Every morning throughout party conference season, we’ll be providing our pick of the fringe events on Coffee House.
It’s the second day of Labour’s annual conference in Brighton. The morning session starts at 09:30am today, but don’t think that means you can lie in. Fringe events with prominent party figures, shadow cabinet members and trade unionists kick off bright and early at 07:00:
| Title | Key speaker(s) | Time | Location |
| Running club and breakfast with Alastair Campbell | Alastair Campbell | 07:00 | Gresham, Old Ship Hotel |
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Business is Good for Britain: How can we encourage private investment and exports? |
Chuka Umunna | 08:00 | Dome, Hotel du Vin |
| Everyone’s business: Making finance and industry work better for Britain | Lord Adonis, Frances O’Grady | 08:00 | Lancing 1, Holiday Inn |
| What next for the criminal justice system? | Sadiq Khan | 09:00 | Tennyson, Thistle Hotel |
| Alastair Campbell – My name is… booksigning | Alastair Campbell | 12:00 | Waterstones, Brighton Centre |
| Can giving patients choice be cost-effective? | Andy Burnham | 12:30 | Gresham, Old Ship Hotel |
| Labour’s EU reform agenda – leading the way on Europe | Douglas Alexander | 12:30 | Balmoral, Hilton Metropole |
| What’s the answer to populism? | Sadiq Khan, David Lammy | 12:30 | Norfolk Suite, Mercure Hotel |
| Prospect magazine in conversation with Liam Byrne | Liam Byrne | 12:45 | Total Politics/JRF Coffee Club |
| A portrait of Political Britain: how to win in 2015 | Jim Murphy, Danny Finkelstein, Rick Nye of Populus | 13:00 | Viscount, Hilton Metropole |
| Big Society 2.0: can the web rejuvenate our communities? | Jon Cruddas | 13:00 | Ashdown 1, Holiday Inn |
| How can Labour win the living wage? | Rachel Reeves | 13:00 | Template Bar |
| How can we create a level playing field for UK industry? | Caroline Flint | 13:00 | Osborne, Hilton Metropole |
| Responsible capitalism and workplace democracy | Chuka Umunna, Fraces O’Grady | 13:00 | Coast View Suite, Mercure Hotel |
| Sustaining the growth in rail travel | Maria Eagle | 13:00 | Ashdown 2, Holiday Inn |
| Three decades of declining trust in government | Tessa Jowell, Gloria de Piero | 13:00 | Glyndebourne 2, Holiday Inn |
| Vocational learning: same for all or personalised pathways? | Stephen Twigg | 13:00 | Boardroom, Old Ship Hotel |
| You’re hired! Supporting young people into work | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 13:00 | Surrey Suite 1, Hilton Metropole |
| Building a better Britain | Jack Dromey, Hilary Benn | 13:15 | The Library, Hilton Metropole |
| Internet and innovation: what’s the public service potential | Stella Creasy | 13:15 | Chartwell, Hilton Metropole |
| Andrew Adonis – 5 days in May book signing | Andrew Adonis | 16:00 | Waterstones, Brighton Centre |
| Does Britain’s economic future lie in Europe? | Jack Straw, Emma Reynolds | 17:30 | Clarence, Hilton Metropole |
| Jobs for young people: how do we solve the problem? | Lord Adonis | 17:30 | Tennyson, Thistle Hotel |
| Sharing the cost of social care: a new settlement for later life? | Andy Burnham | 17:30 | Hall 7, Dee, Hilton Metropole |
| What are the top three priorities for transport in the first year of a Labour government? | Maria Eagle, Ken Livingstone, Christian Wolmar | 17:30 | Upstairs room, The Cricketers |
| Education Commission: what’s the future for youth, work, schools and colleges? | Stephen Twigg | 17:45 | Youth Zone, Brighton Centre |
| The Independent fringe meeting | Ed Balls, Steve Richards | 17:45 | Preston, Hilton Metropole |
| A Labour approach to boosting low pay | Andy Burnham, Frances O’Grady, James Plunkett | 17:45 | Queens, Hilton Metropole |
| Delivering the Green Economy drinks reception | Caroline Flint | 18:00 | Albert Room, De Vere Grand |
| Economic Question Time | Chuka Umunna | 18:00 | Coast View Suite, Mercure Hotel |
| One Nation and Immigration: Can Labour reframe the immigration debate? | Chris Bryant | 18:00 | Ashdown 2, Holiday Inn |
| Policy that sticks: Preparing to govern for lasting change | Jon Cruddas, Tessa Jowell, Jack Straw | 18:00 | The Brighton Media Centre |
| Sharing the responsibility: building better partnerships between government and industry | Hilary Benn, John Denham | 18:00 | Norfolk Suite, Mercure Hotel |
| Tomorrow’s borrowers: what’s Labour going to do about personal debt? | Stella Creasy, Lord Glasman | 18:00 | Hall 7, Wye, Hilton Metropole |
| Business as usual? How to build the skills base to return the UK economy to growth | Tristram Hunt | 18:00 | Osborne, Hilton Hotel |
| Investing in growth: the role of infrastructure | Lord Adonis | 18:00 | Fecamp, Old Ship Hotel |
| Rachel Reeves in conversation with the New Statesman | Rachel Reeves | 19:00 | Tennyson, Thistle Hotel |
| A criminal lives near you: cutting crime, reducing reoffending | Sadiq Khan | 19:30 | Hall 7, Wye, Hilton Metropole |
| Poverty and policy: an interview with Jon Cruddas MP | Jon Cruddas, Christian Guy | 20:00 | Renaissance North, Thistle Hotel |
If you have any good fringe spots we’ve missed, let us know in the comments thread below.
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