Institute for Government

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Heather Blundell, CEO of Grayling
Rt Hon Baroness Thérèse Coffey, former Deputy Prime Minister
Rt Hon Lord Michael Gove, Editor of The Spectator

This event was chaired by Vicky Elliott, Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with The Spectator.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Helen Whately MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Helen Barnard, Director of Policy and Research at Trussell
Fraser Nelson, Columnist at The Times
Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

This event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with Trussell.

This event took place at the Green Party Conference.

Dr Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government was joined by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, former Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (2012–16).

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference.

Speakers:

Mallory Durran, Chief Technology Officer at Nesta
Cllr Liam Robinson, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Cabinet Member for Innovation at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Cassia Rowland, Associate Director at the Institute for Government
Rachel Taylor, UK Government & Health Industries Leader and Global Government & Public Sector Leader at PwC

This event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with PwC.

This discussion was part of the Institute for Government's programme of events at the Conservative Party Conference.

Speakers:
Alex Burghart MP, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party

This event was chaired by Alex Thomas, Executive Director at the Institute for Government.