This year, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, will be our guest speaker at our exclusive annual reception for our members and supporters.
Date: Thursday 19th December 2019, 19:00 – late.
Open to members: become a member here
We’re delighted to announce that we will be hosting an Election Night Party. We’ll be hosting this party at Bright Blue HQ. We will hear from guest speaker Ben Page, Chief Executive Officer of Ipsos MORI, just after the Exit Poll.
Date: Thursday 12th December 2019, 20:30 till late
Venue: Second floor, 4-8 Ludgate Circus, London EC4M 7LF
RSVP: To register your interest email weronika@brightblue.org.uk
We’re hosting our next Bright Blue members meet-up with Daniel Korski CBE on Tuesday 12th November 2019 from 18:00. We’d be delighted if you could join us for drinks and nibbles.
Our regular meet-ups at the Bright Blue HQ are a change for our members to get to know our team and other members better.
Daniel Korski CBE is the Chief Executive Officer at PUBLIC and has 20 years of experience in senior positions in government across the UK, EU, and US. Daniel was most recently Deputy Head of Policy at No. 10 Downing Street and Special Advisor to David Cameron. Daniel was previously was adviser to the Vice-President of the European Commission and has previously worked for the UN and Foreign Office in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. He co-founded PUBLIC to enable tech startups to transform the way public services are run and delivered.
Date: Tuesday 12th November 2019, 18:00 – 20:30
Venue: Second floor, 4-8 Ludgate Circus, London EC4M 7LF
RSVP and further details: To attend, sign up to become a member here
The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Invited)
Deven Ghelani, Director and Founder, Policy in Practice
Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Heather Walters, Spokesperson, Church Action on Poverty
Kartik Raj, Western Europe Researcher, Human Rights Watch
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Former Minister for the Foreign Office
Dr Günter Krings MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Asa Bennett, Brexit Commissioning Editor, The Telegraph
John Springford, Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform
Felix Dane, Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Co-chair)
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Co-chair)
Lord David Willetts, Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation
Jo Casebourne, Chief Executive, Early Intervention Foundation
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue
Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group
Ayesha Hazarika, Editor, The Londoner, Evening Standard (Chair)
The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party
Andy Street CBE, Mayor of the West Midlands
Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Co-chair)
The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Chair, Intelligence and Security Committee
Peter Oborne, Former Chief Political Commentator, The Daily Telegraph
Kolbassia Haoussou, Co-Founder and Coordinator, Survivors Speak OUT
Sonya Sceats, Chief Executive, Freedom from Torture
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Gillian Keegan MP, Chair , APPG on Women and Work
Rosamund Urwin, Senior Reporter, The Sunday Times
Professor Cary Cooper, Visiting Professor, Lancaster University Management School
Sian Hughes, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manger, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for Industry and Business
The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Former Secretary of State for Education
Sonia Sodha, Deputy Opinion Editor, The Guardian
David Johnston OBE, Chief Executive, Social Mobility Foundation
John Cope, Head of Education and Skills, CBI
Anvar Sarygulov, Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Former First Secretary of State
Cllr David Simmonds, Deputy Chairman, Local Government Association
Professor Les Mayhew, Professor of Statistics, Cass Business School
Alex Smith, CEO, The Cares Family
Jane Ashcroft, CEO, Anchor Hanover Group
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State for International Development
The Honourable Julia Gillard AC, Former Prime Minister, Australia and Chair, Global Partnership for Education
Ian Birrell, Contributing Editor, The Mail on Sunday
Simon Gill, Acting Executive Director, Overseas Development Institute
Jessie Nkhoma, Youth Advocate, Send My Friend and Pupil, Chilanga Community Secondary School in Kasungu, Malawi
Isaac Mzembe, Youth Advocate, Send My Friend and Pupil, Chilanga Community Secondary School in Kasungu, Malawi
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Jesse Norman MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Andrew Pendleton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, New Economics Foundation
Adrian Wooldridge, Political Editor, The Economist
Emma Revell, Communications Manager, Institute of Economic Affairs
The Rt Hon Lord Adebowale CBE, Chair, Social Enterprise UK
Diane Banks, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nick Molho, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group
Sandy Luk, Chief Executive, Marine Conservation Society
Bryan McCluskey, Circularity Director, Natural Source Waters Association
Michael Roberts, Chief Executive, Water UK
Patrick Hall, Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Research, Institute of Economic Affairs
Sam Hollister, Director of Economics and Corporate Services, Energy UK
Guy Newey, Strategy and Performance Director, Energy Systems Catapult
Carl Packman, Head of Corporate Engagement, Fair by Design
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
George Freeman MP, Minister of Transport
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ben Webster, Environment Editor, The Times
Simon Alcock, Head of Public Affairs and Campaigning, ClientEarth
Tanya Ferry, Environment Manager, Port of London Authority
Amer Gaffar, Director, Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
William Nicolle, Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)
The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
David Skelton, Author, Little Platoons
Polly Toynbee, Columnist, The Guardian
Sam White, Group Sustainability and Public Policy Director, Aviva
Katherine Chapman, Director, Living Wage Foundation
Alexandra Jezeph, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Cllr Faye Purbrick, Somerset County Councillor
Caroline Abrahams, Director, Age UK
Ben Glover, Senior Researcher, Demos
Sam Monaghan, CEO, MHA
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Damian Collins MP, Chair, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Daniel Hannan MEP
Professor Rachel Gibson, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester
Hugo Rifkind, Columnist, The Times
Darren Hughes, Chief Executive, Electoral Reform Society
Alexandra Jezeph, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
John Penrose MP, Chair, APPG Housing and Planning
Lord Gary Porter CBE, Former Chairman, Local Government Association
Lewis Goodall, Political Correspondent, Sky News
Nicholas Boys-Smith, Chairman, Building Better Building Beautiful Commission
Nick Jopling, Board Member, heylo housing
Alexandra Jezeph, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Invited)
Dr Michael Wiggelsworth, Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Education, The University of Manchester
Allison Pearson, Columnist, The Daily Telegraph
Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, Action for Children
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue (Chair)
Alberto Costa MP, Chair, APPG on Italy
Professor Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester
Stephen Bush, Political Editor, New Statesman
Matthew Fell, Chief UK Policy Director, CBI
Ryan Shorthouse, Director, Bright Blue
Fatima Manji, Presenter, Channel 4 News (Chair)
Our drink tanks are a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas.
For our September drink tank we welcome Professor Anand Menon as our guest speaker. Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London and director of The UK in a Changing Europe.
Date: Wednesday 4th September, 2019, 19:00 – 22:00
Venue: The Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, London SW1P 4RW
RSVP and further details: Here
By bringing together people from across the political, social and cultural spectrum in a collaborative spirit, the Big Tent hopes to develop an antidote to our broken political system.
Bright Blue is hosting two panel discussions at the Big Tent Ideas Festival in the Environment and Health tent:
From zero to hero: an attainable target, or headed for failure? (10:30 – 11:20)
With a newly established net zero greenhouse emissions goal for the UK by 2050 on the back of the major Net Zero report, the UK is aiming to deeply decarbonise it’s industries and households over the next decade. But, just how feasible is reaching net zero? What are the best ways to reach it? And what are the challenges?
No more hot air: from pollution to solution (11:40 – 12:30)
Air pollution is estimated to contribute to the pre-mature deaths of 40,000 people in the UK alone. The Government has been taken to court multiple times over illegal levels of NO2, and lost each time. How can this environmental crisis be resolved? Who should have the responsibility to tackle it? And, ultimately, can air pollution ever be resolved, given there is no ‘safe’ level of it?
Speakers at our sessions include: George Freeman MP (Minister of State for Transport), Peter Kyle MP (Member of Parliament for Hove), Stephanie Boland (Digital Editor, Prospect Magazine), and many more.
Date: Saturday 31st August, 2019, 09:00 – 20:00
Venue: Mudchute Park and Farm, Pier Street, London, E14 3HP
RSVP and further details: Here
We’re hosting our next Bright Blue members meet-up with George Freeman MP on Wednesday 31st July 2019 from 18:00. We’d be delighted if you could join us for drinks and nibbles.
Our regular meet-ups at the Bright Blue HQ are a change for our members to get to know our team and other members better.
George Freeman MP has served as Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk since 2010. George is the Chair of the Conservative Policy Forum, Founder of 2020 Conservatives, and Founder of the Big Tent Ideas Festival.
Date: Wednesday 31st July, 2019, from 18.00
Venue: Second floor, 4-8 Ludgate Circus, London EC4M 7LF
RSVP: To attend, sign up to become a member here
The Committee on Climate Change recently published its advice to the Government on the timetable for introducing a new, legal net zero emissions target in the UK, as Bright Blue argued for in its recent report, Hotting up. The UK Government has ceased funding further coal-to-biomass conversions and is consulting on ending future subsides under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for coal-to-biomass conversions on air pollution grounds. Yet, the Government continues to fund woody biomass for electricity generation under both the Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) scheme and the Contracts for Difference (CfD).
The key questions that the debate will centre around are:
The key speakers are:
Date: Thursday, 18th July 2019, 1200 – 1330
Venue: Committee Room 5, Houses of Parliament, Westminster SW1A 0AA (please use Cromwell Green entrance).
RSVP: Here
If you have any questions about this event please contact Weronika Patyk at weronika@brightblue.org.uk.
Kindly in partnership with:
Bright Blue and Barnardo’s are hosting the conference, Left to their own devices? Young people, social media and mental health. The conference will include the Barnardo’s annual lecture from The Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
New technologies and the internet have transformed the way adults, and especially children, live their lives – how they learn, communicate, socialise, and express their views. Much of this is positive – enabling greater information sharing and social capital. But there has been growing public concerns, alongside a nascent evidence base, that social media may have a negative impact on children and young people’s mental health.
This conference will explore the positive and negative impacts of social media on young people, prompting debate on questions such as:
The evening will begin with a panel discussion with young people, practitioners and decision makers. Following this, The Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP will deliver a lecture. At the end of the conference, delegates will be invited to a networking reception.
Date: Monday 15th July, 2019, 18:00 – 21:30
Venue: British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
RSVP: Here
In partnership with:
The 2019 Bright Blue annual conference this year is entitled Fixing the future. This half-day conference will include a keynote speech by The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education.
The Government is currently consumed by Brexit. But Bright Blue remains determined to explore and promote domestic reform. In particular, we believe it is necessary for politicians and policymakers to better support young adults.
Agenda
13.45pm Registration
14.00pm Welcome remarks by Ryan Shorthouse, Director of Bright Blue, and Catherine McGuinness, Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, City of London Corporation
14.05pm Keynote speech by The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Education Secretary
14.55pm Closing remarks by Colin Matthews CBE, Chairman, EDF Energy
15.00pm Coffee break
15.20pm First break-out sessions: Learning; Living; Thinking
Learning
Living
Thinking
16.30pm Coffee break
16.50pm Second break-out sessions: Earning; Conserving; Relating
Earning
Conserving
Relating
18.00pm Close
Date: Monday 8th July, 2019, 13:45 – 18:00
Venue: The Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH
RSVP: Here
If you have any questions about this event please contact Weronika Patyk at weronika@brightblue.org.uk.
In partnership with:
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