Policy Review Intelligence Launch Reception and Debate #debatepartyconfs

Are the Party conferences a waste of time and money and should they be abolished?

Policy Review TV  broadcast this live debate on Wednesday 5 September 2012.  Our two provocateurs for the evening were 

Progress Annual Conference 2012

This conference brought together Labour members and trade unionists from across the country with senior politicians, union leaders, councillors and political commentators. Transcript of Ed Miliband's speech here

Conservative Party Annual Conference

Manchester

Labour Party Annual Conference 2011

Liverpool

We take a different look at the conference with content from two key fringe meetings and special features on pensions and alternative ways of delivering local government services.

Progress Annual Conference 2011

Winning back Britain - New Ideas for New Labour. Held at Congress Centre, 23-28 Great Russell Street, WC1

This conference brought together Labour members and trade unionists from across the country with senior politicians, union leaders, councillors and political commentators.

Conservative Party Annual Conference

Daily reports, recordings of fringe meetings and interviews from the Conservative Party's Annual Conference, held this year in Birmingham

Labour Party Annual Conference

Daily reports, recordings of fringe meetings and interviews from Labour's Annual Conference, held this year in Manchester

Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference

Recordings of fringe meetings at the first post-Coalition Liberal Democrat Party Conference

Queen's Speech Forum

Trends, policies and signposts on reform. Keynote speakers included Francis Maude and Eric Pickles.

Read John Hayes' speech transcript here AGEND...

Reaction to the Coalition

General Election Analysis 2010

Conservative Party Annual Conference

The Conservative Party's 126th annual conference was held at Manchester Central (formerly known as GMEX) from 5-8 October. This was the last conference before the general election.

Each day we interviewed attendees to find out their views on policy issues as well as their reactions to speeches and fringe events.

Labour Party Annual Conference

Being held in Brighton, Labour's Annual Conference is one of the largest and most high profile political events in Europe.

Each day we'll be interviewing attendees to find out their views on policy issues as well as their reactions to speeches and fringe events.

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Wednesday

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

policyreview.tv will be providing online coverage from each day of the conference, recording interviews, fringe meetings and gauging the reaction of delegates and pundits.

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Tuesday

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

Education David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills talks about a range of issues from careers guidance, A levels and the new 14-19 Diplomas to tuition fees and developments in higher education. Asked what he thought about Gordon Brown’s proposals to increase broadband access to poorer families, he said that they were “…excellent initiatives..the question is of course how they can be delivered and...

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Monday

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

Credit crunch With share prices tumbling worldwide, the proposed $700 billion rescue package for the US banking system stalled and the collapse of Bradford and Bingley, Monday’s hot topic was inevitably the credit crunch. Speaking at a fringe meeting, Philip Hammond MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury considered that consumer attitude to debt was already changing. The problem had been “confusing the creation of credit with the creatio...

Labour Party Annual Conference - Wednesday

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Wednesday 24 September In an exclusive interview with policyreview.tv Schools’ Minister Jim Knight MP talked about the Prime Minister’s announcement to provide vouchers worth £700 to enable poorer families to have access to the internet. Studies have shown that having a computer at home can help to raise pupils’ examination results. “It’s wrong for the digital divide to disadvantage those children whose parents can’t afford…broa...

Labour Party Annual Conference - Tuesday

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Tuesday 23 September - Focus on young people and education With 22% of three year olds now diagnosed as obese, the problem was discussed at a Smith Institute fringe event entitled Beating Obesity: What about our toddlers? Helen Goodman MP, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons accepted that the Government had not thought enough about the toddler age group in terms of obesity. Goodman claimed that the fight against child poverty was fundamental...

Labour Party Annual Conference - Monday

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Monday 22 September - Focus on economic affairs With attention turned to the economy, Alistair Darling came into the spotlight stating in his keynote address that "These are extraordinarily turbulent times; a crisis that has rocked the financial institutions around the world on top of the large rise in fuel, food and commodity prices." Although borrowing would need to rise in order to "support the economy and families when they need it most...

Labour Party Annual Conference - Sunday

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Sunday 21 September - Focus on foreign policy As Gordon Brown's main leadership rival, Foreign Secretary David Miliband is attracting attention at this year's conference. Speaking at a Fabian Society lunchtime fringe event entitled Can foreign policy be a Labour strength?, he observed that "...foreign policy for Labour has generally been a big issue for us for losing us votes rather than winning us votes - where it has been a big issue at all....

Conservative Spring Forum 2008

The Sage Gateshead

With the Conservative Party at a 15 year high in the opinion polls and Labour’s standing on a par with Michael Foot in 1983, David Cameron would comfortably win the likely election contest with Gordon Brown. Ahead of the May local elections, David Cameron’s Party is looking well placed to capture the majority of seats and make the Conservatives the front-runners for the next general election, expected in 2009. At their Spring Conference, ...