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Sunday, 5th October | 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
The single income tax: A blueprint for the next Conservative government
With a tax code stretching over 20,000 pages, it’s time for bold reform. Join us to explore how the TPA’s magnum opus – The Single Income Tax – can serve as a blueprint for radical tax reform under the next Conservative government, boosting growth, cutting complexity, and restoring trust in the system..

Speakers:

John O’Connell, chief executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Andrew Allum, former chairman, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Dr Ted R. Bromund, founder, Bromund Expert Witness Services, and former senior research fellow in Anglo-American Relations, The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
Lord Matthew Elliott, president, Jobs Foundation
Tali Fraser, assistant editor, ConservativeHome
Andrew Lilico, executive director and principal, Europe Economics

Monday, 6th October | 09.00am – 10.00am
Hosted by the Prosperity Institute
Leaving the ECHR: A sovereign nation or a pariah state?
Prosperity Institute welcomes Suella Braverman and Lord Frost to stage to discuss why it is time for the United Kingdom to leave the ECHR and how to vault the diplomatic hurdles that stand in the way. Guy Dampier, author of “Why and How to Leave the ECHR” chairs the discussion

Speakers:

Guy Dampier, senior researcher, Prosperity Institute (Chair)
Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP, former home secretary
Lord David Frost


Monday, 6th October | 10.15am – 11.15am
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
Taking back control: Should we dismantle the quango state?
Unelected, unaccountable and unaffordable, Britain’s quango state is out of control. Join the TaxPayers’ Alliance to explore how ministers can take back control from unresponsive bureaucracies, cut waste, and restore democratic oversight by bringing public bodies back under proper political accountability.

Speakers:

Elliot Keck, head of campaigns, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Alex Burghart MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland and shadow chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster
Fred de Fossard, director of strategy, Prosperity Institute
Julian Gallie, head of research, Merlin Strategy
Lord Maude of Horsham
Charlotte Pickles, director, Re:State


Monday, 6th October | 11.30am – 12.30pm
Hosted by Forest & the TaxPayers’ Alliance
Politics and Prohibition: Freedom Under Fire
The Labour Government intends to ban the sale of tobacco to all future generations of adults, and even under a leader who voted against the policy the Conservative Party remains ambiguous. If the Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law, what will it say about personal freedom in Britain today, and what is the next battleground in the war on choice?

Speakers:

Duncan Barkes, broadcaster and political commentator, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Simon Clark, director, Forest
Joanna Marchong, investigations campaign manager, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Jack Rankin MP

Monday, 6th October | 12.45pm – 1.45pm
Hosted by TaxPayers’ Alliance
Time to choose: Will the Tories stand with entrepreneurs or bureaucrats
Britain’s entrepreneurs face rising taxes, red tape and hostility from a bloated bureaucracy. As the Conservatives plot their route back to power, they must choose: back wealth creators or appease pen-pushers?

Speakers:

Darwin Friend, head of research, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Sarah Bool MP
Georgiana Bristol, chief executive, Jobs Foundation
Alys Denby, opinion and features editor, City A.M.
Lance Forman, Owner, H. Forman & Son
Eamonn Ives, research director, The Entrepreneurs Network

Monday, 6th October | 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Hosted by Popular Conservatism
The Future of the Right: What is the path back to power?
Mark Littlewood will lead a discussion on what the right needs to do in order to return to power and bring about the change needed to undo the worst of the Blairite settlement

Speakers:

Mark Littlewood, director, Popular Conservatism (Chair)
Iain Dale, presenter, LBC
Annabel Denham, columnist and deputy comment editor, Daily Telegraph
Lord David Frost
Wendy Morton MP, shadow minister for foreign affairs

Monday, 6th October | 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
The future of migration
With Britain’s borders seeming to exist in name only, services stretched and spiralling costs for taxpayers, how can the UK regain control of its borders, ease pressure on housing and public services, and build a system that works in the national interest?

Speakers:

Elliot Keck, head of campaigns, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Katie Lam MP
Rory McGregor, chairman, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Chris Philp MP, shadow home secretary
Nick Timothy MP
Melisa Tourt, communications and digital manager, Centre for Policy Studies

Monday, 6th October | 5.45pm – 6.45pm
Hosted by TaxPayers Alliance
ThinkTent Question Time
Join the TaxPayers’ Alliance as we host ThinkTent Question Time. The BBC may be afraid of tackling the big questions but not the TPA. Come along and hear speakers from across the political and policy world as they give their takes on the challenges facing Britain

Speakers:

Duncan Barkes, broadcaster and political commentator, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Fred de Fossard, director of strategy, Prosperity Institute
Mark Littlewood, director, Popular Conservatism
Shanker Singham, chairman, Growth Commission
Harry Wilkinson, head of policy, Global Warming Policy Foundation
William Yarwood, media campaign manager, TaxPayers’ Alliance

Tuesday, 7th October | 09.00am – 10.00am
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
Local government unleashed: Time to set councils free
From bin collections to social care, councils are drowning in red tape from Whitehall. Could freeing local authorities from central micromanagement unleash innovation, cut waste, improve services, and lower council tax?

Speakers:

Darwin Friend, head of research, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Cllr Abi Brown, deputy leader, LGA Conservative Group
Cllr Matthew Goodwin-Freeman, Hatch End ward, London Borough of Harrow
Henry Hill, deputy editor, Conservative Home
Callum McGoldrick, researcher, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Jason Perry, executive mayor, Croydon Council

Tuesday, 7th October | 10.15am – 11.15am
Hosted by the Global Warming Policy Foundation
Can Britain survive Ed Miliband?
Britain’s energy prices are the highest in the western world, with catastrophic consequences. Can we survive four more years of Ed Miliband’s energy extremism?

Speakers:

Harry Wilkinson, head of policy, Global Warming Policy Foundation (Chair)
Andy Mayer, energy analyst and chief operating officer, Institute of Economic Affairs
Lord Offord of Garvel
Kathryn Porter, independent energy consultant, Watt-Logic

Tuesday, 7th October | 11.30am – 12.30pm
Hosted by Popular Conservatism
Restoration and Repeal: Saving British democracy
Mark Littlewood will interview academic Dr David Starkey on the state of British democracy and what needs to be done to restore parliamentary sovereignty and democratic oversight

Speakers:

Mark Littlewood, director, Popular Conservatism (Chair)
Dr David Starkey, historian and academic

Tuesday, 7th October | 12.45pm – 1.45pm
Hosted by The Growth Commission
Perspectives on Growth: Shanker Singham In Conversation with Andrew Griffith MP
Growth Commission Chairman Shanker Singham sits down with Shadow Business and Trade Secretary Andrew Griffith to discuss the kind of measures that are required to escape economic stagnation and get the British economy growing again, drawing on recent Growth Commission research and analysis.

Speakers:

Shanker Singham, chairman, The Growth Commission (Chair)

Andrew Griffith MP, shadow secretary of state for business and trade

Tuesday, 7th October | 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Hosted by TaxPayers’ Alliance
Bankrupt Britain: How do we break the spending addiction?
Debt is soaring, waste is rampant and taxpayers keep picking up the bill. If the Conservatives want to be trusted with the nation’s finances again, they must prove they’ll get a grip on spending. Join the TaxPayers’ Alliance to debate how to cut waste and balance the books.

Speakers:

Darwin Friend, head of research, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Lord David Frost
Richard Fuller MP, shadow chief secretary to the treasury
Andrew Griffith MP, shadow secretary of state for business and trade
Shimeon Lee, policy analyst, TaxPayers’ Alliance

Tuesday, 7th October | 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Hosted by the Prosperity Institute
Justice for the victims: delivering the national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.
With a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal announced, join Prosperity Institute and a panel of expert campaigners for a discussion on what justice and accountability look like, what information needs to be released, and what should the political consequences be.

Speakers:

Guy Dampier, senior researcher, Prosperity Institute (Chair)
Katie Lam MP
Charlie Peters, reporter and presenter, GB News
Melisa Tourt, co-founder, Open Justice UK

Tuesday 7th October | 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
Rights and responsibilities: Reforming the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state has become a way of life for some while taxpayers shell out billions of pounds every year. How can we reform welfare and get people back into work, while ensuring those truly in need get the help they deserve? Which sacred cows need to be slain?

Speakers

John O’Connell, chief executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
Miriam Cates, presenter, GB News
Edward Davies, research director, Centre for Social Justice
Reem Ibrahim, head of media and Linda Whetstone scholar, Institute of Economic Affairs
Helen Whately MP, shadow secretary of state for work and pensions

Tuesday, 7th October | 5.45pm – 6.30pm
Hosted by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
A Nation of Taxpayers Live… with Sir Mel Stride MP
Join the TaxPayers’ Alliance for a live recording of our hit podcast A Nation of Taxpayers with Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride. We’ll be discussing how big a problem the national debt really is, how we can simplify the tax system, getting to grips with public spending, how prepared we are for geopolitical uncertainty, and whether we can find the room to spend more on defence?

Speakers

Duncan Barkes, broadcaster and political commentator, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair)
John O’Connell, chief executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Sir Mel Stride MP, shadow chancellor