The Spectator at Labour conference 2024: events programme

The Spectator is delighted to be at Labour party conference in Liverpool this year. Our schedule is below:

Monday 23 September

How to fix a broken NHS

4:30-5:30pm

‘From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken’, Health Secretary Wes Streeting declared within hours of being formally appointed to the role. His language breaks with decades of adoring – and defensive – comments made by politicians about the NHS. But is Labour ready to do what needs to be done to achieve fundamental reform across the health service?

Join Isabel Hardman and guests as they discuss how to fix a broken NHS. Free drinks will be served.

Chair: Isabel Hardman, associate editor, The Spectator

Speakers: Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, Richard Sloggett, Founder and Programme Director of Future Health, Becks Fisher, Director of Research and Policy, Nuffield Trust

Location: Arena Room 11, The ACC Liverpool

Tuesday 24 September

Women with Balls Live: In Conversation with Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson 

11:00-11:40am

Join The Spectator’s Katy Balls for a live podcast recording at Labour Party Conference.

Chair: Katy Balls, political editor, The Spectator

Speaker: Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities

Location: Arena Room 1, The ACC Liverpool

Is the 2030 net-zero target achievable?

11:50am-12:30pm

Decarbonising power by 2030 is the biggest target of Keir Starmer’s premiership. Can this be achieved? Join Spectator editor Fraser Nelson and the GMB’s Gary Smith as they discuss what is realistic – and what it will mean for Britain.

Chair: Fraser Nelson, editor, The Spectator

Speaker: Gary Smith, GMB Leader

Location: Arena Room 1, The ACC Liverpool