Every morning throughout party conference season, we’ll be providing bur pick of the fringe events on Coffee House.
The Tories’ jive in Manchester rolls on today and the fringes are filled with many of the same faces from yesterday, talking about obliquely-titled events. Nicky Morgan and Sajid Javid are popping up all over the place, but there are plenty of other speakers worth scouting out.
| Title | Key speaker(s) | Time | Location |
| Lifelong learning and training: turning rhetoric into reality | Nick Boles | 10:30 | Novotel Centre, Rylands Suite |
| How can this government deliver genuine competition in the energy market and keep bills low? | Amber Rudd | 12:00 | ConHome marquee |
| Skills to pay the bills: preparing young people for the 2020s workplace | Nicky Morgan, James O’Shaughnessy | 12:45 | Midland Hotel, Wyvern Bar |
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Do you have super fast broadband yet – is a broken market hurting Britain’s connectivity? |
Jesse Norman | 12:45 | Radisson Blu, Pankhurst |
| Reaching Out | Dominic Raab, Graham Brady, Syed Kamall | 12:45 | Midland Hotel, Derby |
| Transport Question Time | Patrick McLoughlin | 12:45 | Midland Hotel, Lancaster |
| Resolution Foundation | Matt Hancock | 12:45 | Midland Hotel, Trafford |
| A bright future for the NHS – what will the NHS of 2020 and beyond look like? | Owen Paterson | 12:45 | Manchester Central, Exchange 10 |
| The Guardian Interview | George Osborne | 13:00 | Manchester Central, Charter 1-2 |
| Should Britain leave the EU? | Steve Baker | 14:30 | ConHome marquee |
| Building on success: the contribution of the creative industries to the UK’s long term economic future | John Whittingdale | 16:00 | Radisson Blu, Richter |
| TPA Question Time | Ken Clarke, Ruth Davidson, Jacob Rees-Mogg | 16:15 | Think Tent |
| Building the northern powerhouse: a new deal between people, business and government | James Wharton | 16:30 | Radisson Blu, Harty |
| Good business: how can Conservatives deliver real competition? | Jesse Norman | 17:30 | Radisson Blu, Stanley Room |
| Energy Policy Dragon’s Den: putting consumers back at the heart of energy policy | Amber Rudd | 17:30 | Novotel, Rylands Suite |
| Winning the case for capitalism: how to maintain support for the free market | Greg Hands | 17:30 | Radisson Blu, Beecham |
| Policy Exchange’s Big Interview | Liz Truss | 17:30 | Policy Exchange marquee |
| Britain’s Key Cities: is devolving to mid-sized cities... |
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