The National Growth Debate

21 April - Westminster

9:00-10:00 Breakfast

10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks

10:30-11:20 A New Vision for the Political Economy

Louise Haigh MP, Chris Curtis MP, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Greg Jackson (CEO of Octopus)

10:30-11:20 Preparing Britain’s Workforce for the Future

Claire Ainsley (Director on Centre Left Renewal - PPI), Sian Elliott (Director of Organising - TUC), Robert Halfon (Executive Director - Make UK)

11:30-12:00 In-Conversation with Mike Fries (CEO of Liberty Global) with Katie Prescott

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:45 In-Conversation with Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister with Anne McElvoy

1:50-2:40 The Path to Affordable British Energy

Dan Tomlinson MP (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury), Adrian Ramsay MP, Louise Hellem (Chief Economist - CBI), George Robinson (Head of Government Affairs - VodafoneThree), Caroline Wheeler (Chair)

1:50-2:40 Capital outside the Capital: Cracking Growth Through Devolution

Oliver Coppard (Mayor of South Yorkshire), Helen Godwin (Mayor of the West of England), Andy Street (Former Mayor of the West Midlands), Karim Palant (Director of External Affairs - UK Private Capital), Hannah Al-Othman (Chair)

2:50-3:30 Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer

3:40-4:30 Stadiums as Civic Anchors

Tracy Brabin (Mayor of West Yorkshire), Max Chambers (Corporate Affairs Director - Premier League), Colin Chong (Chief Real Estate & Regeneration Officer - Everton FC)

3:40-4:30 Bringing Defence Home: The War on Cyber

Ruth Patterson (Vice President and Managing Director, UK and Ireland - HP), Evie Aspinall (Director - British Foreign Policy Group)

4:30-5:00 Mel Stride, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

5:30-9:00 Evening Drinks Reception