Democracy in Crisis; Parties in Crisis; What Should be Done?

The Young Foundation, in partnership with the Institute for Political and Economic Governance (IPEG, Manchester University) hosted a seminar on the future of political parties.

Labour Party Conference

Date: Tuesday, 26 September 2006
Time: 7pm
Venue: Room 1, Palace Hotel, Manchester
Chair, Will Hutton, Director, Work Foundation
Speakers: Geoff Mulgan, Director, Young Foundation (and author of Good and Bad Power), Fiona Mactaggart MP (formerly Home Office Minister), and Professor Gerry Stoker (author of Why Politics Matters)

Towards a National Wellness Service

The Young Foundation in partnership with the New Economics Foundation hosted fringe meetings at all three party conferences exploring the question of whether the NHS can evolve into a National Wellness Service – a unifying national institution that is capable of maximising people’s health rather than just treating us when we get ill.

Liberal Democrats Party Conference

Time: 1.00-2.00pm
Date: Tuesday, 19 September
Venue: Buckingham Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton
Chair: Jackie Ashley,
Speakers: , John Pugh MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Health, David Boyle (NEF), Simon Tucker, Associate Director, Young Foundation

Labour Party Conference

Date: Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Time: 12.45-2.00pm
Venue: Stanley/Livingstone Room, Radisson Hotel, Manchester
Chair: Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Speakers: Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Health, Geoff Mulgan, Director, Young Foundation and Nic Marks, New Economics Foundation

Conservative Party Conference

Date: Wednesday, 4 October 2006
Time: 12.45-2.00pm
Venue: Gladstone Suite, Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth
Chair: Geoff Mulgan, Director, The Young Foundation
Speakers: Tim Loughton MP, Shadow Minister for Children, Rushanara Ali, Associate Director, Young Foundation, David Boyle, New Economics Foundation