Foundation
Chair:
Aveek Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Meeting Room 4, Jury’s Inn (outside of the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
Kindly supported by The Young Foundation’s Institute for Community Studies and Power to Change
A Tale of Two Crises: Are there trade-offs in dealing with the cost of living and delivering net zero?
Speakers:
Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, ScottishPower
Katie White OBE, Executive Director Advocacy and Campaigns, WWF-UK
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Hall 2, Room 4, ACC Liverpool (secure zone)
Watch the event: Part 1 | Part 2
Kindly supported by ScottishPower
Closing the Gap: How careers advice and guidance can help tackle inequality
Speakers:
Mr Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills
Richard Smith, Chief Executive, Unite Students
Clare Marchant, Chief Executive, UCAS
Niamh O Regan, Researcher, Social Market Foundation
Chair:
Aveek Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Meeting Room 7, ACC Liverpool (secure zone)
Watch the event here.
Kindly supported by Unite Students
Green Finance for Green Homes: How to make households more energy efficient
Speakers:
Mike Amesbury MP
Mayor Dan Norris, West of England Metro Mayor
Polly Billington, Director, UK100
James Close, Head of Climate Change, NatWest Group
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Meeting 6, Jury’s Inn (outside of the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
Kindly supported by NatWest Group
Conservative Party Conference
Affordable energy bills: what do voters want and how can the Conservatives deliver this?
Speakers:
Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive, Citizens Advice
Nick Park, Director, Public First
Laura Sandys CBE, Non-Executive Director SGN, Highview Power & Energy System Catapult. Chair of the UK Government’s Energy Digitalisation Taskforce
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Fortissimo, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
In partnership with Citizens Advice
Reforming Automatic Enrolment: Pensions adequacy and the future of retirement
Speakers:
Alex Burghart MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
Gareth Davies MP
Emma Douglas, Chair, The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
Phil Brown, Group Director of Policy & External Affairs, The People’s Pension
Chair:
Scott Corfe, Research Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Drawing Room, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
Kindly supported by The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association and The People’s Pension
Private roundtable - How can alternative proteins contribute to Britain’s quest to be the next global food science and technology superpower?
Contributors:
Aveek Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Social Market Foundation
Further contributors to be announced
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Kindly supported by Impossible Foods
This roundtable discussion has limited space. To request a seat please email Rhiannon Sewell at rhiannon@smf.co.uk before 30.09.2022.
A Tale of Two Crises: Are There Trade-Offs in Dealing With the Cost of Living and Delivering Net Zero?
Speakers:
Alexander Stafford MP, Chair of the Environmental, Social, and Governance APPG
Sam Richards, Former Environment Advisor, No.10
Katie White OBE, Executive Director Advocacy and Campaigns, WWF-UK
Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, ScottishPower
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Fortissimo, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event: Part 1 | Part 2
Kindly supported by ScottishPower
Private roundtable: Paying More for Being Poor: Tackling the poverty premium in the insurance market
Contributors:
The Rt Hon Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Martin Coppack, Director, Fair By Design
Chair:
Scott Corfe, Research Director, Social Market Foundation
Kindly supported by Fair By Design
This roundtable discussion has limited space. To request a seat please email SMF events team on events@smf.co.uk before 30.09.2022
Happier tenants, more owners - How can Conservatives rebalance the housing market for renters and buyers?
Speakers:
Guy Opperman MP
Darren Baxter, Senior Policy Advisor, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lisa Haseldine, Assistant Online Editor, The Spectator
Chair:
James Kirkup, Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Drawing Room, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
In partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Covid's Children: how the pandemic affected educational inequality, mental health and wellbeing for young people
Speakers:
Robert Halfon MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee
Dr Ola Demkowicz, Lecturer in Psychology of Education, University of Manchester
Lynn Perry MBE, Chief Executive, Barnardo’s
Chair:
Aveek Bhattacharya, Research Director, Social Market Foundation
Venue: Concerto, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event here.
Kindly supported by Policy@Manchester
The gambling white paper and the future of reform
Speakers:
The Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE, National Clinical Advisor on Gambling Harms, NHSE
Ravi Naik, Legal Director, AWO Agency
Matt Zarb-Cousin, Director, Clean Up Gambling
Chair:
Martha Gill, columnist for the New Statesman and writer for the Times
Venue: Drawing Room, Hyatt Hotel (inside the secure zone)
Watch the event here.