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As part of the Fabian Society and sanofi-aventis policy series assessing the impacts of devolution on health services within Scotland and Wales, we held a high-level wrap-up seminar in Westminster on 22 February 2011. With Welsh and Scottish elections soon approaching, the seminar will seek to identify shared regional lessons from devolution; as well how political change and public spending cuts may impact upon future health strategies and outcomes.
Speakers included:
• Professor Gareth Williams (Board Member, Public Health Wales & Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
• Dr Jennifer Dixon (Director, Nuffield Trust)
• Howard Stoate (Chair of Clinical Cabinet of Bexley Care Trust and former chair of the all party group on primary care and public health 1997-2010)
• Jane Wilde (Chief Executive, Institute of Public Health in Ireland)
• Chair: Rachael Jolley (Freelance Journalist, former head of policy at the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians of the UK)
Event report will be posted shortly.
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Speakers:
Carsten Sieling MdB, (Member of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag),
Roger Liddle (Chair, Policy Network),
Wayne David MP (Shadow Europe Minister),
Chair: Jürgen Kronig (Freelance Journalist)
The seminar took the form of a roundtable discussion between panellists and the audience. It was the final event in a series of roundtables focusing on the future of the eurozone after the economic crisis and its wider implications for the entire European Union
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A Fabian Environmental Policy Network Seminar
Wednesday 2nd March
Britain is faced with high levels of unemployment, deep cuts and a radical rethink of public spending. As well as this, the ever looming spectre of global climate change is a challenge that must be faced. With this in mind the seminar sought to outline a discussion on whether a new green economy could help resolve both problems; providing jobs whilst also combating climate change. The current Coalition agenda leads us to question, what the role of government ought to be in promoting green growth, how departments could have a more ‘joined-up’ approach to this, how and where resources should be directed and what broad strategy could be undertaken to provide green and sustainable jobs.
Sunder Katwala, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, chaired the discussion and was joined by Shadow Secretary of State for DECC Meg Hillier MP, Shadow Minister for BIS, Gordon Banks MP and Steve Radley, Director of Policy and External Affairs at EEF. The event was held under the Chatham House Rule and the following report gives an overview of the themes and opinions expressed.
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Thursday 27 January 2011
• How far have the range of financial inclusion approaches and strategies been perceived as relevant by those with low, and often volatile, incomes?
• What needs to change for policy design and delivery in financial inclusion to most fully utilise lessons about how policy interacts with the real life experience of low income citizens?
The guiding principle of the series has been to learn lessons from existing financial inclusion policy and to identify priorities and recommendations for future initiatives. This seminar held under the Chatham House rule discussed how approaches to financial inclusion can and should be shaped around the needs and life patterns of those on low and volatile incomes. Panelists leading the discussion were Danielle Walker Palmour, Director of the Friends Provident Foundation and a member of the Financial Inclusion Taskforce, Omah Khan, Researcher and Policy analyst at the Runnymead Foundation and Paul Jones from the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at John Moore’s University. Research Director of the Fabian Society, Tim Horton chaired the session and the following report covers the main themes and issues discussed.
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Fabian Policy Roundtables at Labour Party Conference 2010, Sunday 26th September to Tuesday 28th September
Manchester Town Hall
The Fabians have a strong record of substantive policy discussions at party conference, supported by a number of different partners and across a broad spectrum of public policy areas. During each roundtable expert participants debated emerging trends and ideas and interrogate key players in an invited forum of their peers.
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