2023 Events

You are invited to attend the launch of Bright Blue’s essay collection, entitled ‘Home advantage: a new centre-right vision for housing‘. The collection offers a glimmer of hope by presenting radical new ideas from leading decision makers and thought leaders in four key areas: security, community, stewardship and conservation.

The hope is that this becomes a first step to a clear centre-right vision for providing Britain with the homes it needs.

Speakers:

• David Simmonds CBE MP, Chair, APPG on Housing and Planning
• Nicholas Boys Smith, Founding Director, Create Streets
• Toby Lloyd, Former Chair, No Place Left Behind Commission
• Freddie Poser, Director, Priced Out UK
• Bartek Staniszewski, Researcher, Bright Blue
• Polly Neate CBE, Associate Director, Shelter
• Geraldine Scott, Political Reporter, The Times (Chair)

Wednesday 17th May 2023, 14:00-15:30

Location:

Palmer Room, One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA

RSVP:

This event is free and open to all, but you must pre-register through Eventbrite here.

If you have any questions about the event please contact Max Anderson, Communications Manager, on max@brightblue.org.uk.

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Our next members’ meet-up will be with Ryan Shorthouse on Thursday 13th April 2023.

Ryan Shorthouse is Chief Executive of Bright Blue and will become Chair of Bright Blue in Summer 2023. He will be talking about ‘The future of Bright Blue’.

Join Bright Blue and British Future for this Westminster event on ‘An agenda for action on race equality’.

Political debate on race in the UK today is stuck and increasingly polarised – when it should be building support for ambitious and actionable policies that could meaningfully tackle racism and racial inequality. While there has been progress on racial equality in Britain in recent decades, there is still an unacceptable gap in the life chances and everyday experiences of people from different ethnic minority backgrounds.

Last year, both think tanks published a collection of essays from leading decision-makers and opinion formers across the private, public and third sectors proposing constructive approaches to address racial disparities in modern Britain. The essays focussed on three key areas: opportunities, justice, and belonging. A short informal panel of contributors will discuss what the action should be and why.

We see the collection and this event as the next step to developing a broad cross-ethnic and cross-party agenda for change to address racial inequality in our society. This event will be a chance moment to bring networks and policymakers together to discuss how to prioritise action for 2023 and beyond.

Date:

Thursday 23rd February 2023, 15:00-17:00.

Location:

The details of the venue will be provided upon confirmation of your place.

RSVP:

This event is free and open to all, but pre-registration through Eventbrite is required. Please RSVP here.

If you have any questions about the event please contact Max Anderson, our Communications Manager, max@brightblue.org.uk.

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You are invited to attend the launch of Bright Blue’s final and major report from our multi-year project on the future of social security, entitled ‘Building up: The future of social security‘. This final report examines the adequacy, accessibility and fairness of the social security system for working-aged adults before, during and at the end of the pandemic, before offering three new policies to strengthen social security in this country.

Our project on the future of social security has published a series of analysis pieces over the past two years and has been steered by a high-profile, cross-party, cross-sector commission.

Speakers:

• Shaun Bailey MP, Member of the Work and Pensions Committee
• Baroness Ruth Lister, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University
• Deven Ghelani, Director and Founder of Policy In Practice
• Anvar Sarygulov, Deputy Head of Policy & Content, Public Policy Projects, Author, Building up: The future of social security and former Head of Research at Bright Blue
• Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor, The Times (Chair)

Monday 6th February 2023, 16:00-17:15.

Location:

Wilson Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.

RSVP:

This event is free and open to all, but you must pre-register through Eventbrite here.

If you have any questions about the event please contact Max Jablonowski, our Events and Communications Officer, max.j@brightblue.org.uk.

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For our Winter Drink Tank, we welcome The Rt Hon David Davis.

He will be talking about ‘Fixing the asylum system’ and will take part in a Q&A with attendees.

David was first elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Haltemprice and Howden in 1987. He was previously Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union under Prime Minister Theresa May.

Date:

Monday 16th January 2023, 18:30 – 20:00.

The event:

Guests will be invited to join us from 18:30 onwards. David will begin speaking at 19:00 before taking questions from the audience. Attendees will then be invited to stay longer and socialise if they wish.

Location:

The event will be held in Central London, SW1P. Attendees will be sent the exact location closer to the time.

RSVP:

This event is free and open to all, but you need to sign up via Eventbrite here.

Our next members’ meet-up will be with The Rt Hon Andrea Ledsom MP on Wednesday 1st February 2023.

Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. She is the former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Date:

Wednesday 1st February 2023, 18:30 – 20:00

Location:

Bright Blue, Second Floor, 4-8 Ludgate Circus, London, EC4M 7LF

RSVP:

This event is free for all members, but non-members can attend for £5 – members and non-members should RSVP via Eventbrite here.