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🗣️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT Joining MTC25: Remaking Conservatism on March 17 for our panel discussion on the perceptions of conservatism, centre-right parties, and free market ideas, are: Emily Carver, GB News presenter James Frayne, Chairman - Public First Katie Lam, Conservative MP for the Weald of Kent Mark Littlewood, Director - Popular Conservatism Chaired by Fraser Nelson, The Times columnist and CPS board member Watch this space for more speaker announcements and don't forget to buy your tickets today - https://lnkd.in/dW8nHQa2

🗣️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT Joining MTC25: Remaking Conservatism on March 17 for a discussion on the policy challenges facing the right are: Rupert Lowe, Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth Dr Lawrence Newport, Founder of Looking for Growth Matt Ridley, Board Member at the Prosperity Institute Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner at Public First Adrian Wooldridge, Global Business Columnist at Bloomberg Chaired by Kamal Ahmed, Director of Audio at The Telegraph Watch this space for more speaker announcements over this weekend and get your tickets today - https://lnkd.in/eJVkVmTn

🆕 MTC25: PANEL ANNOUCEMENT With just three weeks to go until the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Remaking Conservatism, we're today revealing the names of the three panel events. 👀 Perceptions of conservatism - What do the public really think about free market and small-c conservative ideas and how does that differ from the poll ratings of the Conservative Party and Reform UK? 🌍 The global centre-right: learning from what works - Britain is somewhat of an outlier in recently electing a left-wing government, in many other nations it is the right-wing and conservative parties in ascendancy. What can we in the UK learn from their successes? 💡 The Policy Challenge - where has the right made the wrong decisions on policy in recent years and how should we begin to address the policy challenges coming down the road Watch this space for speaker announcements, starting next Monday, and get your tickets today https://lnkd.in/eCAtuX3s

4️⃣ WEEKS TO GO! The Margaret Thatcher Conference on Remaking Conservatism will be taking place in just four weeks time, on Monday 17 March. We will be releasing the agenda very soon but why not get your tickets today before prices increase. And don't forget, there's a massive discount for under 35s...

#ImHiring My fantastic Digital and Comms Manager Josh Coupland is heading off to a new role in March so the Centre for Policy Studies has a vacancy! If you think you've got ideas about selling our work to traditional media audiences and can turn your hand at creating eye-catching, attention grabbing content - whether that's graphics for our reports, videos with our excellent research team, or branding up our flagship events and conferences - and you're interested in being a spokesperson yourself, get in touch. Details on how to apply can be found via the link in the comments. If you've got any questions about the role or want to know more before you recommend it to a friend, just drop me a message.

🔥 Gold Tickets for MTC25: Remaking Conservatism have now SOLD OUT! There are still silver and general admission tickets available. Don't miss out - get yours now 🎟️👇 https://lnkd.in/e7vQcY9C

As the Chancellor steps down from the podium in Oxfordshire, there's a lot of process in the government's renewed drive for growth. CPS Director Robert Colvile said: 'The vast bulk of the Chancellor’s speech was hugely welcome – and indeed echoed arguments the Centre for Policy Studies has been making forcefully for years. She is right that growth needs to be the absolute priority, that excessive and often conflicting regulation has held back business, that we need to redeploy pension capital, and that we need to build houses, factories, roads, railways and reservoirs. The Chancellor has even adopted proposals by the CPS’ Samuel Hughes – in partnership with UK Day One – to build a major new town at Tempsford, alongside a renewed commitment to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, which we have long championed. ‘In short, those who want Britain to be a more prosperous and more dynamic country should cheer on every word. But there are two major caveats. ‘First, Labour’s rhetorical support for growth needs to be matched by action – whether that is on getting shovels in the ground for the Lower Thames Crossing or actually delivering the planning reforms we need to unlock housing. Because we have heard much of this before. ‘Second, the Chancellor’s support for growth comes off the back of a Budget that has done a huge amount to damage it. The Chancellor said she wanted to make Britain the best place in the world to be an entrepreneur – yet her own tax decisions have made that impossible. And in terms of damaging regulation, the Government’s own impact assessment confirms that its new union-friendly rules on workplace regulation will hit businesses with billions in further costs.’ Let us know what you thought 👇

This year marks the centenary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – and arguably the most challenging period in all those years for the party she led.   The Conservatives have not only suffered a historic election defeat, but face an unprecedented division of the centre-right as Reform UK continue to establish themselves. Meanwhile, the economic dynamism of Thatcher’s day seems a distant dream.   That is why we have chosen ‘Remaking Conservatism’ as the theme of this year' Centre for Policy Studies Margaret Thatcher Conference – because we face a transformative moment for the country and for the conservative movement, both in Britain and overseas.   Join leading politicians, activists, academics, business leaders and commentators as they debate and discuss how to reinvigorate the intellectual underpinnings of the right. What can be learnt from the global conservative movement? How can conservative principles become popular again in Britain? What does a popular conservative agenda look like? 🎟️ Tickets on sale now - https://lnkd.in/eUkDzyMb

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🔥 Final few Gold tickets remaining for MTC25: Remaking Conservatism Includes: 🛍️ Exclusive merch pack 💺 Guaranteed seat in front section 📘 signed editor copy of Conservative Revolution ☕️ VIP coffee break with access to CPS senior team 🎟️👉https://lnkd.in/eSF-VFzx