Labour is back in Brighton for the party’s annual conference. Here is the pick of the fringe events for the day:
9:45: Morning Plenary Session:
Rebuilding public services
12:35: Votes
12:45: Break
14:00: Afternoon Plenary Session:
Rebuilding public services
17:20: Votes
Fringe events:
11:00: Taking on Brexit and the Climate Emergency
Melanie Smallman (chair), Hilary Benn MP, Seb Dance MEP, Anna McMorrin MP, Mike Buckley, Director of Remain & Reform; The Dome Room, Hotel du Vin
12:00: The Labour First Rally
Labour First; Queens Hotel
12:00: Rally for Remain (and Reform)
Baroness Jan Royall (chair), Tom Watson MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Keir Starmer MP, Claire Hanna MLA, Richard Corbett MEP, Hilary Benn MP, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP; Odeon
12:00: Basic Income as Common Dividends – Piloting a Transformative Policy. A Report for John McDonnell
Patrick Allen (chair), Dr Guy Standing, John McDonnell MP, Ed Miliband MP, Margaret Greenwood MP; Ashdown 2, Holiday Inn
12:30: Real Britain: Austerity, The Elephant in the Room
Kevin Maguire (chair), Laura Pidcock MP, Ros Wynne-Jones, Len McCluskey, anti-austerity campaign representatives; Charlotte, The Grand
12:45: The Aviation Interview – Can Aviation Achieve a Net Zero Carbon Future?
Kevin Schofield (chair), Andy McDonald MP; Osborne, Hilton Brighton Metropole
12:45 HuffPost UK in Conversation with Emily Thornberry, Shadow Foreign Secretary
Paul Waugh (chair), Emily Thornberry MP; Preston, Hilton Brighton Metropole
13:00: Britain’s Security: How would Labour Defend the UK and use our Influence Abroad?
Nia Griffith MP, Wayne David MP, Paul Mason; Glyndebourne 1, Holiday Inn
13:00: In Conversation with Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan; Attenborough and Birch, British Airways i360
13:30: Winning Back Labour’s Heartlands
Sienna Rodgers (chair), Jon Trickett MP, Ash Sarkar, Gloria de Piero; Pavillon, The Grand
15:00: Defending LGBT+ Rights in the Era of Populism
Durham Hall Room 2, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:00: How to Beat the Brexit Party
Nick Lowles (chair), Louise Haigh MP, Laura Parker, Momentum, Rosie Carter, Hope Not Hate; Lancaster, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:00: Fixing Finance – Regulating Banking as if People Matter
John McDonnell MP, Grace Blakeley, Ann Pettifor, Daniela Gabor, Sarah-Jayne Clifford
15:30: How Should Labour Approach Online Extremism?
Sienna Rodgers (chair), Tom Watson MP, Yvette Cooper MP, Sir Ivor Roberts, Ivana Bartoletti; Pavillion, The Grand
17:00: Remain and Transform: Our Programme For Changing Europe
Nadia Whittome (chair), Lloyd Russell Moyle MP, Ana Gomes MEP, Portuguese Socialist Party, Prof Mary Kaldor, Alex Sobel MP; Downstairs in the Underbelly, The Walrus
17:00: Impartiality Matters: Can Labour Trust the Civil Service?
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti (chair), Jon Trickett MP, Dave Penman, Catherine Haddon; Durham Hall Room 4, Hilton Brighton Metropole
17:15: #JCM4PM Rally – Investment Not Cuts, Time to End Tory Austerity
Steve Turner (chair), John McDonnell MP, Diane Abbott MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Richard Burgon MP, Laura Pidcock MP, Grace Blakeley, Dave Ward, Rokhsana Fiaz; Charlotte, The Grand
17:30: The Big Ideas Debate With Ed Miliband: Delivering Environmental Justice
Ed Miliband MP, Fatima Zahra-Ibrahim, Beth Farhat, Anna Taylor, Tom Kibasi, Luke Murphy; Marine Room, Brighton Harbour Hotel
18:00: Young Labour Rally
Balmoral, Hilton Brighton Metropole
18:00: Securing Our Survival: Nuclear Disarmament in a time of Crisis
Kate Hudson (chair), David Lammy MP, Julie Ward MEP, Lloyd Russell Moyle MP, Emma Dent Coad MP, Rokhsana Fiaz, Roger McKenzie; St Paul’s Church
18:00: Paying for a Fairer Britain – Labour’s Tax Policy
Torsten Bell (chair), Anneliese Dodds MP, Rachel Reeves MP, Paul Johnson, IFS, James Meadway; Clarence, Hilton Brighton Metropole
18:00: The Rule of Law – Is Justice Under Attack?
Kate O’Rourke (chair), Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Richard Burgon MP, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, David Greene; Regent, The Grand
18:00: Progress Rally
Odeon
18:30: Israel/Palestine: Occupation Law, Human Rights & the Rights of the Child
Theatre, Friends’ Meeting House
18:30: Let’s Talk About Palestine
Jenny Manson (chair), Haneen Zoabi, Ilan Pappe; Renaissance Suite, Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront
18:30: Brexit, The Good Friday Agreement, & Irish Unity
Chris Hazzard, Sinn Féin MP (chair), Michelle O’Neill MLA, Sinn Féin, Tony Lloyd MP, Dawn Foster; Stanmer Room, Brighthelm Centre
19:00: The Green Industrial Revolution Reception
Jake Sumner (chair), Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Mike Clancy, Benj Sykes; The Dome Room, Hotel du Vin
19:00: Peterloo 200: Time to Embrace Proportional Representation
Owen Winter MP (chair), Emma Dent Coad MP, Clive Lewis MP, Laura Parker, Faiza Shaheen, John McDonnell ; St Nicholas Church
19:00: What if Labour Can’t Win Alone?
Neal Lawson (chair), Clive Lewis MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Caroline Lucas MP; Lancing 1, Holiday Inn
19:00: Open Labour Rally – ‘The Left’s Relationship with Europe’
Emma Burnell (chair), Clive Lewis MP, Anneliese Dodds MP, Rachel Shabi, Preet Gill MP, Paul Sweeney MP, Alex Sobel MP, Karen Buck MP, Rosie Duffield MP; Brighthelm Centre
19:00: Palestine in the Age of Trump: What Now for Freedom, Justice and Equality
Kamel Hawwash (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Ben Jamal; Arundel 1, Holiday Inn
19:45: IPPR Drinks
John McDonnell MP; Marine Room, Brighton Harbour Hotel
19:45: PoliticsHome Quiz: Party Conference Edition!
Kevin Schofield; Osborne, Hilton Brighton Metropole
20:00: Association of Labour Councillors Annual Reception
Jeremy Corbyn, Cllr Nick Forbes; Skyline, Brighton Centre
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