Labour Party conference 2025

Security in Numbers: UK-EU Cooperation in an Age of Uncertainty

Sunday 28 September 18.45 - 19.45, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX

In partnership with the Fabian Society, SSE, Musicians Union and the City of London Corporation.

Join us to discuss how, amidst the backdrop of shifting global power and changing international order, the Labour government can maintain a progressive approach to its relationship with the EU that is principled, pragmatic and fit for the times.

Speakers:

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations

Sam Peacock, Managing Director, Corporate Affairs, Regulation and Strategy, SSE

Karen Northey, Director, Corporate Affairs, Investment Association

Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation)

Mike Buckley, Director, Independent Commission on UK EU Relations)

Chair: Sara Hyde, Chair of the Fabian Society

Tickets are available here

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Roundtable discussion: the future of the UK-EU relationship (invitation only)

Sunday 28th September, 17.00 - 18.00, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX

In partnership with the Fabian Society and IEEP.

The Government has set out on an ambitious reset with the EU encompassing defence, climate, energy, food standards and mobility reforms.

This roundtable will discuss the future relationship, what can be achieved within this Parliament, and what challenges are ahead - particularly in light of wider geopolitics, US politics and the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Chair: Mike Buckley, Independent Commission on UK EU Relations

Speakers:

Marsha de Cordova MP, Co-Chair, UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (invited)

Sam Peacock, Managing Director, Corporate Affairs, Regulation and Strategy, SSE (invited)

David Henig, Director of the UK Trade Policy Project, ECIPE

Jeegar Kakkad, Partner, Defence, Industrials, Infrastructure & Transport, Stonehaven

Please contact us to register your interest.

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Roundtable discussion: international development (invitation only)

Monday 29th September, 16.00 - 17.00, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX

In partnership with the Fabian Society and ONE.

Join us to discuss how, amidst the backdrop of shifting global power and changing international order, Labour can maintain a progressive approach to international development policy.

Speakers:

Gemma Tumelty, Eleanor Crook Foundation

Paul Cook, ONE

Rishi Patel, Gates Foundation (invited)

Chair: Mike Buckley, Independent Commission on UK EU Relations

Please contact us to register your interest.