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 the Conservative conference today in Manchester and the fringe is in full swing. As Grant Shapps noted when he kicked things off yesterday, the Tories’ is the largest party conference in the UK, and you could easily tell that from the fringe listings.
So, for a round-up of the events you can’t miss look no further than Coffee House’s guide to the crème de la crème of the conference fringe below:
| Title | Key speaker(s) | Time | Location |
| Business is good for Britain: How can we encourage private investment and growth? | Andrew Lansley | 08:00 | Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel: Richter |
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Beyond The Banks: Innovations in SME finance |
Sajid Javid | 08:00 | Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel: Dickens |
| Women On Boards & Public Appointments: Panel Session and Q&A | Francis Maude | 08:00 | Manchester Central: ConservativeHome Marquee |
| The Monday Morning Commute: Making door to door journeys possible | Simon Burns | 8:30 | Manchester Central: Central 3 |
| A Public Service Revolution: Doing more with less | Chris Skidmore, Phil Collins | 8:30 | Chetham Room, Novotel Centre |
| The Snooper’s Charter And Freedom Of Speech: Has Britain surrendered its international moral authority? | Dominic Raab, Nick Pickles | 9:30 | The Freedom Zone, Bridgewater Hall: Barbirolli Room |
| Future Majority: Can the Conservatives win in a changing Britain? | Margot James, Alok Sharma | 10:00 | Manchester Central: ConservativeHome Marquee |
| What Is The Purpose Of Social Housing: What should it look like and how can we afford it? | Lord Freud | 10:00 | Chetham Room, Novotel Centre |
| Searching For A Mobile Signal: When will it be delivered in the countryside? | Ed Vaizey, Owen Paterson | 11:30 | Manchester Town Hall: Banqueting Room |
| Liam Fox On Liberation Conservatism | Liam Fox | 12:30 | Manchester Central: Exchange 9 |
| Ending Rape As A Weapon Of War: This generation’s responsibility | William Hague | 12:30 | Manchester Central: Charter 1 |
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