For the past three years, the Guardian has taken its Big Ideas project to the three main political party conferences – Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats – and held a series of public debates to bring together politicians, independent experts and the public to interrogate policy and explore what could and should be done to address a collection of topical social and economic challenges.
This year’s programme is set to focus on two important and unanswered questions in the aftermath of the 2015 general election; the role of data and the shape of devolution.
These debates, sponsored by the British Academy, Transport for London, Transport for Greater Manchester and Atkins, will feature party representatives and independent subject experts, and will be moderated by Guardian journalists.
Our events include:
The NHS in public debate: a case of data deficiency?
Migration into the UK: can the public count on official statistics?
Transport devolution: the ticket to greater productivity
Can wellbeing usurp economic indications of success?
If you’re attending party conferences this year, please join us. The debates will be free and open to conference pass holders.
If not, follow the discussion here on the Big Ideas website. We’ll be publishing stories, reports and highlights, following each session at the conferences.
